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Here’s how to measure an area using the handheld Garmin GPS units GPS 72, GPS 76, GPSMAP 76 or GPSMAP 76S.

1. Turn unit on

2. Press ENTER two or three times to get to the Satellite Page

3. Press MENU twice to get to the Main Menu

4. Use rocker switch to move highlighted field down to Tracks

5. Press ENTER

6. Use rocker switch to move across to Clear

7. Press ENTER

8. Use rocker switch to move to Yes (Do you really want to clear the track log?)

9. Press ENTER

10. Move around the area of which you wish to measure the area

11. When you have finished, use the rocker switch to move across to Save on the Tracks page

12. Press ENTER

13. Use the rocker switch to move down to Entire Log

14. Press ENTER

15. The area will be shown in Acres. If you wish to change the area units (sq ft, sq yd, sq m, ac, ha, sq km, sq mi, sq nm are options), use the rocker switch to move up to “ac”, press ENTER, then use the rocker switch to move to the units you require, and press ENTER to select.

16. Use the rocker switch to move to OK to save the track

Custom Digital Readout Selection

Advanced User Mode allows customization of digital readouts. Select from available options on all 5 different readout boxes.

Custom View Selections

User selectable views allows you to see only the views that you want, giving you the flexibility to access the information you need quickly and easily.

Large Digits View

Also known as Big Digits View provides digital data in a large, easy-to-see format. Depth is always displayed. Readouts for temperature, speed, and Triplog information are displayed automatically if the appropriate accessory is connected. The Triplog shows distance traveled, average speed, and time elapsed since the Triplog was last reset. The digital readouts in the Big Digits View cannot be customized.

Selectable Background

There are three different Background choices for a combination of twelve different possibilities for Display Colors. GPS Views only allow the Background to be changed.

Temperature Alarm

Allows you to preset and display an alarm when a desired temperature is reached. Especially useful to find fish that tend to stay isolated to...

Truly Global Communications

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Iridium NEXT: Expanding the Possibilities

Q: What is a ‘Newly Overhauled’ Garmin GPS receiver or system?

A: [From Garmin] These are systems that have been returned to Garmin from either an end user or dealer that may or may not have been used. Many of the units Garmin gets back from their larger retailers are actually found to be working fine, but end users have returned them for any number of reasons. Whereas some units do come back with real failures.

Garmin therefore takes all these units that come back, tests them out and, if necessary, does repairs to bring them back to ‘like new’ status. Garmin also ensures they have the latest software update.

These units are therefore as good as new, but since they have been in the field, cannot be sold as new. Garmin then offers them to their dealers at a discounted price and offers a full one year warranty, just as they do on new systems. These systems are not new, but are as good as new.

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Side Imaging (SI) Sonar

Side Imaging® Sonar, with its amazingly clear, picture-like images of fish, the bottom and structure, is available exclusively in select 1100, 900 and 700 Series fishfinders. It’s the ultimate structure-finding tool, and with its massive coverage (480 feet from side to side!) you can scan in mere minutes what used to take hours.

Features

• Mark the GPS location of promising structure directly onscreen
• High frequency sonar (not a camera) cuts through murk with crystal clarity
• Up to 480 feet of coverage from side to side, scans huge areas fast
• Units with Side Imaging also include traditional down-looking “2D” sonar

Dual Beam PLUS

Get the best of both worlds, with selectable narrow and wide beams you can view individually, or melded into one display.

Features

• Precision, 20˚ beam is optimized for excellent bottom detail, and reveals fish hidden in bottom clutter
• Wider, 60˚ beam provides greater coverage for fish and bait fish
• View beams...