The portable, color Garmin GPSMAP® 96C, along with GPSMAP 96 , integrate full-featured GPS navigation with a Jeppesen database and comprehensive towers-and-obstacles database — giving pilots the freedom to go anywhere.

The pilot-friendly GPSMAP 96C has a crisp color display, making map detail easy to read. With 119 megabytes of memory and a mini-USB port, users can quickly download and store map data from a variety of optional MapSource CD-ROMs. Its simple one-thumb keypad control literally puts the world of GPS capability in the palm of your hand.

Whether on land, sea, or air, the GPSMAP 96C is the smart, versatile way to get there:

Extensive Jeppesen database includes airports, identifiers and services
Comprehensive U.S. database of obstacles and towers helps alert pilots of potential hazards
Graphic HSI steering cues with GPS-derived VNAV provide added orientation
Built-in autoroute basemap and optional MapSource marine, topo and city street mapping downloads let you move seamlessly from plane to car to boat to hiking boots.

The GPSMAP 96C offers an extensive Jeppesen database along with a U.S. database of obstacles for the ultimate in moving-map situational awareness. It depicts Jeppesen® airport data overlaid on an electronic map, localizer-like runway extensions, a GPS-derived horizontal situation indicator (HSI) and information on nearby airports (including identifier, bearing and distance to each). It also features a detailed database of nearby obstructions like radio towers and high-rise buildings. Using symbology, it depicts an obstacle along the flight route, giving pilots a visual cue and alerting them to potential hazards ahead.

An automatic logbook also calculates your flight time and automatically records departure and arrival locations. When used with Garmin's free logbook software— FlightBook —this feature makes light work of maintaining your logbook. Your flight information will be stored in the unit and can be downloaded to this exclusive Flightbook software at any time.

Like all of Garmin's new aviation portables, the GPSMAP 96C also provides advanced navigation capabilities on the road or water. It features a built-in basemap depicting highways, major roads, lakes, rivers, railroads and state and national borders. It also provides automatic-route generation, off-route recalculation, and turn-by-turn directions with audible tones to alert the driver of upcoming turns.

When coupled with optional MapSource City Select® software, GPSMAP 96C enables the user to locate and route to more than 5 million points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, service stations, ATMs and more. For pilots who also like to captain a boat, these units have a Marine mode. Using optional MapSource BlueChart® or Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots® software, users can navigate the high seas or nearby lakes with ease. An added bonus: The GPSMAP 96C is not only waterproof, but also floats!

Features:

Unit dimensions: 2.7"W x 6.2"H x 1.4"D
Weight: 7 ounces
Display size: 2.6" diagonally
Display resolution: 160x240-pixel, 256-color TFT display
Usable storage capacity: 119 MB
Battery life: Up to 40 hours in battery save mode, depending on backlight setting
Antenna: Quad-helix
WAAS capability: WAAS GPS receiver for enhanced lateral/vertical guidance
Multi-platform navigation: Easy navigation in an aircraft, vehicle or boat and as a handheld GPS unit; accepts data from Garmin's MapSource CD-ROM products
Waterproof: IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (submersible in one meter of water for up to 30 mins.)
Routes, Tracks, Waypoints: 50 reversible routes (300 waypoints each), 20 saved tracks (500 trackpoints each), TracBack® technology and 1,000 waypoints with graphical icon identification

Specifications

Navigation Features

Waypoints/icons: 1,000 with name and graphic symbol
Nearest: Continuously updated; Airport, VOR, NDB, INT, user, ARTCC, FSS, airspace, WX
Routes: 50 reversible routes with up to 250 points each, plus TracBack® modes, Automatic turn-by-turn along-road routes
Tracks: Automatic track log; 20 saved tracks; 500 points per saved track; lets you retrace your path in both directions
Position data: Current speed, average speed, resetable max. speed, trip timer, nearest point of interest and trip distance
Alarms: Airspace, approach and arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, others
Map datums: More than 100 plus user datum
Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other grids, including user grid
Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sun and moon rise, set, and location

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: Approx. 15 seconds
Cold: Approx. 45 seconds
AutoLocateâ„¢: Approx. 5 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 port 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

Moving Map Features

Basemap: Americas, Atlantic or Pacific; includes: state/country boundaries, lakes, rivers, railroads, cities, coastlines, US state and interstate highways, and local thoroughfares
Database: Built-in Jeppesen® database with terrain and obstacle databases; includes worldwide airports and VORs, plus Americas, or Atlantic International, or Pacific Intrenational NDB’s, 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 up to 119 megabytes of downloaded map detail from a variety of optional MapSource® CDs (96Conly). Accpts up to 23 megabyets of download map detail (96 only)

Power

Source: 2 AA batteries

Battery life:

Up to 40 hours (96 C) in battery save mode
Up to 25 hours (96) in battery save mode

Physical

Size: 6.2� H x 2.7� W x 1.4� D (15.7 x 6.9 x 3.5 cm)
Weight: 7.6 ounces with battery

Display:

1.5� W x 2.2� H (3.8 x 5.6 cm) 256-color transflective TFT display (160 x 240 pixels)
1.6� W x 2.2� H ( 3.8 x 5.6 cm) 4-level grayscale display (180 x 240 pixels)
Case: Fully gasketed, high impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards**
Temperature range: 5°F to 158°F (-15°C to 70°C)
User data storage: Indefinite

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

* Subject to accuracy degradation to 100 m 2DRMS under the United States Department of Defense-imposed Selective Availability (SA) program.