GARMIN 010-00602-01 GPSmap 545S Marine GPS Receiver With Dual Frequency Transducer
Ranking: 6.3 out of 10
Manufacturer: Garmin
Model Number: GPSMAP 545S
Product Code: 753759066482
Price: $1,285.70 -- get the latest pricing from Amazon
Features:
- GPSmap 545S
- With Dual Frequency Transducer
- Ultra-Bright 5-Inch Diagonal Full Vga Display
- 4000W Max, 500W Rms
- 640 X 480 Pixels
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Description:
This chartplotter provides the brightest, sharpest, most colorful graphics you've ever seen on a 5-inch screen. See clearly as you navigate with the 545's crisp, sunlight-readable VGA display driven by a high-speed processor. This chartplotter offers exceptional detail, fast redraw rates, and the most realistic photo-enhanced cartography ever seen in this class of fixed-mount electronics.The 545 includes detailed offshore maps with Bluechart g2 coverage of the USA and Bahamas.The 545s comes with powerful dual frequency or dual beam sonar to clearly paint depth contours, fish targets, structure, etc. It's also CANet capable, allowing sounder data to be shared with other plotter displays on your boat.Get more product details from Amazon
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A few annoyances, but a great product!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Weight: 4.4 out of 10
Created: May 20, 2008
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The unit is easy to install, and looks great. It works very well, too. The display is very crisp and easy to see in bright sunshine. It doesn't have much glare, and the unit is easy to use. It's small and lightweight.
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br /It takes a long time to acquire a signal. I have to remember to turn it on at least a couple of minutes before we shove off.
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br /The user interface is disappointing. The unit has a great information display, including the time of day, battery voltage and heading--plus a bunch of user selectable numbers displayed in big numbers that you can see from the other side of your boat. There's also the map and sounding charts. But switching from one to the other requires four or five button presses. This is unconscionable--switching between each should take a single key press.
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br /The will draw a straight line to navigate to a particular point unless the user manually adds turns to avoid land. In the complex Puget Sound, it's time-consuming to enter enough turns manually (and accurately!) to get a sensible course. Garmin requires that you buy an extra map chip in order to get a guided map.
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br /The array of available transducers and sensors is great--but it's also quite confusing. Finding information about which sensor is best for me and my boat required a call to Garmin's customer support. With the sensor I chose, though, the sonar and depth finding is just about perfect.
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br /I've used Garmin products for more than 15 years--since I bought my a hand-held 12XL to take hiking. The products are bullet-proof, and this product is no exception. I wish these problems were fixed, but it's really great product just the same.
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br /It takes a long time to acquire a signal. I have to remember to turn it on at least a couple of minutes before we shove off.
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br /The user interface is disappointing. The unit has a great information display, including the time of day, battery voltage and heading--plus a bunch of user selectable numbers displayed in big numbers that you can see from the other side of your boat. There's also the map and sounding charts. But switching from one to the other requires four or five button presses. This is unconscionable--switching between each should take a single key press.
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br /The will draw a straight line to navigate to a particular point unless the user manually adds turns to avoid land. In the complex Puget Sound, it's time-consuming to enter enough turns manually (and accurately!) to get a sensible course. Garmin requires that you buy an extra map chip in order to get a guided map.
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br /The array of available transducers and sensors is great--but it's also quite confusing. Finding information about which sensor is best for me and my boat required a call to Garmin's customer support. With the sensor I chose, though, the sonar and depth finding is just about perfect.
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br /I've used Garmin products for more than 15 years--since I bought my a hand-held 12XL to take hiking. The products are bullet-proof, and this product is no exception. I wish these problems were fixed, but it's really great product just the same.
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Weight: 1.6 out of 10
Created: Dec 25, 2008
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I have found this item to be everything I expected and more. The same goes for my experience with the vendor.