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Garmin Gpsmap Monochrome Avation Pacific


The GPSMAP 196 is a powerful aviation portable that acts like a panel but goes from cockpit to land to water without missing a beat. With it is crisp, grayscale screen, the 196 is an lowpriced introduction to Garmin's portable aviation products.

Garmin  GPSMAP  196

An lowpriced introduction to Garmin's portable aviation products.

Garmin  GPSMAP  196  Panel  page

Use the Panel Page to view the HSI, your bearing to the course, and other selective information such as speed, altitude, and ETA.

Garmin  GPSMAP  196  Map  Page

Features a real-time moving map that may do much more than just plot your course.

Garmin  GPSMAP  196  Split  Page

Customize the pages to show what you want, and adjust the page layout and data fields.

Enhance Situational Awareness
The WAAS-capable GPSMAP 196 has elaborate map graphics, HSI steering guidance, Jeppesen database and all the other pilot-friendly features you�ve come to suppose from Garmin. Steering guidance is without doubt or question staged through a graphic HSI with VNAV indicator supplying a full range of horizontal and vertical awareness. Extended runway centerlines help orient pilots to the runway. The 196 even supports a comprehensive U.S. database of obstacles (upgradeable thru the Internet) to help you see and refrain from high-rise structural hazards in the vicinity of your flight path.

View Images in Sharp Detail
GPSMAP 196 features a 320 x 240 pixel, 12-level grayscale display with particular solution and contrast. This display with backlighting showcases crisp graphics which redraw with unbelievable speed thanks to a fast processor.

Automate Your Logbook
A built-in logbook tracks your flying hours and mechanically records departure and arrival locations. When employed with Garmin's free logbook software FlightBook, this feature simplifies record keeping. Flightbook software allows you to create, manage, analyze, save and print flight info from GPSMAP 196's logbook.

Navigate by Air, Land or Sea
Simply press a button to switch GPSMAP 196 to automotive or marine mode. The 196 comes with a built-in routable basemap. Add optional MapSource elaborate street maps for street navigation. Or, for a outstanding day on the water, custommake the waterproof 196 with optional marine cartography. Easily add elaborate maps with plug and play Garmin data cards.

Jeppesen Database Information
The GPSMAP 196 includes an internal Jeppesen database that provides emplacement and facility data for thousands of airports, VORs, NDBs, and more. Updates to the Jeppesen database are available each 28 days online. The following data is provided:

  • Airport--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, latitude/longitude, field elevation, available fuel types, runway designations and layout, runway surface, runway length, runway width, runway lighting, communication frequencies, and published approaches.
  • Weather--Frequencies affiliated with an airport (ASOS, ATIS, and AWOS).
  • VORs--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, emplacement (latitude/longitude), frequency, service volume (high, low, terminal), and type (such as VOR-DME, TACAN, and VORTAC).
  • NDBs--Identifier, facility name, city/state/country, emplacement (latitude/longitude), and frequency.
  • Intersections--identifier, nearest VOR, radial and distance from nearest VOR, emplacement (latitude/longitude), and region/country.
  • ARTCC--Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
  • Airspace--boundaries (Class B, Class C, Control Zones, SUAs, and MOAs), controlling agency, and vertical boundaries.
  • FSS--Flight Service Stations.

Pre-Loaded Pacific Autoroute Basemap
The Pacific Autoroute Highway basemap includes Asia, Australia, and Oceania, and covers an area from E60 to E180 Longitude, S60 to N75 Latitude.

Standard map coverage includes:

  • Oceans, rivers, lakes and major streams
  • Principal cities and littler cities and towns
  • Major and indispensable highways, territorial arterials, and a heap of local roads
  • Political boundaries (state and global borders)
  • Large Urban areas (greater than 50K)
  • More elaborated coastline with a heap of littler islands
  • Railroads
  • Airports

What's in the Box
Garmin GPSMAP 196 with Pacific Autoroute Basemap, Free Jeppesen Update Certificate, Yoke Mount, Automotive Mount, Vehicle Power Cable, Low-Profile Remote GPS Antenna, PC Interface Cable, Owner's Manual, Quick Reference Guide


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