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Garmin Dakota 20 Touchscreen GPS |
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 Great GPS
This is my first GPS and I am beyond impressed with it. I use it primary for cycling to trace my r...Read more
8 days ago by Tyler
Great handheld
My First GPS with mapping, will never go back :)...Read more
9 days ago by Gary
My best GPSr
Bought this to upgrade from etrex legend & go paperless which works great. Has helped me find my la...Read more
11 days ago by llefeb
Geocaching
J aI acheter se produit quelq un me la conseiller et je suis tres satsfait du produit. fonctionne...Read more
13 days ago by FISTERRA
Great for Geocaching
Bought this to be able to go paperless caching which works great. Good visibility. Like being ab...Read more
20 days ago by Philip
rouyn noranda
je suis tres satisfait du produit. je l utilise pour toute sorte d activiter. fasille a utiliser j...Read more
24 days ago by rejean
 Dakota 20
My first GPS. Bought it for geocaching. Decided to buy one that is paperless. Luv it for that aspe...Read more
29 days ago by QTEEEE
New to Geo Caching
I did some research for a new GPS and kept coming back to the Dakota 20. It has a ton of great fea...Read more
30 days ago by Bigmountainj
Great For Geocaching
After using my Blackberry 9700 and also a friend's older Garmin for Geocaching, I decided it was t...Read more
47 days ago by Dystrukshun
Fun Geocaching GPS
Got the Dakota 20 on my birthday & am thoroughly loving it! Was previously caching with a TomTom 1...Read more
57 days ago by Judi
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$349.99 |
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$309.95 |
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| Model: |
Garmin Dakota 20 |
| Part No: |
010-00781-01 |
| Condition: |
Brand New, One Year Warranty |
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| Product Detail |
| Manufacturer: |
Garmin |
Category: |
GPS Units |
Type: |
Outdoor GPS |
| Model: |
010-00781-01 |
SKU: |
DAKOTA20 |
UPC: |
753759094874 |
| Announced: |
June 26, 2009 |
First Shipped: |
July 24, 2009 |
Weight: |
1.100 lbs. |
| Description |
Outdoor navigation meets touchscreen simplicity in Garmin Dakota 20. This rugged, palm-sized navigator combines touchscreen navigation, high-sensitivity GPS with HotFix satellite prediction, barometric altimeter, 3-axis electronic compass and microSD card slot in one affordable, power-packed punch.
Touch and Go
Garmin Dakota 20 makes outdoor navigation effortless with a tough, sunlight-readable, 2.6 inch color touchscreen display. The interface is easy to use, so you'll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Garmin Dakota 20 is built to withstand the elements: bumps, dust, dirt and water are no match for this rugged navigator.
Get Your Bearings
Garmin Dakota 20 has a built-in 3-axis electronic compass, which shows your heading even when you're standing still or not holding the device level. Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude, and you can even use it to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions. And with its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver with HotFix satellite prediction, Garmin Dakota 20 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons.
Find Fun
Get into paperless geocaching with Garmin Dakota 20 by quickly downloading up to 2,000 caches, with information such as location, terrain, difficulty, hints and description - no more paper print outs and manually entered coordinates. Visit our geocaching pages for more information.
Explore the Terrain
Garmin Dakota 20 comes with built-in worldwide basemap, so you can navigate anywhere with ease. Adding more maps is easy with Garmin's wide array of detailed topographic, marine and road maps, available on microSD card.
Share Wirelessly
With Garmin Dakota 20 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other compatible Dakota, Foretrex, Oregon and Colorado users. Now you can send your favorite route or geocache location to a friend easily. Just touch "send" to transfer your information to similar devices.
Garmin Dakota 20: Touchscreen navigation for the great outdoors.
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| What's Included In The Box? |
The Garmin Dakota 20 ships with the following items included: - Garmin Dakota 20 (View this item)
- Garmin USB PC Cable (View this item)
- Garmin 17.5 inch Lanyard (View this item)
- Quick Start Manual
- Manual on Disk
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| Most Helpful Customer Reviews (View all 25 reviews for this item) |
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Garmin Dakota 20 Reviews
Average rating: (4.4 based on 26 ratings).
Lowest rating: 2 | Highest rating: 5
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96% of our reviewers recommend this item.
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Bush Creatures
Edmonton
September 7, 2009
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PRETTY GOOD FOR GEOCACHING
First of all, a big salute to GPSCity. Called my order in at 2:00 pm and FedEx delivered it at 9:00 am the next day.
Nice compact little unit. Touchscreen and paperless caching is awesome. Definitely finds the caches.
Has about 2/3 the battery life of my 60CSx but still gives me two days of caching on a set of rechargeables. Cached with it in bright sunlight and in the dark and in the rain and no problems with the display or touchscreen. We'll soon see how it goes at -30C.
A few things annoy me like no ability to mass delete loaded caches unless it is connected to the comp. and it sorts found caches by distance and not date and time. Does not come with a carbiner or belt mount but I remedied that pdq with a small $8 belt mounted dig. cam. case that even has a small pouch for spare batteries.
All in all, very happy with it.
Recommend: YES
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Earl
Rockwood, Ontario
September 22, 2009
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NEW DAKOTA 20
Just returned from Alaska with it...good sensitivity on plane and most locations (even onboard ship). I have had 3 Lowrance GPS's...no comparison. I just downloaded all Ontario and half of Alberta from Topo Canada, and I still have 400 meg of memory. Batteries last for days, and no need for anything other than basic alkaline. Screen is good for personal viewing, but a little hard for 2 people to view at the same time. Touch screen is great, but I like to use something a little more pointed than my finger when working on detail on maps. Menus are straight forward and simple. I wish the altimeter was not just barometric, but GPS as well....this is one of the disappointing aspects of the Dakota 20. So far, I am extreemly pleased with the rest of it. (I am not a geocacher)
Pros: great memory easy to use long battery life
Cons: barometric altimeter
Recommend: YES
114 viewers found this helpful.
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blaufman
Hamilton, ON
September 28, 2009
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MISSING SOME FEATURES
This unit was bought to replace my 76Csx. For the most part, it does just that. A key upgrade is the 3D compass which makes Geocaching easier when you're close to the cache. However, this unit is lacking in a couple areas that surprise me:
The calendar will not bring up the caches you found on a given day - it will just show you all that you have found of the ones stored - period. The car adapter fits badly and falls out very easilly. This unit does not detect the presents of the adapter power and give you the option of full brightness on your display - brightness is a universal setting (maybe that's my power adapter??). When plugged into the laptop, it is in HD mode. This is where you have to delete Geocaches & other weypoints. While it would be nice to manage these more via the unit, by laptop is acceptable I suppose. POIs don't show up until your really zoomed in - more than I typically have my GPS set for. Perhaps this is a function of the map? While the touchscreen works great, a stylus like I have for my pocket PC would have been nice - my fingers are too fat for some of the specific navigation you direct with your fingers - on the map and even when typing in words & numbers some times. In the overall scheme of things, these issues are minor, and having it to do over again, I would buy the same unit.
Pros: size, touch screen, accuracy, battery usage.
Cons: a couple simple features missing
Recommend: YES
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Richard
Edmonton
August 25, 2009
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DAKOTA 20
I bought 2 one for myself & one for my brother we both like it very much. My friend ordered one the next day he tried mine and loved it. Some glitch with the directional arrow, when approaching the coordinate at about 12m or less it stop directing and I have to watch the distance left to destination. I'm not talking about the problem happening when someone stop moving and the arrow suddenly point another direction. As I am moving slowly toward a cache it stop directing when getting close, very annoying. Also same problem as the Colorado and Oregon the calendar feature of Map60CSX is not there, that is showing the waypoints found that day. The found cache can not be deleted without being connected to a computer and it is not friendly. Many plus sides, the compact form is great, the interaction speed is awesome. Strange, sometime when moving in a vehicle it slows down and it need to be reset. For the micro SD position I prefer the one in the Legend HCX along side of batteries, versus underneat, that little trap door can easily crack the chip when installing. Fat fingers like mine does not make it easy. Thanks
Pros: too numerous to list
Cons: can not delete geocache without a computer
Recommend: YES
103 viewers found this helpful.
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Tim H
Niagara Falls, ON
January 19, 2010
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PAPERLESS!
What a step up to be able to check out logs/hints/cache details while out searching! Still learning all of the capabilities that this unit has! Wish that the unit would work with adapter in the car to save batteries, but as soon as you plug into the unit it goes into HD mode. Good thing the batteries last a long time!
Pros: easy to use, intuitive
Cons: reset setup after batteries died
Recommend: YES
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| Garmin Dakota 20 Specifications |
| Disclaimer: Specifications shown are subject to change by the manufacturer without notice. Information provided is believed correct and
true to the best of our ability, however, GPS City is not responsible for typographical errors or incorrect data. To report any errors, please use
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| General |
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Unit dimensions, WxHxD: |
2.2 x 3.9 x 1.2 in (5.5 x 10 x 3.3 cm) |
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Display size, WxH: |
1.43W x 2.15H inches (3.6 x 5.5 cm) 2.6 inch Diag (6.6 cm) |
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Display resolution, WxH: |
160 x 240 pixels |
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Display type: |
Transreflective color TFT touchscreen |
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Weight: |
5.25 oz (148.8 g) with batteries |
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Battery: |
2 AA batteries (not included); NiMH or Lithium recommended |
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Battery life: |
20 hours |
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Waterproof: |
Yes (IPX7) |
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GPS-enabled: |
Yes |
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Floats: |
No |
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High-sensitivity receiver: |
Yes |
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PC interface: |
USB |
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RoHS version available: |
Yes |
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Preloaded maps: |
No |
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Map coverage area: |
Regional |
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Ability to add maps: |
Yes |
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Street Map Compatible: |
Yes |
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Topographic Map Compatible: |
Yes |
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Marine Software Compatible: |
Yes (limited) |
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Bluechart g2 Map Compatible: |
Yes |
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Bluechart g2 Vision Map Compatible: |
Yes (limited) |
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Built-in memory: |
850 MB |
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Accepts data cards: |
microSD data card |
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Waypoints/favorites/locations: |
1000 |
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Garmin Connect™ compatible (online community where you analyze, categorize and share data): |
Yes |
| Automotive |
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Routes: |
50 |
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Basemap: |
Yes |
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Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): |
No |
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Speaker Location: |
Internal Buzzer |
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Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft.") : |
No |
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Speech recognition (navigate with voice commands): |
No |
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3D map view: |
Yes |
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Automatic routing (turn by turn routing on roads): |
Yes |
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Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): |
No |
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Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): |
No |
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Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): |
No |
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Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): |
No |
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Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): |
Yes |
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Hands-free calling with Bluetooth® wireless technology: |
No |
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FM traffic compatible: |
No |
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XM® Navtraffic (includes basic weather) & Radio for U.S. compatible: |
No |
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MSN® Direct for U.S. compatible: |
No |
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Where Am I? feature (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): |
No |
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Car locator feature (marks position when removed from windshield mount): |
No |
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MP3 player: |
No |
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Audio book player: |
No |
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Picture viewer: |
No |
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Configurable vehicle icons (select car-shaped icons for map navigation): |
No |
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World travel clock, currency & measurement converter, calculator: |
No |
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Touchscreen: |
Yes |
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Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): |
No |
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Antenna Type: |
Internal |
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External Antenna Jack: |
None |
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Remote control: |
No |
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FM transmitter: |
No |
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Headphone jack/audio line-out: |
No |
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Audio/video input/output: |
No |
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Dead reckoning: |
No |
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Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): |
No |
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Automotive-friendly: |
Yes |
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Motorcycle-friendly: |
Yes |
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Lane Assist |
No |
| Outdoor |
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Track log: |
10000 points, 200 saved tracks |
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Electronic compass: |
Yes (3-axis) |
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Barometric altimeter: |
Yes |
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Hunt/fish calendar: |
Yes |
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Sun and moon information: |
Yes |
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Tide tables: |
Yes |
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Area calculation: |
Yes |
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Geocaching mode: |
Yes |
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Outdoor GPS games: |
No |
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Unit-to-unit transfer (shares data wirelessly with similar units): |
Yes |
| Fitness |
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Heart rate monitor compatible: |
Yes (optional accessory) |
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Bike speed/cadence sensor compatible: |
Yes (optional accessory) |
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Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to your computer): |
No |
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Garmin Training Center® software compatible: |
No |
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Virtual Partner® (train against a digital person): |
No |
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Courses (compete against previous workouts): |
No |
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Auto Pause® (pauses and resumes timer based on speed): |
No |
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Auto Lap® (automatically starts a new lap): |
No |
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Auto Scroll (cycles through data pages during workout): |
No |
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Multi-sport (changes sport mode with a press of a button): |
No |
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Advanced workouts (create custom, goal-oriented workouts): |
No |
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Simple workouts (input time, distance and calorie goals): |
No |
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Pace alert (triggers alarm if you vary from preset pace): |
No |
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Time/distance alert (triggers alarm when you reach goal) |
No |
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Interval training (set up exercise and rest intervals) |
No |
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Customizable screen(s) |
Yes |
| 89 |
Power meter compatible (displays power data from compatible 3rd party ANT+Sport™-enabled power meters) |
No |
| 90 |
Sport Watch |
No |
| Marine |
| 91 |
Portable |
Yes |
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Marine Auto Guidance |
No |
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Radar compatible |
No |
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Sonar compatible |
No |
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CANet® compatible |
No |
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Marine Network™ compatible |
No |
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Supports AIS (tracks target ships' position) |
No |
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Supports DSC (displays position data from DSC capable VHF radio) |
No |
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Audible alarms |
Yes |
| 100 |
XM WX Weather & Radio for U.S. compatible |
No |
| 101 |
NMEA input/output |
No |
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