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Geko301 Features Electronic compass Electronic barometer with local pressure, and 12 hour automatic pressure trend recording, Easy operation: five buttons for one-hand use Weight: less than 100 grams with batteries Compact size: 49 x 100 x 25 mm High-contrast display: 64 x 100 pixels Battery life: up to 9 hours on 2 x AAA Indefinite memory storage (no memory back up battery required). Waypoint storage: 500 Route storage: 20, each up to 125 points Automatic track storage: 10,000 trackpoints and 10 saved tracks External ports: for PC, ext'l power Waterproof: submersible for 30 minutes in one meter of water (IEC 529 IPX7 standards) Entertainment: four interactive, outdoor games One year warranty! Comparisons for Geko models

Smaller than a mobile phone, climbs mountains, runs down valleys, tells you the speed of a plane, reads altitude, and rate of climb. Doesn't light a fire! It's the Garmin Geko model 301. With a built in barometric altimeter and compass, you really have got the goods with this amazing miniature GPS. Functions like sighting to a distant mark to get a real compass bearing getting the rate of climb you have achieved how far you have ascended/descended over a period, or distance a graphical record of your vertical travel in profile and normal GPS stuff like distance to go, estimated time to go, and direction. How about 4-5 days of recording a live track, and the ability to save 10 of those tracks in separate files, complete with quality elevation data. And then there is 500 point storage, route capability, and enough features to carry one always. In your bike-bag, briefcase or backpack. You will certainly find uses you would not believe. How far to a point where you can set up camp, or take a break- how long will it take to get there? Preset routes, backtrack, and even on-screen games, can be handled expertly by this tiny handheld GPS. The Geko301 has very dynamic position ability, while running a continuous automatic record of where you have been, both horizontally and vertically. And it is so easy to have it calculate a back-track, with warnings every time you come to a turn in the track. Routes can be designed with up to 125 points in sequence. It will store 500 points, as well as the 10,000 point track (4-5 days of memory). All this information shows clearly on the map screen. There is also a guidance compass screen, a vertical profile screen, a trip computing page, a menu list, and a satellite screen. 5 games are included for those times when you just need to stop and relax. Backlighting is perfect for lowlight or night time. Points, routes and tracks can be downloaded to (and uploaded from) computer, using Garmin or other software. A pair of AAA batteries will give you up to 9 hours of use, or you can use the optional 12v cigar lighter cable. Check out the other specifications. View sample screens for the Geko Accessories for Geko  Take a look at the alternative Geko101 or 201

The Geko 301 also includes five interactive games that transform the great outdoors into a virtual board game, including the new Gekoids, which takes advantage of the electronic compass. You can also enjoy a good workout while chasing a virtual lizard in Geko Smak, match symbols in a grid version of Memory Race, navigate to reference points without crossing one’s trail in Nibbons, and collect symbols along a path in Virtua Maze.

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Specifications for Geko301

Navigation features Electronic compass, accuracy +/- 2 degrees Electronic altimeter, accuracy +/- 3 metres. Waypoints/icons: 500 with name and graphic symbol Routes: 20 reversible x 125 legs/route Tracks: 10,000 trackpoints and 20 saved tracks; automatic track log; TracBack® lets you retrace your path Altimeter page shows total ascent and descent, glide ratio, min and max elevation, 12 hour pressure record, ambient and normalized pressure, vertical speed, min- max- avg rates of ascent and descent. Trip odometer: Current speed, average speed, time of sunrise/sunset, resetable maximum speed, trip timer, and trip distance; Has separate, configurable trip computer screen with 4 fields, each of which can show one of 34 individual parameters chosen by the user. Tables: World time zones Map datums: 100 including 3 Australian, 1 user Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Australian and other grids. GPS performance Receiver: 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position Acquisition times: Warm: Approximately 15 seconds Cold: Approximately 45 seconds AutoLocate™: Approximately 5 minutes Update rate: 1/second, continuous Antenna: Built-in patch

GPS accuracy: Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical* Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state Dynamics: 6g’s DGPS (AMSA and USCG) accuracy: Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical DGPS (WAAS) accuracy: (not available in Australia) Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical Interfaces: RS232 with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin Physical Power Source: 2 “AAA” batteries (not included) Battery life: Up to 9 hours Size: 48.3 x 99.1 x 24.4 mm, Man, that's tiny! Weight: 88 grams with batteries Display: 23.35 x 36.49 mm, 64 x 100 pixel, high-contrast, bright LED backlighting Case: Waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards Temperature range: 5ºF to 158ºF (-15ºC to 70ºC) Specifications are subject to change without notice. * Subject to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the U.S. Department of Defense-imposed Selective Availability Program.