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With the eTrex Legend, GARMIN loaded a full basemap of North and South America into one small unit. The Legend is intended to offer exact GPS positioning using correction data acquired from the large Area Augmentation System WAAS. Brightly colored translucent blue case Power Source Two AA batteries not included

Review:
There are now enough handheld world positioning system GPS receivers on the market that you may be picky when it comes to price, features, and design. Garmin a leading maker of car, ship, and personal GPS receivers has a complete line of eTrex handheld receivers, with our Legend falling about midrange.

With large Area Augmentation System WAAS support, the eTrex Legend offers very correct readings rated to inside two to three meters. For more on WAAS, see the usually Asked Questions part. A good size screen 288 x 160 pixels makes it simple to see place details, and the Legend redraws maps quickly when zooming in or out of a position.

The eTrex Legend gives exact GPS positioning using correction data acquired from the large Area Augmentation System WAAS.

The Satellite page shows satellites being tracked, and their corresponding signal strength. View bigger.

The interior trip computer gives a range of data about hikes and drives. View bigger.

Its eight MB of memory means there's also lots of room for waypoints, routes, and saved tracks. The Legend will hold up to 500 waypoints, complete with a name and graphical symbol, 20 routes with 50 waypoints each, and it holds slots for ten saved tracks. You may also download maps from Garmin's MapSource CD ROMs thorough but costly accessories for the GPS receiver to see street level or topographic detail depending on the CD ROM title.

But one of the most striking attributes of the Legend is its comfy and economical design. While it rests easily in the palm of either hand, it is most suited for the left hand, where its useful click stick may be manipulated with the thumb. The click stick works like the pencil eraser nubbin on laptop PCs and is useful for moving through screen icons and menus. It also works as a button when pressed down.

The Legend is coated with a waterproof, rubberized plastic shell that grips nicely. Weighing in at only 5.3 ounces, it fits into a pocket or clips onto a belt loop, going nearly unnoticed.

The interior trip computer of the Legend provided a range of data about our hikes and drives, as well as current speed, average speed, trip distance, and time traveled both moving and stopped. For those interested in looking into their foot rate and distance traveled, it is a useful GPS to have in hand.

Our only big beef with the Legend is that the receiver on occasion seemed to grow weak. when it was not in WAAS mode which may be tough to preserve a signal in, it dropped the signal from time to time. We lost the signal once while walking along the streets of San Francisco it looks that the medium size buildings were enough to get in the way with the reception.

But this only happened on some instances. Most of the time the designed Legend was able to keep us in touch with up to twelve GPS satellites for a strong enough read to preserve a tight handle on our place. J. Curtis

Pros

• Comfortable, compact design
• Click stick for interface navigation
• Bright backlight
• Handy distance traveled feature

Cons

• Sporadic reception inside urban regions
• Can take some number of minutes for a cold fix
  
  
  
  There are now enough handheld world positioning system GPS receivers on the market that you may be picky when it comes to price, features, and design. Garmin a leading maker of car, ship, and personal GPS receivers has a complete line of eTrex handheld receivers, with our Legend falling about midrange.
  
  

  Easily look up close services with optional downloadable details from MapSource CD ROMs.

  With large Area Augmentation System WAAS support, the Legend offers very correct readings rated to inside two to three meters. For more on WAAS, see the usually Asked Questions part. A good size screen 288 x 160 pixels makes it simple to see place details, and the Legend redraws maps quickly when zooming in or out of a position.
  
  Its eight MB of memory means there's also lots of room for waypoints, routes, and saved tracks. The Legend will hold up to 500 waypoints, complete with a name and graphical symbol, 20 routes with 50 waypoints each, and it holds slots for ten saved tracks. You may also download maps from Garmin's MapSource CD ROMs thorough but costly accessories for the GPS receiver to see street level or topographic detail depending on the CD ROM title.
  
  

  fitted exit listings show services at U.S. interstate exits.

  But one of the most striking attributes of the Legend is its comfy and economical design. While it rests easily in the palm of either hand, it is most suited for the left hand, where its useful click stick may be manipulated with the thumb. The click stick works like the pencil eraser nubbin on laptop PCs and is useful for moving through screen icons and menus. It also works as a button when pressed down.
  
  The Legend is coated with a waterproof, rubberized plastic shell that grips nicely. Weighing in at only 5.3 ounces, it fits into a pocket or clips onto a belt loop, going nearly unnoticed.
  
  The interior trip computer of the Legend provided a range of data about our hikes and drives, as well as current speed, average speed, trip distance, and time traveled both moving and stopped. For those interested in looking into their foot rate and distance traveled, it is a useful GPS to have in hand.
  
  Our only big beef with the Legend is that the receiver on occasion seemed to grow weak. when it was not in WAAS mode which may be tough to preserve a signal in, it dropped the signal from time to time. We lost the signal once while walking along the streets of San Francisco it looks that the medium size buildings were enough to get in the way with the reception.
  
  But this only happened on some instances. Most of the time the designed Legend was able to keep us in touch with up to twelve GPS satellites for a strong enough read to preserve a tight handle on our place. J. Curtis
  
  Pros
  • Comfortable, compact design
  • Click stick for interface navigation
  • Bright backlight
  • Handy distance traveled feature
  Cons
  • Sporadic reception inside urban regions
  • Can take some number of minutes for a cold fix
    
    
    The Garmin eTrex Legend GPS receiver is modeled on Garmin's liked entry level eTrex, but adds the same base map found in Garmin's III+ and eMap models, with eight MB of memory, making it a hard midlevel offering in the eTrex line just behind the eTrex Summit. Housed in a translucent blue case, this powerful, 12 parallel channel, world positioning satellite GPS receiver weighs only 5.3 ounces and measures 4.4 by two inches. It literally fits in the palm of your hand. The Legend boasts the capability to hold up to eight MB of surprisingly in depth info that you upload for the area you plan to navigate. also to all that in depth info at your fingertips, the Legend really gives you a higher resolution screen than the somewhat better equipped eTrex Summit. The big 10,000 track log points of the Legend compare well to the 3,000 track log points the Summit model offers and the 2,048 that the Venture offers.
    
    The eTrex Legend's eight MB memory enables you to download points of interest and map data from optional Garmin MapSource CD ROMs to make your GPS unit more useful. The fitted base map of the Americas displays city and interstate highway info for North, South, and Central America, also as U.S. highway exits. Address and business listings are displayed with data downloads. It also gives points of interest along lakes, rivers, and coastlines.
    
    The Legend has a front panel rocker switch that lets for fast and correct map panning. View maps on a liquid crystal display with a resolution of 288 x 160 pixels. The unit is waterproof to an IPX7 standard, so it can withstand a dunk.
    
    The Legend maintains a tight satellite lock, in a forest. The unit can store up to 1,000 user waypoints with graphical icons, and it boasts Garmin's own TracBack feature, which reverses your track log and helps you navigate your way back home. The eTrex Legend also uses animated graphics that will assist you recognize your marked waypoints quickly and easily.
    
    Garmin makes some of the accessories to assist you integrate your GPS with your life and your priorities. Keep your GPS at the prepared while defending it from knocks and bumps with the carrying case. If you will be on the road, you will want to can access the most in depth topographical maps of the United States available: The Garmin MapSource CD ROM USA TOPO. And do not let the product's many abilities overwhelm you train yourself in all the eTrex's ins and outs with a useful instructional video.
    
    The Garmin eTrex Legend comes with a PC interface cable, a manual, and a quick reference card, and it is covered by a one year warranty.
    
    
    
    
    Garmin eTrex Legend