Garmin GPSMAP 162 Marine Mapping GPS || NightOwl GPS Discount

An easy to use GPS intended for lake or marine use with a small footprint and the ability to accept detailed maps from MapSource Blue Chart and Recreational Lakes and Fishing Hot Spots. WAAS capability allows accuracy to within 3 meters. The GPSMAP 162 GPS package ships with a built-in antenna or an external marine antenna with 30' of feedline.

The GPSMAP 162 offers boat owners an affordable option in fixed-mount navigation.

This GPS system is a combination GPS receiver and chartplotter that's rich in features including a powerful 12 parallel channel GPS receiver and tide prediction tables. Even more remarkable, the GPSMAP 162 can download up to 2.5 MB of extra map data from Garmin's MapSource line of CD-ROMs, including Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots*.

Physically, the unit resembles Garmin's popular Fishfinder 240. The GPSMAP 162 measures about five by six inches in size and boasts a four-level gray FSTN LCD display with 240 x 240 pixels. Even in the dark the units are easy to read, thanks to a backlit display.

The GPSMAP 162: a boatload of features in a sleek unit that won't eat up precious space onboard.

*Some lake information (such as Lake of the Woods) on the Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots CDs have file sizes too large to download to this unit.

Our GPSMAP 162 package for the USA includes the following:

• GPSMAP 162 Chartplotter
• Built-in Americas Basemap
• GA 29 low-profile remote marine antenna (or internal GPS antenna)
• Power/data cable (bare wires)
• PC cable with AC adapter (for transfer of map data to and from a computer)
• User's manual
• Surface/flush mount bracket with knobs
• Quick start guide

Plotter/Moving Map Features

Basemap: Built-in Americas Land or International Land basemap; Americas basemap to 20 miles with state/country boundaries, detailed oceans, lakes, rivers, railroads, cities, coastlines, U.S., state, and local interstate highways and local thoroughfares.

MapSource: Compatible with most Garmin® MapSource products including MapSource BlueChart® marine cartography and Fishing Hot Spots. Accepts up to 2.5 megabytes of downloaded map detail

Plotting Scales: 1/10 to 3000 nm with dedicated push-button zoom control

Navigation Features

Waypoints:
Total: 500 alphanumeric
Nearest: 9 (automatic)
Proximity: 9 (definable)
Routes: 20 reversible with up to 30 points each, plus MOB and TracBack® modes

Coordinates: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Loran TD, plus 9 grids, including Maidenhead

Performance

Receiver: Differential-ready 12 parallel channel receiver tracks all satellites in view

Acquisition Times:
Warm: approx. 15 seconds
Cold: approx. 45 seconds
Autolocate™:approx. 5 minutes
Update Rate: 1/second, continuous

Accuracy:
Position*: 15 meters (49 feet) RMS; 1-5 meters (3-15 feet) RMS with Garmin GBR 21 DGPS receiver (optional)
Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state
Dynamics: 6g's

Antenna: GA 29 remote marine mount with 30' cable or internal antenna for installations where a remote antenna is not needed

Display: 4.2" diagonal (10.7cm) high-contrast, 4-level gray LCD with backlighting (240 x 240 pixels)