Garmin eTrex Venture HC High-Intensity Color Mapping Handheld GPS

eTrex Venture HC is an essential for any outdoor excursion. It features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver for peak performance in any environment and includes 24 megabytes (MB) of internal memory, a detailed basemap and crisp color screen.With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver, eTrex Venture HC locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. The advantage is clear - whether you're in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on Venture HC to help you find your way when you need it the most.eTrex Venture HC's basemap contains lakes, rivers, cities, interstates, national and state highways, railroads and coastlines. Venture HC also includes 24 MB of internal memory, so you can load waypoints and routes from the included MapSource Trip & Waypoint Manager software and add map detail from Garmin's entire line of optional MapSource mapping products. Its 256-color, sunlight-readable display makes it easy to distinguish map details - even in bright sunlight.
Customer Review: Wonderful & easy to use
This product is wonderful and very easy to use. We use rechargable batteries and they last quite a long while. The GPS is easy to use, the toggle button is very user friendly and the menus are simple to flip through. Batteries are accessible and the lightweight unit is highly accurate. Our experience is within 1 ft. Recommend a buy on this one.
Customer Review: excellent hardware, software getting better
As many others here said, the reception on this is excellent. I was able to pick up several satellites when I turned it on while on the ground floor of my 2-story house! I would give it 5 stars, except the OS X software is still getting going- there is a working beta version of a waypoint organizer called "Bobcat" that a Garmin person poitned me to, but it's not easily found on their web site. But what I actually use most of the time is the "Garmin Communicator" plug-in, which allows one to download coordinates from the geocaching website directly into the unit with just a press of a button. There is an OS X version of that which works fine, but again, it took me a while to find it. This is my first GPS unit, so I have nothing to compare to, but I wish the menu system was a bit better organized as well, or would remember better where one left off in the "find" and "trip calculator" menus. Overall I like it quite a bit.

Do you know what a car subwoofer is? Would you like to find out? In essence it is a speaker not in a box enclosure ( although they can and are often put in boxes ) with extra power running to it courtesy of an amplifier. The purpose of a car sub woofer is to deliver low frequency bass sounds in the music being played. Usually the octaves consistently delivered by sub woofers are missing from normal range car audio systems with speakers. Some music is specially created specifically for bass and are commonly known as bass tracks.

Not All Car Subwoofers Are The Same:

Basically subwoofers are of either a passive or powered type. A passive subwoofer setup will get its' power from the car audio system. A powered type of setup will get its power delivered independently of the car audio system being used. Car subwoofers are commonly put into box enclosures that they are mounted on and then placed into a suitable place in the car which is usually the boot area. Car subs vary significantly in size with usual ranges being from 8 inches to 60 inches. These days you can pick them up relatively cheap online from places such as ebay.

Car Subwoofer Setup Arrangement:

So far we know most subs are mounted in boxes but they can also come in a tube mounted format. Typically a sub will have an amplifier connected to deliver the power required. The power delivery requirements are significant so for that reason an amp is pretty much a necessity. They also typically take up a lot of space so be prepared to give up that room in order to accommodate your car subwoofer. You can find more info on setup arrangements at http://www.subwoofersinformation.com

Buying Your Own Car Subwoofer

Go for the best one that your budget can withstand. If you can't quite afford the good ones in retail outlets then have a look at online auction sites such as ebay. There are some real bargains on there. Remember, buying a used car subwoofer in great condition and decent quality could be better than buying a new one that isn't very good. Even though car subwoofers are considered a luxury item, many car audiophiles would not go without this piece of kit in their setup.

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