GPS receiver with fast auto-routing, voice guidance, large, excellent color display, integrated world and Europe/Africa map plus USB and serial interface. Well suited for navigation on land and on water in all kinds of vehicles.
The GARMIN GPSMAP276C provides fast automatic route calculation, visual and voice guidance, has a large, brilliant, easy to read color display, an extremely sensitive antenna, an integrated world map (overview) plus a base map of Europe, Africa and the near East. It has a multi-lingual user interface and is easy to use. Optional memory cards provide storage for more detailed maps with even more information, such as local roads, restaurants, points of
interest etc. for navigation on land. For navigation on water, optional memory cards with Blue-Chart maps are available. The GPSMAP276C provides navigation information outdoors, in a car, in a train, on a boat or even in an airplane (see MapSource examples).
Contents: Features - Navigation - Overview - Main Pages - Price - Options - Maps - Downloads - Order
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C ]](garmin_gpsmap276c.jpg)
- Integrated 12 channel receiver with detachable, adjustable and very sensitive antenna, connector for external GPS antenna (external antenna available as an option)
- User interface in 16 languages: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
- Voice prompting in 12 languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK and US), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish and Spanish.
- Integrated world map (overview) with countries of all continents including major cities
- Integrated base map of Europe, Africa and the near East with countries, waters, towns, highways, major roads and city maps. Navigational information are available for the following countries: country list
- Slot for additional memory module to download additional, even more detailed maps with roads, crossings and addresses of restaurants, public buildings, points of interest etc.or marine maps from a PC (Memory modules are available as an option).
- Routing speed: 8.12 (see GPS Routing Speed for details).
- Suited to be used in any kind of vehicles. Comes with marine mount kit with shutter for quick mounting and dismounting to easily remove the GPS receiver (seamless switching between cars, theft protection etc.).
- Large, illuminated, easy to read LCD display: Dimension: 55x82 mm, resolution: 480x320 pixels, 256 colors.
- Manual or automatic switching of the display between daytime and nighttime, based on time and the current position (changes the colors of the display between sunset and sunrise for more comfortable viewing) Daytime: bright background, nighttime: dark background.
- Water resistant up to approx. 3 feet (1 meter) for about 30 minutes (conforms to IPX7).
- Powered by internal, recharchable battery (lasts up to 15 h) or external 12/24 V power source, e.g. from a car's lighter (power supply to charge battery included, 12 V power cord with or without loudspeaker available as an option).
- Short time to first fix (TTFF¹: approx. 15 seconds after a warm start, meaning there are valid coordinates of the satellites available, or approx. 45 seconds after a cold start, meaning there are no valid coordinates of the satellites available)
- Supports the following protocols for data exchange with PC: NMEA 0183 with 4800 Baud, GARMIN, GARMIN DGPS, NMEA 0183 V2.30, Text out, RTCM IN, RTCM/NMEA and RTCM/TEXT
- DGPS (Differential GPS) ready (GARMIN differential receiver available as an option)
- Firmware stored in Flash-Memory, can be updated by the user
- Operating temperatures -15 .. 60°C (5° .. 140°F)
- USB interface (connection cable included)
- Dimensions: 145x81x48 mm (5.7x3.2x1.9 inches)
- Weight: 390 g (0.9 pounds)
¹) TTFF: Time To First Fix, time until the first information about the local position is acquired.
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The GPSMAP276C supports two different navigation modes: Road navigation (Automotive mode) and navigation on water (Marine mode). The basic functions, such as position information, current speed, heading, odometer, distance and time to next turn and to final destination etc. are the same. But depending on the navigation mode, the device may display different information and provide dedicated additional functions. In addition, there are different optional maps available
for road navigation as well as for navigation on water.
- Automatic computing of a route to a user selected destination including up to 100 via-points.
Various options to control route computation.
- Automatic re-calculation of the route when leaving the planned route.
- Guidance on the display (visual guidance) and voice guidance via the loudspeaker (acoustic guidance)
Power cord with loudspeaker included.
- Fast route calculation and re-calculation.
Finds routes more than 8 times faster than the GARMIN StreetPilot III, see GPS Routing Speed for more information.
- Information about the position of the GPS satellites and about the quality of the signals
- World map with zoom function in the range of 1200 km to 30 m (800 mi to 120 ft)
- Information on the map displayed in 5 levels of details
- Distance measuring (direct distance)
- Find waypoints, cities and exits
- Extended search function for points of interest, addresses and intersections, if there is a MapSource map available in memory. Memory modules and various maps are available as an option. If you buy additional maps, you have to request an unlock code from GARMIN via Internet. A Windows PC is required to transfer maps to the GPS device.
- Stores up to 3000 waypoints with name (up to 10 characters), icon (choice of more many different symbols), coordinates and altitude.
- Stores up to 50 routes.
- Current position (longitude, latitude, altitude)
- Current accuracy of the position information
- Current time and date
- Current bearing
- Current, average and maximum speed
- Trip duration and distance (Odometer)
- Records the travelled route (track). Various settings to control track recording.
- Time of sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, current phase of the moon, constellation sun-earth-moon
- Supports metric, nautical and U.S. units
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![[ Overview of the GARMIN GPSMAP276C ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_overview_en.jpg)
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Setup |
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Trip Computer |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C satellites information ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_satellites.jpg) |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C setup ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_setup.jpg) |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C trip computer ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_trip-computer.jpg) |
- Function keys: GPS status, Route, Points, Recording of the travelled path (Track), Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
- Status of the GPS location information
- Current position of the satellites in the sky
- Strength of the satellites signals
- Coordinates of the current position
- Date, battery status and current time
- Differential GPS
- Accuracy of the position information
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- Function keys: Tidal information, Messages, Display settings, Sound settings, System settings
- System settings, Routing settings for road navigation, Navigation information, Timers
- System mode
- Usage mode (Automotive or Marine)
- Speed filter
- Text language
- WAAS
- Operation mode without external power
- Operation mode with external power
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- Current heading and current time
- Current speed
- Overall travelled distance (odometer) and travelled distance of the current trip
- Average speed without standing time
- Overall average speed (including stopped time)
- Maximum speed
- Moving time
- Time with no motion (stopped time)
- Total time since last reset
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| Waypoint |
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Find |
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Compass |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C waypoint ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_waypoint.jpg) |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C find ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_find.jpg) |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C compass ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_compass.jpg) |
- Symbol of the waypoint (as displayed on the map)
- Name of the waypoint (up to 10 characters)
- Category, to which this waypoint is assigned
- Comment
- Elevation
- Depth
- Temperature
- Coordinates of the waypoint
- Date of last modification
- Functions: Delete waypoint; Show waypoint on map; Save waypoint
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Search for
- Recent found destinations
- Waypoints
- Tide stations
- Cities
- Exits
- Transportation
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- Current location and current heading
- Compass with current heading (only available when moving)
- Current speed
- Distance to next turn
- Estimated remaining travel time to next turn
- Estimated arrival time at final destination
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| Automotive map |
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Marine map |
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Route |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C automotive map ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_land-map.jpg) |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C marine map ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_water-map.jpg) |
![[ GARMIN GPSMAP276C route ]](garmin_gpsmap276c_route.jpg) |
- Current location and heading
- Map
- Current position (black rectangle)
- Current route (pink line)
- Current scale
- Current speed
- Distance to next turn
- Estimated remaining travel time to next turn
- Estimated arrival time at final destination
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- Map
- Current position (black rectangle)
- Current route (pink line)
- Current scale
- Current speed
- Distance to next turn
- Course (direction of a straight line from start to destination)
- Relative heading
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- Turn with direction, distance, navigation instruction, estimated remaining travel time and estimated arrival time.
- Automatically computes routes, can be optimized for distance, time or computing time
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- GARMIN GPSMAP276C:
This model has been discontinued; however, you can still order options for the GPSMAP276C.
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All options for the GARMIN GPSMAP276C in detail.
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GARMIN MapSource City Navigator Australia including customer code to receive free unlock code (1 CD) |
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CHF 228 |
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EUR 176 |
details |
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GARMIN MapSource City Navigator Europe including customer code to receive free unlock code (1 DVD) |
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CHF 138 |
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EUR 106 |
details |
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GARMIN MapSource City Navigator North America including customer code to receive free unlock code (1 DVD) |
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CHF 98 |
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EUR 76 |
details |
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GARMIN MapSource City Navigator South Africa including customer code to receive free unlock code (1 CD) |
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CHF 158 |
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EUR 122 |
details |
Complete list of all MapSource products.
Remark: We provide marine maps for navigation on water on request.
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Here we provide additional documentation and software updates related to the GARMIN GPSMAP276C:
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