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Garmin eTrex Vista HCx
The Garmin Vista HCx brings a high sensitive receiver to Garmin's popular line of eTrex handheld units. It features a small GPS receiver and navigator with a color screen you can hold right in your hand. The HCx is modeled after the original eTrex Vista, the color Vista C and the Vista Cx, which brought expandable memory to the eTrex series. Now it has a high sensitive receiver, although unlike other previous Garmin units, the high sensitive receiver chip is not a Sirf product, rather a MediaTek 3.
It was designed for outdoor use such as on the trail, hiking, geocaching, and biking. The HCx can also be used for highways, if you purchase the Garmin CityNavigator maps. Overall, the unit operates almost the same as the Vista Cx, with just a few minor changes. The only feature change in the HCx is the ability to customize the routing color.
The Vista HCx is the same size as its color model predecessors. It has a color screen, a power/backlight key, a page key, map zoom in and out keys, the find key and the joystick key. While there is a card slot, no micro SD card is included in the unit package. This provides more than plenty of room for maps. Included in the Vista HCx package is the unit itself, loaded with a basic basemap, wrist strap, owners manual, a USB cable for computer use and MapSource Trip and Waypoint manager, which allows you to connect the HCx to a computer and manage your waypoints, routes and tracks. It contains a similar basemap that is loaded in your unit and does not have any specific map detail.
The Garmin eTrex Vista GPS Receiver boasts an internal memory capacity of 24MB, which allows it to accept downloaded mapping data from Garmin's MapSource® CD-ROMs, including Fishing Hot Spots® and so much more. Features: a built-in basemap of North and South America, plus marine navigational aides. Has a 24 MB of internal memory that you can download mapping data from MapSource CD-ROMs. You get positioning accuracy to 3 meters with the WAAS enabled. Barometric altimeter provides accurate elevation reporting and records elevation profiles so users can track total ascent over distance and time. An electronic compass that displays direction even when you're not moving and the ergonomic design for easy, one-hand operation. This is packed with so many useful features, that you'll feel that you have one of the most up-to-date GPS receivers on the market.
The first thing you notice about the HCx is its size and weight. With no antenna stub protruding from the device it fits neatly in the palm of your hand, and seems almost weightless. The casing itself is waterproof to IPX7, which means you could drop into a metre of water for half an hour and it should still work.
Sensitivity and reception are up there with the best GPS receivers, even managing to lock on to seven satellites in a regular blackspot in Little Narrowcove, and accuracy never became an issue.
The HCx can store 1000 waypoints and 50 routes, which should be more than enough. Routes can be transferred to the PC for use with Garmin's software or for conversion into other formats, and the MiniSD card slot hidden away inside the waterproof battery compartment povides addition storage.The downside is that changing SD cards on the hill can be a bit of a job with having to remove the casing.
Overall the HCx made a very good impression as a piece of kit, with features like a barometric altimeter that tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude and an electronic compass that works when stationary adding to the feeling that this was designed by someone who actually uses a GPS.
Garmin's maps are very good, both on and off road, with good clarity on the 256 level colour TFT screen. Also, with a device that tries to pack so much in, and a host of optional extras, the menu can take some getting used to but it's intuitive enough that you can use it for the basics straight from the box without needing to look at the manual.
It's light, waterproof and very responsive so ticks all the right boxes. Battery life is acceptable. In general it's good value for its feature list and if you're already used to the Garmin range, and Garmin maps, this GPS is definitely for you.
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