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Features
The Garmin GPS 196's first love is flying, but with user selectable formats and optional MapSource CD information, your aviation GPS can take to the streets and provide address look-up, automatic routing and turn-by-turn directions. And for those who also have propellers under the water, the Garmin GPS 196 offers marine navaids, depth contours, tide data and more all in a waterproof case.
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Specifications
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| Basemap:
Built-in routable Americas Autoroute or Atlantic Autoroute basemap with
oceans, lakes, rivers, airports, cities, interstates or major motorways,
principal and major thoroughfares, political boundaries, federal interstate
highway exit information for services such as food, lodging and truck,
RV and automotive service stations in the US only.
Database:
Built-in Jeppesen® includes worldwide airports and VORs, plus Americas,
or Atlantic International, or Pacific International NDBs, Intersections,
special use and controlled airspace, runway data, plus airport, FSS,
and ARTCC frequencies
Approach
Waypoints: Jeppesen® data also includes final approach sequence
waypoints for all published approaches.
Uploadable
maps: Accepts optional data cards containing detailed maps for
turn-by-turn land routing and marine charting detail.
Data Cartridge:
Preprogrammed micro cartridges containing detailed
BlueChart™ marine cartography.
MapSource:
Compatible with most Garmin MapSource™ products including MapSource BlueChart™ marine cartography, MetroGuide™,
and Fishing Hot Spots™.
Garmin data card required.
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- Waypoints/icons:
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Total: 1000 with 10 characters (name and symbol)
- Nearest:
Continuously updated; Airport, Wx (ASOS/ATIS), VOR, NDB, INT, user,
ARTCC, FSS, airspace
- Routes:
50 reversible routes with up to 50 points each, plus TracBack®
modes and automatic turn-by-turn along-road routes
- Tracks:
2500 point automatic track log; 15 saved tracks; 500 points per saved
track; lets you retrace your path in both directions
- Trip
computer: Trip odometer, stopped time, moving average, moving
time, total average, total time, maximum speed, odometer
- Alarms:
Airspace, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, clock
- Tables:
Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sunrise
and sunset, sun and moon by date and position
- Map
datums: More than 100 plus user datum
- Position
format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other
grids, including user grid
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- 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
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AutoLocate™: Approximately 2 minutes
- Update
rate: 1/second, continuous
- GPS accuracy:
- Position: <
15 meters, 95% typical*
- Velocity: 0.05
meter/sec steady state
- DGPS
(USCG) accuracy:
- Position: 3-5
meters, 95% typical*
- Velocity: 0.05
meter/sec steady state
- DGPS
(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:
Removable quad-helix
- Differential:
WAAS, marine beacon
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- Source:
Four "AA" batteries (not included) Battery
Life:
- Up to 16 hours
with no backlighting
- Up to 4 hours
with full backlighting
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- Size:
6.18"W x 3.4"H x 2.25"D (15.7x 8.64 x 5.72 cm)
- Weight:
1.5 lbs (680 g) with batteries
- Display:
- 3.8" diagonal
(9.65 cm)
- 320 x 240 pixels
- 12-level gray
high-contrast FSTN with backlighting
- Case:
Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7
standards
- Temperature
range: 5F to 158F (-15C to 70C)
- User
data storage: Indefinite (no memory battery required)
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Specifications are
subject to change without notice.
* Subject
to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the United States Department
of Defense-imposed Selective Availability Program.
**These units
are also able to transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks between the
PC and GPS using MapSource.
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