If you're a devoted mariner or serious outdoor enthusiast, our new GPSMAP 76S is the GPS/mapping unit for you. The "S" in the product name stands for "sensors", because the GPSMAP 76S incorporates a GPS receiver, barometric altimeter, and an electronic compass that deliver precise location, elevation, and bearing information to take adventurers as high or as far as they want to go. The unit also contains a basemap of North and South America, including major highways, thoroughfares, rivers, lakes, and borders, with plenty of memory (24 MB) for downloading MapSource® data. It's also waterproof and floats in water— and its larger screen, increased readability, bigger buttons, and rugged design make this unit at home in even the harshest conditions.

Unit includes:

Specifications



Moving Map Features


Basemap: Built-in basemap with oceans, lakes, rivers, cities, interstates or major motorways, principal and major thoroughfares and political boundaries.

MapSource®: Compatible with most Garmin® MapSource products including MapSource BlueChart® marine cartography, MetroGuide® and Fishing Hot Spots® . Accepts up to 24 megabytes of downloaded map detail.

Navigation Features


Waypoints/icons: 500 with name and graphic symbol, 10 nearest (automatic), 10 proximity

Routes: 50 reversible routes with up to 125 points each, plus MOB and TracBack® modes

Tracks: Automatic track log; 10 saved tracks let you retrace your path in both directions

Trip computer: Current speed, average speed, resettable max. speed, trip timer and trip distance

Alarms: Anchor drag, approach and arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, shallow water and deep water

Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sun and moon rise, set and location

Map datums: More than 100 plus user datum

Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other grids, including user grid

GPS Performance


Receiver: WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position
Acquisition times:

Warm: Approximately 15 seconds
Cold: Approximately 45 seconds
AutoLocate®: Approximately 5 minutes
Update rate: 1/second, continuous

GPS accuracy:

Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical*
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
WAAS accuracy:
Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical*
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
Dynamics: 6 g's

Interfaces: RS232 with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin®

Antenna: Built-in quadrifilar, with external antenna connection (MCX)

Differential: DGPS (USCG and WAAS capable)

Electronic Compass Feature


Accuracy: + 2 degrees with proper calibration (typical); + 5 degrees extreme northern and southern latitudes

Resolution: 1 degree

Barometric Altimeter Feature


Accuracy: 10 feet with proper calibration (user and/or automatic calibration)

Resolution: 1 foot

Range: -2000 to 30,000 feet

Elevation Computer : Current elevation, resettable minimum and maximum elevation , ascent/descent rate, total ascent/descent, average and maximum ascent/descent rate.

Pressure: Local pressure (mbar/inches HG), 12-hour automatic pressure trend recording.

Power


Source: Two "AA" batteries (not included)

Battery Life: Up to 16 hours

Physical


Size: 2.7"W x 6.2"H x 1.2"D (6.9 x 15.7 x 3.0 cm)

Weight: 7.7 ounces

Display:

1.6"W x 2.2"H (4.1 x 5.6 cm)
180 x 240 pixels, high-contrast
FSTN with bright backlighting
Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards

Temperature range: 5°F to 158°F (-15°C to 70°C)

User data storage: Indefinite, no memory battery required