GARMIN GPSmap 62 series

GARMIN GPSmap 62 series

Rugged hand held GPS receiver with large color display, integrated base map, auto-routing and USB interface. The GPSmap 62s and 62st are additionally equipped with an electronic compass, a barometrical altimeter, a slot for an optional uSD memory card, a connector for an external antenna and support wireless communication with compatible devices. The GPSmap 62st comes furthermore with a pre-installed topographic map of Europe.

The devices of the GARMIN GPSmap 62 series are very easy to use thanks to their rocker key and user friendly graphical interface. They consume little power, support multiple languages and have an integrated base map. They provide 1.7 GB rsp. 600 MB free built-in memory to store even more detailed information, such as local roads, restaurants, public buildings and other points of interest. All models are equipped with an USB interface.
The GPSmap 62s and GPSmap 62st are both equipped with a slot for an optional uSD memory card in the battery compartment, a built-in electronic compass, a barometrical altimeter, a connector for an external antenna, they can exchange data wireless with compatible devices and can receive data from an optional heart rate monitor and an optional speed/cadence sensor. Additionally, the GPSmap 62st comes with a pre-installed topographic map of Europe. The extremely sensitive antenna provides navigation information outdoors, in a car, in a train or even in an airplane (see MapSource examples).

Features:

• Portable, easy to use, robust, waterproof to IPX-7 standard (withstands 30 minutes under water up to 1 meter (3 feet) deep)
• Large, easy to read color display with background illumination (65536 colors, 160x240 pixel)
• Easy to use thanks to its rocker key, push buttons and user friendly, graphical interface
• Multilingual user interface in Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi (Persian), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
• Integrated 12 channel GPS receiver with very sensitive built-in antenna.
  GPSmap 62s/62st: Connector for external GPS antenna. Antenna and various cables available as options.
• Integrated base map with countries of all continents including major cities
• Memory to transfer additional, more detailed maps with roads, crossings and addresses of restaurants, public buildings, points of interest etc. from a PC to the GPS:

GPSmap 62:	1.7 GB built-in memory.
GPSmap 62s:	1.7 GB built-in memory. Slot for standard micro SD memory card ("TransFlash"). Memory cards are available as an option.
GPSmap 62st:	3.66 GB built-in memory. Pre-installed topographic map of Europe, occupies approx. 3 GB, leaving about 600 MB for user data and other maps. Slot for standard micro SD memory card ("TransFlash"). Memory cards are available as an option.

• GPSmap 62s/62st: Electronic 3D compass to check heading while not moving¹, accuracy ±5°, resolution ±1°, can be turned off to safe power. "3D" means tilt-compensated compass which does not require the device to be level for accurate readings.
• GPSmap 62s/62st: Barometrical altimeter for precise elevation recording²
• Powered by batteries (2x AA, last about 20 h) or by an external 12 V power source, e.g. from a car's cigarette lighter (power cord available as an option)
• Short time to first fix (TTFF³: 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: GARMIN Spanner, GARMIN serial, NMEA-Input/Output, Text, RTCM
• Supports WAAS (improves accuracy of position indication from typical better than 15 m (49 feet) to typical better than 3 m (10 feet))
• Supports more than 100 different datum (coordinate systems)
• Supports various display formats include the Swiss Grid
• Firmware stored in Flash-Memory, can be updated by the user
• Operating temperatures -15 .. 70°C (5° .. 158°F)
• USB interface (GPSmap 62s/62st: Highspeed USB, USB cable for data exchange with PC included)
• Dimensions: 61x160x36 mm (2.4x6.3x1.4 inches)
• Weight: 260 g 9.2 ounces, without batteries)

• ¹) In order to check the heading with a GPS, a minimal movement with a speed of at least 5..8 km/h (3..5 mi/h) is required. Where no movement is not possible, a compass is needed.
• ²) Even though a GPS provides accurate elevation information, the value slightly varies continuously. A barometrical altimeter is therefore more accurate, especially when summarizing elevation changes.
• ³) TTFF: Time To First Fix, time until the first information about the current position is acquired.

Information for navigation:

• Stores up to 2000 waypoints with name (up to 30 characters), icon (choice of 75 symbols) and coordinates
• Stores up to 200 reversible routes.
• World map with zoom function in the range of 800 km to 5 m (500 mi to 20 ft)
• Information on the map displayed in 5 levels of details
• Find waypoints, favorites, cities and exits
• Extended search function for points of interest, addresses and intersections, if there is a MapSource map available in memory. These maps require a Windows PC plus a connection cable and are available as options, see MapSource.
• Bearing (electronic compass, GPSmap 62s/62st only)
• Current position (longitude, latitude, altitude)
• Altitude via air pressure (barometer, GPSmap 62s/62st only)
• Current accuracy of the position information
• Current time
• Current bearing
• Current, average and maximum speed
• Trip duration and distance (Odometer)
• Records the travelled path (track), capacity 10'000 track points
• Stores 200 travelled routes (tracks)
• Supports metric and U.S. units

Additional features:

• Air pressure trend (can take pressure readings every 15 minutes even while power is off)
• Calendar
• Alarm clock
• Stop watch
• Calculator
• Area calculation
• Time of sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, current phase of the moon, constellation sun-earth-moon
• Information for hunters and fishers
• Heart rate, requires optional heart rate monitor (GPSmap 62s/st only)
• Speed and cadence of the crank arm, requires optional speed and cadence sensor (GPSmap 62s/st only)
• Temperature, requires optional temperature sensor (GPSmap 62s/st only)