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Garmin GPSMAP 296 User Manual

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To enter data in a data field:

1. Use the

ROCKER to highlight the data field you want, and

press

ENTER to activate the field.

2. Press up or down on the

ROCKER to select characters.

Press right to move to the next character or press left to

move back to the previous character. If there are two lines of

data, keep pressing right to drop to the next line.

3. After entering the data, press

ENTER.

Entering data

NOTE: To clear the entire data field, highlight the left-most

character field and press left once more on the ROCKER.

Not all fields are programmable. When you are on a page with fields

that are not selectable, the highlight skips over them.

GPSMAP 296 Databases

Your GPSMAP 296 comes with a Jeppesen

®

database, an Obstacle

database, a Terrain database, a Voice Guidance database, and a

basemap. You also should update your Jeppesen database to use the

most current data. Refer to

page 145

in the “Appendix” for more

information.

MapSource Detailed Maps

Optional Garmin Data Cards and MapSource CD-ROMs enhance

the versatility of your GPSMAP 296. With optional MapSource

City Select

®

data, you can view listings of nearby restaurants,

lodging, shopping centers, attractions, and entertainment, and even

retrieve addresses and phone numbers for any listed location. With

optional BlueChart data, you can access marine navaids, wrecks,

obstructions, and anchorage locations.
The included USB Interface Cable or an optional PC Interface Cable

(with a serial connector) is used to transfer MapSource CD-ROM

data to the optional Data Card.
For compatible MapSource products, refer to the Garmin Web site at

http://www.garmin.com/cartography/

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