GARMIN GPSMAP
172C WITH INTERNAL ANTENNA
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The Garmin
GPSMAP 172C fixed-mount chartplotter offers brilliant sunlight-readable color
LCD, robust features, and a user-friendly interface—in a compact, value-priced
console.
It comes
standard with a built-in worldwide marine basemap and accepts MapSource
BlueChart offshore marine cartography—featuring detailed depth contours,
inter-tidal zones, wrecks, navaids, and many other points of interest. For
small-water anglers, the Garmin GPS MAP 172 C is compatible with MapSource
Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots—featuring fishing areas, boat ramps,
marinas, and hazards for hundreds of popular U.S. and Canadian lakes.
Pre-programmed data cards can be easily inserted into the slot on the front of
the unit.
For added
flexibility, mariners can upgrade the Garmin GPSMAP 172C to a full-fledged
combination chartplotter/sounder at any time by adding a Garmin
GSD
20 "black box"sonar and transducer.
Garmin GPSMAP 172C Suggested Retail Price:
$728.55 U.S.D. (for
domestic US market only) (with an internal antenna)
Garmin GPSMAP 172C Suggested Retail Price:
$749.99 U.S.D. (for
domestic US market only) (with an external antenna)
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THE GARMIN
GPSMAP 172C HAS THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS:
320 x
320-pixel, 256-color CFTN screen with adjustable CCFL backlight
3.2" W x 3.2"
H (4.5" diagonal) viewing area
4.9" x 6.3" x
3.7" (W x H x D) unit dimensions
State-of-the-art 200 MHz processor makes data acquisition,
panning, and zooming virtually instantaneous
User
waypoints are automatically tagged with the date and time of creation
10,000 active
track points and 1000 saved track points; database information can be stored on
removable data cards and transferred to a PC or another unit
Sends,
receives, and displays positioning data with DSC-equipped VHF radios
TracBack mode
helps guide you back to points along a route
Tracklines
can be color-coded for trolling or cruising
applications
Waypoints/icons: 3,000 waypoints with name, symbol, depth and water
symbols, 10 proximity
Routes: 50
reversible routes with up to 50 points each, plus MOB and TracBack®
modes
Tracks: 10,000
point automatic track log; 15 saved tracks (up to 700 track points each) let 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: Anchor
drag, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint and clock
Tables:
Built-in celestial tables for sun and moon by date and
position
Tides: Tide
data (U.S.A. only)
Map datums:
More than 106 including user datum
Position
format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other
grids
DSC Support:
Yes
-
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:
Interfaces:
NMEA 0183 (2 inputs), RTCM 104 DGPS corrections and
outputs
Antenna: Choice
of Internal QuadHelix or External QuadHelix(GA 29 remote marine mount with 30’
cable)
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Plotter/moving map features
Basemap:
Built-in Worldwide Marine basemap to 32 nm with coastlines, rivers, lakes,
political boundaries, tide data for the U.S., cities, interstates, U.S. state
highways and major thoroughfares
Uploadable
maps: Accepts preprogrammed or user-programmed Garmin data cards containing
optional MapSource cartography
Plotting
scales: 20 feet to 800 nm with dedicated push-button zoom
control
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Power
Source: 10-35
Vdc
Usage:
-
Physical
Size: 4.9”H x
6.3”W x 2.8”D (122.5 x 157.5 x 71 mm)
Weight:
-
172C/172 =
1 lb. 1 oz.
-
178C/178 =
1 lb. 3.5 oz.
Display:
Case: Fully
gasketed, high impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 60529 IPX7
standards
Temperature
range : 5ºF to 131ºF (-15ºC to 50ºC)
User data
storage : Internal backup of user settings, no memory battery required
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Depth Sounder features (GPSMAP 178/178C
Sounder only)
Frequency:
50/200 kHz or 200 kHz
Transmit power
:
-
500 watts
(RMS), 4000 watts (peak-to- peak) w/ dual frequency transducer
-
400 watts
(RMS), 3200 watts (peak-to- peak) w/ single frequency transducer
Performance
features: Depth Control Gain (DCG) for detailed bottom and structure views;
adjustable range, gain and zoom; 3-level fish ID; graphic whiteline provides
clear image of bottom hardness and structure; See-Thru technology separates
fish returns from thermoclines and structure
Alarms: Shallow
water, fish by size, anchor drift, timer, temperature, and low battery
voltage
Transducers:
Choice of single or dual frequency transom-mount transducers. Also available
without
transducer
