Garmin GPSMAP 60Cx Handheld GPS outdoor navigator with 256-color display

Features
Supplied Software

Features

Product Overview: The Garmin GPSMAP 60Cx is a 7.5-ounce, hand-held, 12-parallel-channel GPS receiver and personal navigator with a built-in quad helix antenna. The built-in SiRFstar III processor calculates and provides automatic routing, turn-by-turn directions and audio alerts along city streets or trails. It continually tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position every second. It has a built-in basemap that can route you via interstates and major highways. With the supplied CD-ROM software, you can create and edit waypoints and routes on your computer, and download them into the unit.

WAAS Capability: This unit is compatible with WAAS (Wide-Area Augmentation System), a system of satellites and ground stations that provide GPS signal corrections, giving you position accuracy of 1-2 meters horizontally and 2-3 meters vertically, 95 percent of the time.

Display: The unit features a 1.5" x 2.2" (2.6" diagonally), 160 x 240 pixel, high-resolution, 256-color transflective TFT LCD. The display is fully readable in direct sunlight. For nighttime viewing, you can turn on the display's backlight. The backlighting can be adjusted for intensity and duration as desired.

Buttons and Rocker Keypad: The GPSMAP 60Cx features dedicated "Find", "Mark", "Quit", "Enter", "Menu", "Page", "(Zoom) Out", and "(Zoom) In" buttons, plus the 4-way rocker pad for navigating through the menus.

Basemap: The GPSMAP 60Cx has a built-in Americas autoroute basemap with a marine point database (January 2001) with automatic routing capabilities, including highways, exits, and tide data.

Internal/External Memory: The basemap is loaded into the unit's internal flash memory. Optional MapSource maps can be downloaded onto the supplied 64MB microSD card. Maps are also available on microSD cards, which can be inserted into the unit's card slot.

Compatible MapSource Data: The GPSMAP 60Cx can accept data from multiple optional MapSource products, including applications for driving, hiking, freshwater and saltwater navigation. Additional maps are available on CD-ROM (for loading into the unit from your PC) and microSD cards (for direct plug-in to the unit).

Geocache Locations: Geocaches are special hidden treasures using GPS coordinates posted on the Internet by those hiding the cache. The GPSMAP 60Cx lets you separate geocache locations from other waypoints with a special symbol to give it extra significance. Once you have entered the location of the geocache, the unit can automatically route you to the location. When the cache is found, an automatic entry into the unit's calendar is made. If you have a list of geocache locations, you can create a route from one geocache to another.

Find Function: With the Find function, you can search for waypoints, geocaches, cities, Interstate exits, recent finds, and marine points. Additional search items appear, such as All Points of Interest, Addresses, Food, Fuel, Lodging, Shopping, and intersections, when optional MapSource and BlueChart data is loaded into the unit. You can also find locations by name when you enter the name of the location into the unit.

Off Road Routes: Instead of choosing the shortest or fastest routes, you may also choose an off-road route. The Direction Finder page is added to the main page sequence, and always points toward your destination. As long as the bearing pointer points straight up, you are heading in the direction of your destination.

Waypoints: You can manually mark any map position as a "waypoint" for later recall. Waypoints can include anything such as fishing spots, trailheads, or the location of your parked car. Up to 1000 waypoints can be marked and stored on this unit.

Tracks: The GPSMAP 60Cx creates an "electronic bread crumb" trail, or track, to show a specific route you have traveled. The track log contains information about points along the path, including time, location, and elevation at each point. The "TracBack" feature allows you to retrace your path without having to manually mark waypoints along the way. Up to 20 tracks of 500 waypoints each can be saved to allow you to retrace your steps in either direction at another time.

Setup Menu: You can customize the GPSMAP 60Cx to your personal preferences for the following features:

• System: select GPS type, WAAS enabled/disabled, battery type, text language, external power off options, and proximity alarms on/off
• Display: select color scheme for daytime and nighttime (10 choices each), backlight timeout and level
• Interface: select data format options for USB and serial interfaces
• Tones: select signal tones for message, key, power, auto route early turn warning, and auto route final turn warning
• Page Sequence: select order for the main pages, plus additional pages when you cycle the Page key
• Map:
  • General: select map orientation (north up or track up), auto zoom, detail, lock on road
  • Tracks: select saved tracks, track log, track points and go to line
  • Points: select the map scale at which various features display
  • Text: select size of the text for above points
  • Information: displays list of downloaded detailed maps
  • Marine: controls display of marine chart items when using downloaded marine charts
• Routing: select guidance method (on/off road), method of following road (faster time, shorter distance), and next turn pop-up
• Geocache: select icons used for geocaches to show found and unfound locations, and whether to make entry in calendar
• Marine: select depth for anchor drag alarm, distance for off-course alarm, and depth for deep water and shallow water alarms
• Time: select 12- or 24-hour clock, time zone, UTC offset and daylight saving time options
• Units: select the units of measurement for position format, map datum, distance/speed, elevation/vertical speed, depth, and temperature
• Heading: select type of heading display and North reference options

Information Pages: The information provided by the GPSMAP 60Cx is found on various display screens called pages. There are 5 main pages:

• Satellite:
  • Indicates which GPS satellites are being received
  • Provides receiver status including 2D or 3D GPS location
  • Simulator mode available for use indoors (where satellite reception not possible)
• Map:
  • Indicates real-time moving map illustrating your current position and intended route
  • Shows map scale and geographic details such as lakes, rivers, highways and towns
  • Allows you to zoom, pan and point using the rocker keypad
  • When no destination entered, provides navigation detail, including moving direction, speed, time of day, and approaching streets
  • When destination entered, provides current heading and next street/road name
• Trip Computer:
  • Default screen indicates trip odometer, maximum speed, moving time, moving average speed, stopped time, overall average speed, elevation, and odometer.
  • Numerous other data fields can be used, including current speed, distance to next, distance to destination, sunrise/sunset, etc.
  • Can use small or large numbers Note: If large numbers are used, the number of data fields displayed is reduced.
• Active Route (after a destination is selected and the route calculated):
  • Displays the next three turns including turn direction arrow, turn description, distance and time for each
  • Bottom row shows destination and estimated distance and time of travel from your current location
  • Allows you to stop and resume navigation for "side trips"
  • Updates the route if you've traveled off the current route or reselected between faster time route and shorter distance route
• Compass:
  • Uses a graphic compass display and a bearing pointer
  • Displays digital data fields including current speed, distance to next point on the route, and estimated distance and arrival time to destination

Non-GPS Features: In addition to its GPS functions, the GPSMAP 60Cx also features the following:

• Calendar: For any given day and location, you can get the following information:
  • Sunrise/Sunset times
  • Moon phase
  • Hunt and Fish probabilities
  • Archived waypoints for activities to navigate to
  • Day, week, or month format display
• Calculator: lets you perform basic mathematical operations
• Stopwatch: use as stopwatch with lap timer and lap distance setting. Displays number of laps, lap distance, last lap, current lap, overall time, total lap time and average lap time.
• Sun & Moon: provides graphic depiction of the position of the sun and moon relative to Earth for any date, time and location on Earth. Also displays times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset for a selected date and location
• Hunt & Fish: provides predicted best times for hunting and fishing for a chosen date and location
• Games:
  • GPS Enhanced: Memory Race, Virtua Maze, Geko Smak, Nibbons, Gekoids
  • Non-GPS Enhanced: Beast Hunt

Demo Mode: When indoors, you can activate the built-in Demo mode and practice using the unit. This shuts off the GPS receiver so it's not searching for satellites.

Power Requirements: The GPSMAP 60Cx operates on 2 "AA" batteries (not supplied). Alkaline batteries are recommended, and provide up to 18 hours of battery life with typical use. With battery saving, you can get up approximately up to 30 hours. You can also use rechargeable Ni-MH batteries, but they typically display less capacity than disposable batteries. When using the unit in below freezing temperatures, lithium batteries are recommended. Use of the backlight shortens battery life. Stored data, such as waypoints or unit settings, are not lost when changing batteries.

Antenna: The unit has a built-in quad helix antenna for best satellite reception. Remote GPS antennas, such as the optional Garmin GA 29, GA 27C, or GA 25MCX, can be connected to the back of the unit via an MCX connection.

Waterproof: The GPSMAP 60Cx is waterproof to IPX7 standards, and can withstand immersion in 1 meter of water for up to 30 minutes.

Supplied Software