[Rhodes22-list] GPS Comments

[TN Rhodey]

Dave,

The Garmin Map 76 does have alarms but I really haven't used much. There are 
alarms for Anchor Drag, Off Course and for when Approaching WayPoints. The 
alarm is about as loud as the alarm on a digital wrist watch.

Wally


>From: DCLewis1 at aol.com
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS Comments
>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 01:43:29 EDT
>
>
>Wally & Lee,
>
>Could you tell me whether the Garmin 76 has a sufficiently loud audio  
>alarm?
>  I have a Lowrance iFinder and it basically only shows an alarm on  the
>display when you hit a way point - there's no audible alarm - so if you're  
>not
>staring at the display you'd never know an alarm had been triggered.  I  
>think a
>sufficiently loud audio alarm would be very useful.
>
>Also, fwiw, Practical Sailor reported tests of hand held charting GPS  
>units
>in their Nov 06 issue.  Neither the Magellan Explorist, nor  the Lowrance
>iFinder  survived their dunk test, the Garmin 76  did.
>
>Dave
>
>
>
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