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 Garmin GPS 172C
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Garmin GPS 172C
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Weight: 0.4 kg
RRP: £480

Description:
The Garmin GPS 172C 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 GPSMAP 172C 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 GPSMAP 172C to a full-fledged combination chartplotter/sounder at any time by adding a Garmin® GSD 20 "black box" sonar and transducer.
  • 320 x 320-pixel, 256-color CFTN screen with adjustable CCFL backlight
  • 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

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