GARMIN 178C SOUNDER / GPS / CHARTPLOTTER

The Garmin 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 Garmin GPSMAP 172C—all in a compact, value-priced console that leaves fish nowhere to hide.

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—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.

Package includes: Garmin 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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Garmin 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 (010-10272-00) for offshore boating or a single-frequency 200 kHz transducer (010-10249-00) 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
  
  

Specifications:


Navigation features:

Waypoints/icons: 3000 waypoints with name and graphic symbol, 10 nearest (automatic), 10 proximity

Routes: 50 reversible routes with up to 50 points each, plus MOB and TracBack® modes

Tracks: 10,000 point automatic track log; 15 saved tracks (up to 700 track points each) let you retrace your path in both directions

Trip computer: Trip odometer, stopped time, moving average, moving time, total average, total time, maximum speed, and odometer

Alarms: Anchor drag, arrival, off-course, proximity waypoint, and clock

Tables: Built-in celestial tables for sun and moon by date and position

Tides: Tide data (U.S.A. only)

Map datums: More than 106 with user datum

Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs, and other grids

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 5 minutes

Update rate: 1/second, continuous

GPS accuracy:

Position: < 15 meters,(49 feet) 95% typical

Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

WAAS accuracy:

Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical

Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

Dynamics: 6 g’s

Interfaces: NMEA 0183 (2 inputs), RTCM 104 DGPS corrections and outputs

Antenna: Internal QuadHelix; External (GA 29 remote marine mount with 30’ cable)

Differential: WAAS enabled USCG, RTCM-104 (Requires the purchase of optional beacon receiver)

Plotter/Moving Map Features:

Basemap: Built-in Worldwide Marine basemap to 32 nm with coastlines, rivers, lakes, political boundaries, tide data for the U.S., cities, interstates, U.S. state highways, and major thoroughfares

Uploadable maps: Accepts pre-programmed or user programmed Garmin data cartridges containing detailed BlueChart® marine cartography

Plotting scales: 20 feet to 800 nm with dedicated pushbutton zoom control

Power:

Source: 1.2 A from 12 Vdc

Voltage range: 10 V - 35 V

Physical:

Size: 4.9” H x 6.3” W x 3.7” D (122.5 x 157.5 x 92.5 mm)

Weight:

Internal Antenna configuration: 23.9 oz. (.68 Kg)
External Antenna configuration: 23.6 oz. (.67 Kg)

Display: 3.2" W x 3.2" H color CSTN with adjustable backlighting (320 x 320 pixels)

Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards

Temperature range: 5º F to 158º F (-15º C to 70º C)

User data storage: Indefinite, no memory battery required

Depth Sounder Features:

Frequency: 50/200 kHz

Transmit power: 500 watts (RMS), 4000 watts (peak-to- peak) w/ dual frequency transducer 400 watts (RMS), 3200 watts (peak-to- peak) w/ single frequency transducer

Display Options: Depth Control Gain (DCG®) for detailed bottom and structure views; adjustable range, gain and zoom; 3-level fish ID; graphic whiteline provides clear image of bottom hardness and structure; See-Thru® technology separates fish returns from thermoclines and structure

Alarms: Shallow water, fish by size, anchor drift, timer, temperature, and low battery voltage

Transducers: Choice of single- or dual-frequency transom-mount transducers. Also available without transducer.


Specifications are subject to change without notice.