For those of you who've said: "wish there was a case that would hold my GPS, mounting bracket, cables, batteries and data cards." Garmin have launched this deluxe carrying case made from strong crdura fabric and complete with the Garmin logo.

The GPSMAP 196 from Garmin sets new standards as a versatile navigator for air, land, and sea with detailed moving map graphics, HSI steering guidance, full aviation database (including final approach sequence waypoints) and all the other pilot-friendly features you'd expect from GARMIN.

New features include exceptional resolution and contrast on the 12-level greyscale display, extremely fast map redraws and scrolling and a panel page that graphically represents speed, altitude and heading information. A new scrolling feature also reveals detailed information when the cursor is moved over the basemap.

The introduction of the GPSMAP 496 is the culmination of the efforts of the Garmin software team to deliver exceptional features to an even more powerful GPS.
The GPSMAP 496 builds on the popularity of the GPSMAP 296 and GPSMAP 196 with its easy to use menu structures along with an enhanced display (9.65cm) 320 x 480 pixels, 256 colour sunlight readable TFT.
The unit now contains a new processor which employs a 5 Hz update rate (5 times per second) rather than the standard 1 Hz we currently enjoy. This leads to a smoother, near “real-time” presentation on either the main map navigation page or the panel page showing realistic movement on the HSI or rate of turn indicator.

This cable allows you to make a powerful connection between your GPS 296 & GPS 496 and your PC. Create routes and waypoints on your PC and transfer them to your GPS. You can also download map detail from MapSource CD-ROMs.