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Garmin GPSMAP 396
Portable GPS
XM SITE GPSMAP 396
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Unparalleled Situational Awareness

The GPSMAP396 with XM WX Satellite Weather™ features Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD), Aviation Routine Weather Reports (METARs), Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFs), Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), Lightning and Winds Aloft, and several other important weather products to help pilots make informed navigational decisions. This new aviation handheld continues to reduce pilot workload by displaying Traffic Information Service (TIS) data when interfaced to the GTX 330, and can channel frequencies with the touch of a button when interfaced to the SL30 nav/comm radio. The GPSMAP396 is also capable of receiving XM Satellite Radio’s 130-plus channels of music, sports, news, talk, and entertainment programming through a subscription. Once on the ground, the unit continues to provide pilots with invaluable information in a car or boat via automotive or marine navigation modes.

Pilots can customize the map display to overlay XM WX data directly over the unit’s Jeppesen and topographic map databases, or display individual weather products on the exclusive weather explorer™ page. In terrain mode, the GPSMAP396 combines inputs from built-in terrain, obstacle, and electronic flight databases to give pilots a vivid depiction of proximity hazards that require their attention. Pilots can customize their own minimum-clearance limits to receive terrain cautions, which pop up as digital thumbnail images.

Viewing the display in any light is easy, thanks to the device’s 256-color, high-resolution (480 x 320-pixel) TFT display. The unit also features USB data transfer, fast processing speed, and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack.

XM Satellite data and audio is delivered to the GPSMAP396 through Garmin’s new GXM 30A smart antenna, which is included with the unit. The compact GXM 30A (roughly three inches in diameter) processes all weather information and sends the finished data to the GPSMAP396 for display.

With the press of a button, the unit toggles into automotive or marine mode. When on the road, users can load the GPSMAP396 with optional MapSource® City Select® software for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions to addresses and points of interest. The optional auto kit includes a friction and dash mount, a cigarette-lighter adapter with speaker output, a 128-MB data card, and a MapSource City Select CD-ROM for detailed maps of the United States.

On the water, the GPSMAP396 offers a worldwide marine database and U.S. tide data. When paired with MapSource BlueChart® marine cartography, this waterproof unit displays information including depth contours, inter-tidal zones, spot soundings, wrecks, navaids, port plans, restricted areas, cable areas, and anchorages.

An automatic logbook also calculates your flight time and automatically records departure and arrival locations. When used with Garmin's free logbook software—FlightBook—this feature makes light work of maintaining your logbook. Your flight information will be stored in the unit and can be downloaded to this exclusive Flightbook software at any time.
Specifications

Moving Map Features

  • Basemap: Built-in routable basemap (North America and South America) contains state and country boundaries, lakes, rivers, streams, airports, cities, towns, coastlines, state and interstate highways, local thoroughfares and secondary roads within metro areas, federal interstate highway exit information for services such as food, lodging and truck, RV, and automotive service stations.
  • Database: Built-in Jeppesen® database with terrain and obstacle databases**. Includes worldwide airports and VOR’s, plus Americas, or Atlantic International, or Pacific International NDB’s, intersections, special-use and controlled airspace, runway data, plus airport, FSS, and ARTCC frequencies.
  • Approach waypoints: Jeppesen® data also includes final approach sequence waypoints for all published approaches.
  • Uploadable maps: Accepts optional Garmin data cards for detailed maps

Navigation Features

  • Waypoints:
Total: 3,000 with 10 characters (name and symbol)
Nearest: Continuously updated; Airport, VOR, NDB, INT, user, ARTCC, FSS, airspace, Wx
  • Routes: 50 reversible routes with up to 300 points each, plus TracBack® modes, Automatic turn-by-turn along-road routes with voice navigation
  • Tracks: 10,000-point automatic track log; 15 saved tracks; 1,000 points per saved track; lets you retrace your path in both directions
  • Trip computer: Trip odometer, stopped time, moving average, moving time, total average, total time, maximum speed, odometer
  • Alarms: Airspace, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, clock
  • Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sunrise and sunset, sun and moon by date and position
  • Map datums: More than 100 plus user datum
  • Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other grids, including user grid

GPS Performance

  • Receiver: WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to
    compute and update your position
  • Acquisition times:
Warm: Approximately 15 seconds
Cold: Approximately 45 seconds
AutoLocate™: Approximately 2 minutes
  • Update rate: 1/second, continuous
  • GPS accuracy:
Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical*
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
  • DGPS (USCG) accuracy:
Position: 3-5 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
  • DGPS (WAAS) accuracy:
Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical
Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
  • Dynamics: 6 g’s
  • Interfaces: RS232 port with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin USB interface. Accepts aviation input format from panel-mount GPS. Also can connect to Garmin SL30 and SL40 for frequency tuning and GTX 330 for TIS traffic alerts.
  • Antenna: Removable quad-helix
  • Differential: WAAS, marine beacon

Power

  • Source: Rechargeable lithium battery
  • Battery life: 5-15 hours of use (depending on backlight settings)

Physical

  • Size: 5.7 "W x 3.2" H x 1.9" D (14.47 x 8.12 x 4.82 cm)
  • Weight: 14.2 ounces (400 g) with battery
  • Display: 3.8" diagonal (9.65 cm) 320 x 480 pixels, 256-color sunlight readable TFT with adjustable backlighting
  • Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 60529 IPX7 standards***
  • Temperature range: 5ºF to 158ºF (-15ºC to 70ºC)

User data storage: Indefinite

Specifications are preliminary and subject to change without notice.