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The Marine Friendly Garmin GPS 76

by Jane Cabellix on Mar.14, 2009, under Fishing

by Jane Cabellix

Technology advances have allowed Handheld GPS receivers to be much smaller and still contain new features. They are more sensitive to receiving data from the satellites as well as being more rugged. The Garmin GPS can be hand carried, worn on your arm like a watch, or clipped to your side. It weighs less than one-half pound and is only 6.2 inches long.

The Garmin Handheld GPS 76 contains a viewable screen size of 1.6 in. wide x 2.2 inches high. It is a level 4 gray LCD and uses 180 x 240 pixels for enhanced viewing. The Garmin GPS 76 also uses the newer technology called WAAS, allowing for accuracy within 3 meters anywhere on the planet.

Depending on the quality of the batteries, a Garmin GPS 76 will give up to 16 hours of use on 2 AA batteries. Always carry extra batteries for extended service, since they are easy to carry and store.

The Garmin GPS 76 can interface with your home PC or your laptop using a serial cable. This feature allows you to enter up to 500 points of interest, lodging, etc. You also can input your camping spot or where your car is parked. The Garmin GPS 76 comes preloaded with maps of cities, and streets worldwide. It also includes marine navigation aids including buoys, beacons and other points of interest.

The Garmin Handheld GPS 76 allows you to input as many as 50 different routes on one of 10 saved tracks. This is up to 2,048 points on the map. The Garmin GPS 76 is waterproof and floats if dropped while you are on the water. No worrying about losing your GPS 76 while fishing by dropping it in deep water.

The Garmin GPS 76 Marine Friendly Reciever is great for hunters and fishermen; it has a built in celestial data, which includes a calendar and tide information, as well as the sunrise and sunset times of the day. If you are in a party and other members also have one of the Garmin Handheld GPS Reciever they can pinpoint your exact location as the screen shows a dotted trail straight to you.

One of the great features hunters and fisherman that enter competitive tournaments can use with the Garmin GPS 76, is the built in timer. With it’s side accessed buttons you simply push a button and the timer will keep track of the elapsed time on the GPS 76.

It would benefit everyone no matter whether you are using the Garmin GPS76 Marine Friendly Reciever for your outdoors activities or over the road. You will always have a helping hand with one of these systems strapped to you. Your owners manual and the quick reference guide will always be a great help in learning how to operate a Garmin Handheld GPS Reciever.

About the Author:
The Garmin Handheld GPS receivers come in a number of selections from basic units to high tech mapping units and from basic level to advanced mapping capabilities. The Garmin Handheld GPS 76 is a bargin priced gps unit and has numerous features for hunters, fisherman and other outdoor adventurer.
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