All other marine handheld GPS units pale when compared to the GPSMap 76C. Under the hood, The 76C is a WAAS-enabled, 12-parallel-channel GPS receiver with a built-in quad-helix antenna and remote antenna capability. State-of-the-art receivers and powerful microprocessors give you a quick and steady fix.
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| The Garmin GPSMap 76C packs powerful navigation into handheld device. View larger. |
The 76C is easy on the eyes, too. The latest color-display technology featuring a 256-color, transreflective LCD gives the unit the brightest sunlight-readable display available. The unit offers up to 30 hours of power on two AA alkaline batteries, and there's no need to worry about data loss when the juice runs out. The 76C features permanent user-data storage; no memory battery is required.
Other features include the ability to program 1,000 user waypoints with name and graphic symbol and to track 50 reversible routes. The unit supports a wide range of position formats: Lat/Lon, UTM, Loran TDs, Maidenhead, MGRS, user grid, and more. Audible alarms alert users for anchor drag, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, and clock. A large-numbers option makes for easy viewing, and a trip computer provides odometer, stopped time, moving average, overall average, total time, max speed, and more. A 10,000-point automatic track log with 20 saved tracks lets you retrace your path in both directions. Finally, built-in celestial tables suggest the best time to fish, and they offer sun and moon calculations.
What's in the Box
GPSMap 76C receiver, basemap (Americas Recreational), database (Marine Point), MapSource Trip & Waypoint Manager CD, PC/USB interface cable, lanyard, quick start guide, and owner's manual.
Product Description:
Garmin Expects to ship the GPSMAP 76C Begining 2nd Quarter 2004 By placing your order today, you can firmly establish your place in line for this exciting new product. Our orders are always filled in the order that they are placed, and your credit card will not be charged until your order has shipped. Order today and be the first to get this exciting new item! Click Here For Package Contents: All other marine handheld GPS units pale when compared to the GPSMAP 76C, literally. The latest color-display technology gives the unit the brightest, sunlight-readable display available. And with a brand-new state-of-the-art receiver and powerful microprocessor, this unit will give you a quick and steady fix. The GPSMAP 76C features the familiar GPS 76-family keypad and styling, with 115 MB of memory, an Americas Autoroute basemap, and a Marine Point database. Fast USB connectivity makes loading charts and maps quick and easy, while navigation instructions can be shared with repeaters, plotters, and autopilots using NMEA protocols through the dedicated serial port. Finally, the waterproof unit is fully compatible with MapSource products like BlueChart, U.S. Topo 24K, and City Select (which provides detailed streets for turn-by-turn guidance).
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Product Description
All other marine handheld GPS units will pale when compared to the GPSMAP 76C - literally.The latest color-display technology gives both units the brightest, sunlight-readable displays available. And with brand-new state-of-the-art receivers and powerful microprocessors, these units will give you a quick and steady fix. The GPSMAP 76C has the familiar GPS 76-family keypads and styling, with 115 MB of memory, an Americas Autoroute basemap, and a Marine Point database. Fast USB connectivity makes loading charts and maps quick and easy, while navigation instructions can be shared with repeaters, plotters, and autopilots using NMEA protocols through the dedicated serial port. It's waterproof and fully compatible with MapSource products like BlueChart, U.S. Topo 24K, and City Select (which provides detailed streets for turn-by-turn guidance).Amazon.com Product Description
All other marine handheld GPS units pale when compared to the GPSMap 76C. Under the hood, The 76C is a WAAS-enabled, 12-parallel-channel GPS receiver with a built-in quad-helix antenna and remote antenna capability. State-of-the-art receivers and powerful microprocessors give you a quick and steady fix.
Projected waypoint display. View larger. |
Track profile. View larger. |
The Garmin GPSMap 76C packs powerful navigation into handheld device. View larger. |
The 76C is easy on the eyes, too. The latest color-display technology featuring a 256-color, transreflective LCD gives the unit the brightest sunlight-readable display available. The unit offers up to 30 hours of power on two AA alkaline batteries, and there's no need to worry about data loss when the juice runs out. The 76C features permanent user-data storage; no memory battery is required.
Other features include the ability to program 1,000 user waypoints with name and graphic symbol and to track 50 reversible routes. The unit supports a wide range of position formats: Lat/Lon, UTM, Loran TDs, Maidenhead, MGRS, user grid, and more. Audible alarms alert users for anchor drag, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, and clock. A large-numbers option makes for easy viewing, and a trip computer provides odometer, stopped time, moving average, overall average, total time, max speed, and more. A 10,000-point automatic track log with 20 saved tracks lets you retrace your path in both directions. Finally, built-in celestial tables suggest the best time to fish, and they offer sun and moon calculations.
What's in the Box
GPSMap 76C receiver, basemap (Americas Recreational), database (Marine Point), MapSource Trip & Waypoint Manager CD, PC/USB interface cable, lanyard, quick start guide, and owner's manual.
Customer Reviews:
Costly Marine Software.......2004-07-13
Works well in Sunlight.......2004-06-07
The screen is very readable in full sunlight, better than any I have seen. The rocker switch makes text entry for track and waypoint descriptions easy.
Managing Waypoints is a bit cryptic. This is because there is no function to bring up the waypoint list except the "Find" key.
At first I did not realize I could search by name, there are many submenus whith additioanl functions. I think it would work better if there was simply a WayPoints menu (there is one for Tracks, and one for Routes, why leave waypoints out?) rather than having to "Find" your waypoints.
The MapSource program allows for a DXF export, all I could get was 5 points and a single line. I had collected 7 tracks and 30 waypoints.
O.K., why is Garmin putting games on the GPS units? I would rather have the ability to easily manage waypoints or more tracks than 5 stupid games.
Without WAAS I was getting +/- 21 feet (7 meters) on top of a levee, and +/- 49 feet under canopy, at least thats what the screen said. I was able to collect track and waypoints under different levels of canopy, but I did notice I lost track points while circling a large riparian area with 40-50 foot trees.
Track points can be set to collect once per second, or by distance. The smallest distance is .1 mile, it would be better if it could go down to meters. Track display is very good.
Summary:
I like the unit, but Waypoint Management could be easier.
What would make it better?
1) Waypoint Management Menu screen
2) Allow more than 20 tracks
3) Pulldown box descriptions for Waypoints, Tracks, with user item entrys, like "tree", "River", so I don't have to enter every letter every time.
4) Remove corny games, why would you be playing these games at sea? This is a MARINE unit...
Difficult to manage Waypoints.......2004-06-07
The screen is very readable in full sunlight, better than any I have seen. The rocker switch makes text entry for track and waypoint descriptions easy.
However, once you have waypoints marked it is extremely difficult to delete them. This is because there is no function to bring up the waypoint list except the "Find" key. If you have waypoints far-away from you, you cannot delete them because you can only "find" waypoints near your current position.
Well, mine came with 2 waypoints outside of the United States, one was Garmin Europe, the other Garmin Taiwan. These points do not show up if I use the find function as they are too far away.
I see no way to delete these waypoints. Also, since there is no Waypoint management screen, you have to delete the waypoints you can find one at a time.
The MapSource program does not allow you to delete the waypoints, so how do you get rid of Garmin's headquarters?
This seems like a very ridiculous limitation for a NEW GPS unit in this price range.
The MapSource program allows for a DXF export, all I could get was 5 points and a single line. I had collected 7 tracks and 30 waypoints.
O.K., why is Garmin putting games on the GPS units? I would rather have the ability to manage waypoints than 5 stupid games.
Without WAAS I was getting +/- 18 feet (at least thats what the screen said). I was able to collect track and waypoints under canopy, but I did notice I lost track points while circling a large riparian area.
Track points can be set to collect once per second.
Summary:
I like the unit, but not being able to easily manage waypoints is a major limitation.
What would make it better?
1) Ability to Delete all waypoints
2) Waypoint Management Menu screen
3) Allow more than 20 tracks
4) Remove corny games, why would you be playing these games at sea? This is a MARINE unit...
Suggestion:
If you are looking for a GPS unit for Data Collection, this ain't it. Unit has the potential to be a great tool, but un-professional limitations restrict its use to a fancy toy.
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