Garmin Marine GPSMAP 172c GPS Receiver
October 10, 2007
Garmin Marine GPSMAP 172c GPS Receiver has been designed with the potential to offer numerous benefits to the users. The various advantages of the device have been listed as:
• Garmin Marine GPSMAP 172c GPS Receiver is designed especially for marine navigations. Fishermen can use this device to find out specific area to catch more fishes.
• Map is installed internally. If you require, you can use data cards to store additional maps.
• Users can make use of WAAS advantage.
• The receiver has come with the compatibility to receive signals from 12 parallel channels at the same time.
• The unit has a small display to show navigational tips which is 3.2 inches in size.
• Users can view impressive colourful images on the screen.
• LCD technology is useful for offering high quality and eye catchy images on the screen.
• The maximum ability of the screen to procure resolutions is up to 320 x 320 pixels.
• The interesting fact is that the unit has the stuff to predict the arrival of tides.
• Trip calculator is equipped to calculate certain functions like:
1. Moving average
2. Maximum speed
3. Odometer
4. Trip timers
• There are different type of audible facilities like:
1. Proximity alarm
2. Anchor alarm
3. Arrival alarm
4. Clock alarm
5. Off-course alarm
• Various grids are used in this device namely:
1. MGRS
2. UTM
3. Maidenhead
4. Lat/Lon
• As Garmin Marine GPSMAP 172c GPS Receiver has NMEA-0183 interface, it is simple to connect with your PC.
• The manufacture will give this unit with a highly impact plastic alloy as a protective measure.
• You may not worry about damage due to watery sources as it has featured with IPX7 water proof standard.
• It uses a quadrifilar helix antenna fro signal reception.
• The acquisition time of the device is 45 seconds in cold climate and 15 seconds in warm atmosphere. Actually acquisition time means the actual time taken by the GPS receiver to receive signals from satellites.
• The unit may take one second for updating the information’s.
• The maximum horizontal accuracy of the device is less than 49.21 feet.
• The device can assist you to show a maximum of 50 routes.
• You can store a maximum of 3000 way points.
• The unit is designed with the compact dimensions as 16 cm as height and 12.4 cm as width. The depth of the device is just 9.4 cm.
• As the device has come with 0.4 kilo gram weight, you can carry this unit easily.
• List of accessories kept inside the package is:
1. Data cable
2. Surface mount bracket
3. User’s manual
4. Started guide
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Sometimes this device takes maximum time to access. Calculation of time is good. Overall not a very satisfactory model.