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Garmin GPSMAP 396 User Manual

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GPSMAP 396 Owner’s 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 396 Databases

Your GPSMAP 396 comes with Jeppesen

®

database, Obstacle

database, Terrain database, and Voice Guidance database. You also

should update your Jeppesen database to use the most current data.

Refer to

page 169

in the “Appendix” for more information.

MapSource Detailed Maps

Optional Garmin data cards and MapSource CD-ROMs enhance

the versatility of your GPSMAP 396. With optional MapSource

City Navigator

®

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 g2 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

www.garmin.com/cartography.