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Garmin GPSMAP 96C GPS Receiver

Garmin GPSMAP 96C GPS Receiver Review

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Garmin GPSMAP 96C GPS Receiver Feature

• Bright sunlight-readable color display
• Built-in logbook
• Terrain & US Obstacles database
• Quickly download and store map data
• Waterproof Receiver

Garmin GPSMAP 96C GPS Receiver Overview

A benchmark in handheld navigation, the GPSMAP 96C features a crisp color display and extensive database features - including alerts for towers and obstacles.

Enhance Situational Awarenes
GPSMAP 96C offers a built-in Jeppesen® database and a U.S. database of obstacles, for the ultimate in situational awareness. View Jeppesen airport data overlaid on a map and receive alerts when potential obstacles loom ahead. In addition, the 96C shows localizer-like runway extensions and graphic HSI steering with GPS-derived VNAV for added orientation.

View Images in Sharp Detail
GPSMAP 96C features a bright sunlight-readable color display that makes map detail easy to read. Its simple keypad and streamlined design literally put the world of GPS capability in the palm of your hand.

Automate Your Logbook
A built-in logbook tracks your flying hours and automatically records departure and arrival locations. When used with Garmin's free logbook software, FlightBook, you can simplify your record keeping by creating, managing, analyzing, saving and printing flight data from the GPSMAP 96C's logbook.

Navigate by Air, Land or Sea
GPSMAP 96C's three navigation modes and built-in autorouting basemap let you go from plane to car to boat to hiking boots without missing a beat. With 119 megabytes of memory and a mini-USB port, you can quickly download and store map data from a variety of optional MapSource® products. Add detailed street maps for street navigation. Or, for a great day on the water, customize the waterproof 96C with marine cartography. The 96C also operates on 2 AA batteries, making it easy to use on foot.

GPSMAP 96C: Go from plane to boat to automobile without missing a beat.

Garmin GPSMAP 96C GPS Receiver Specifications

The portable color GPSMAP 96C combines a pilot-friendly operating system with powerful navigation features and great value--giving you the freedom to go anywhere.

Powerful navigation features and great value.

The Pointer Page guides you to your destination with digital data field readouts and a graphic Pointer appears with a bearing pointer.

The Map Page includes airspace boundaries, airports, navaids, lakes, rivers, coastlines, cities and highways.

Easily access unit features with the main menu.

Enhance Situational Awarenes
GPSMAP 96C offers a built-in Jeppesen database and a U.S. database of obstacles, for the ultimate in situational awareness. View Jeppesen airport data overlaid on a map and receive alerts when potential obstacles loom ahead. In addition, the 96C shows localizer-like runway extensions and graphic HSI steering with GPS-derived VNAV for added orientation.

View Images in Sharp Detail
GPSMAP 96C features a bright sunlight-readable color display that makes map detail easy to read. Its simple keypad and streamlined design literally put the world of GPS capability in the palm of your hand.

Automate Your Logbook
A built-in logbook tracks your flying hours and automatically records departure and arrival locations. When used with Garmin's free logbook software, FlightBook, you can simplify your record keeping by creating, managing, analyzing, saving and printing flight data from the GPSMAP 96C's logbook.

Navigate by Air, Land or Sea
GPSMAP 96C's three navigation modes and built-in autorouting basemap let you go from plane to car to boat to hiking boots without missing a beat. With 119 megabytes of memory and a mini-USB port, you can quickly download and store map data from a variety of optional MapSource products. Add detailed street maps for street navigation. Or, for a great day on the water, customize the waterproof 96C with marine cartography. The 96C also operates on 2 AA batteries, making it easy to use on foot.

Americas Lite Routable Basemap
The Americas LiteRoutable Basemap v3 includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America, and covers an area from W180 to W30 Longitude, S60 to N75 Latitude. It includes a high-level worldwide map with borders and major cities.

Standard map coverage includes:

• Oceans, rivers, and lakes (greater than 30 sq. miles)
• Principal cities and some smaller cities and towns
• Major interstates and principal highways
• Political boundaries (state and international borders)
• Major Airports

Jeppesen Database Information
The GPSMAP 96C includes an internal Jeppesen database that provides location and facility information for thousands of airports, VORs, NDBs, and more. Updates to the Jeppesen database are available every 28 days online. The following information is provided:

• Airport--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, latitude/longitude, field elevation, available fuel types, runway designations and layout, runway surface, runway length, runway width, runway lighting, communication frequencies, and published approaches.
• Weather--Frequencies associated with an airport (ASOS, ATIS, and AWOS).
• VORs--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, location (latitude/longitude), frequency, service volume (high, low, terminal), and type (such as VOR-DME, TACAN, and VORTAC).
• NDBs--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, location (latitude/longitude), and frequency.
• Intersections--identifier, nearest VOR, radial and distance from nearest VOR, location (latitude/longitude), and region/country.
• ARTCC--Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
• Airspace--boundaries (Class B, Class C, Control Zones, SUAs, and MOAs), controlling agency, and vertical boundaries.
• FSS--Flight Service Stations.

What's in the Box
GPSMAP 96C, MapSource Trip & Waypoint Manager Software, Yoke Mount, Wrist Strap, USB Cable, 12-volt Adapter, Two AA Batteries, Owner's Manual, Quick Reference Guide

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