Garmin GPSMAP 76Cx Handheld GPS by Garmin
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Digital camera reviews of Garmin GPSMAP 76Cx Handheld GPS
Digital camera Review: garmin 76cx
Summary: 3 Stars
1st set Amazon sent was a disappointment. The unit intermittently went off by itself, during road use/usb connection to pc.
Amazon was kind enough to send me a replacement set pretty expediently and the 2nd unit has worked like a gem. This is my 3rd Garmin GPS.
My loss is the freight I because delivery charges to Singapore, Asia!
Digital camera Review: garmin GPS
Summary: 4 Stars
very good GPS.
loaded with features.
Great for small fishermen or boat owners.
nice screen, well lighted.
everything is good about this.
Digital camera Review: ok, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
An okay and good to handle device for navigating while sailing. Not much to critizize, then. Only the cource projection in the map screen is gone for some reason (the 76 Map had it.)Digital camera Review: read the reviews about installing maps
Summary: 1 Stars
Before buying read all the review comments about problems installing maps. I ordered this unit a month ago and still can't use it. The map that comes with shows little more detail than Interstate highways. So, I ordered what I thought was City Navigator NT map software from Amazon but it was an update and could not be installed unless I already owned the software. Garmin agreed for an additional $30 (in addition to the $70 paid for the update) to exchange the update for the actual City Navigator NT and promised that I would receive the replacement in 4 days after receipt of my return. I received it 18 days after I sent them the update by Priority Mail. Now, when I try to install the software, the unlock code does not work. Nothing on the web page instructs how to do so if there are problems. I'm calling on the Friday before Labor Day, and they are closed through the weekend. So, no possibility of using it for Labor Day travels. I had also wanted to use this unit for hiking but consider the option of installing topo maps to be impossible. The unit satellite system works very well, but unless you are prepared to go through the expense of buying a different mapping software for every use and go through the complications of getting them installed, it's basically a nice (and expensive) paperweight that shows your coordinates.Digital camera Review: very nice...
Summary: 5 Stars
...but there are two things that annoy me:
The color display is significantly smaller than the one on the older monochrome gpsmap 76.
The screws on the back of the unit quickly get rusty when exposed to saltwater.
If you don't need a device that floats, I'd recommend buying its prettier sister, the 60csx for the following reasons: it is smaller (but its display is the same size), it looks nicer and it has the keys in the right place (below the display).