Marine GPS Navigation
Garmin: GPSMAP 178C
 
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GPSMAP 178C Sounder
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 The
GPSMAP® 178C Sounder is a new-generation fully integrated
chartplotter and powerful sonar, offering the same brilliant sunlight-readable
color LCD, powerful features, and simple interface as the GPSMAP
172C—all in a compact, value-priced console that leaves
fish nowhere to hide.
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Package includes:
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- GPSMAP 178C Sounder with built-in
Worldwide
Marine basemap
- Remote antenna with 30’
cable or integrated GPS sensor
- Power/data cable
- 1-knob, adjustable tilt and
swivel mount
- User’s manual
- Quick-start guide
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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 GPSMAP 178C Sounder 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.
GPSMAP 178C Sounder features
- 320 x 320-pixel, 256-color
CSTN screen with adjustable CCFL backlight
- 3.2" W x 3.2"
H (4.5" diagonal) viewing area
- 6.3" x 4.9"
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
- Choose either a dual-frequency
50/200 kHz transducer for offshore boating or a single-frequency
200 kHz transducer for inland lakes and bays
- See-Thru® technology
(which separates fish from thermoclines and structure) and Depth
Control Gain (DCG®) for detailed images of structure and
bottom densities
- New digital display
technology offers an easy-to-read, semi-transparent digital
readout that allows users to see sonar images "behind"
the data
- User waypoints are automatically
tagged with the date and time of creation, as well as water
temperature and depth—vital information for serious anglers
- 10,000 active track
points and 700 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
- 500-watt (RMS) 4000-watt
(PTP) output with dual-frequency transducer
- 400-watt (RMS) 3200-watt
(PTP) output with single-frequency transducer
- Adjustable range, gain,
zoom, and bottom lock
- Temperature log maintains
a graphical record of temperature data
- Shallow-water, deep-water,
fish-by-size, timer, low-battery-voltage, anchor-drag, arrival,
off-course, proximity-waypoint, and clock alarms
- Water temperature and
fish ID with depth alarms
Additional Specifications
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