Garmin Oregon 400c
$709.00+ GST
Garmin Oregon 400c Handheld GPS
Oregon 400c puts saltwater fun at your fingertips. This next-generation handheld features a rugged, touchscreen along with BlueChart® g2 coverage for Australian and New Zealand coasts, a high-sensitivity receiver, barometric altimeter, electronic compass, microSD™ card slot, picture viewer and more. Even exchange tracks, waypoints, routes and geocaches wirelessly between similar units.
Touch and Go
Oregon 400c leads the way with a tough, 3-inch diagonal, sunlight-readable, color, touchscreen display. Its easy-to-use interface means you’ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Oregon 400c is built to withstand the elements. Bumps, dust, dirt, humidity and water are no match for this rugged navigator.
Explore Coastal Waters
Oregon comes with built-in BlueChart® g2 Australian and New Zealand coastal charts and a worldwide basemap with imagery — perfect for all your outdoor pursuits. Map detail includes includes shorelines, depth contours, navaids, harbors, marinas, port plans and coastal roads.
Share Wirelessly
With Oregon 400c you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly other Oregon and Colorado users. Now you can send your favorite route to a friend to enjoy or the location of a cache to find. Sharing data is easy. Just touch “send” to transfer your information to similar units.
Find Fun
Oregon 400c supports Geocaching.com GPX files for downloading geocaches and details straight to your unit. No more manually entering coordinates and paper print outs! Simply upload the GPX file to your unit and start hunting for caches. Show off photos of your excursions with Oregon’s picture viewer. Slim and lightweight, Oregon is the perfect companion for all your outdoor pursuits.
Keep Your Fix
With its high-sensitivity GPS receiver and HotFix™ satellite prediction, Oregon 400c 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 Oregon to help you find your way when you need it the most.
Get Your Bearings
Oregon 400c has a built-in electronic compass that provides bearing information even while you're standing still, and its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude. You can even use the altimeter to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions.
Add Maps
Conveniently plug in optional preloaded microSD cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water (see maps tab for compatible maps). Just insert a MapSource® card with detailed street maps, and Oregon provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Add select topographic maps to take advantage of Oregon’s 3-D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation. With BlueChart® g2 Vision, you’ll get everything you need for a great day on the water including depth contours, navaids and harbors. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet.
Oregon 400c: Touch the great outdoors.
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What do c, s and x stand for?
Many Garmin GPS units have a combination of the letters C, S and X after them. These indicate the following capabilities.
- Colour - that the unit has a colour display
- Sensors - that the unit has sensors such as the bariometric altimeter and electronic compass
- eXtendable - that the unit supports additional memory cards to expand the capacity for maps and other data (note that this only applies to the newer GPSMAP models, and doesn't include some of the older models such as the 12XL)
However, Garmin has not appeared to have used these labels consistently. It is assumed that this is because of marketing and naming reasons.
Has geocaching been in the news in New Zealand?
Even though some of us have been geocaching since 2000, it was not until 2005 that we had news articles appearing in New Zealand publications about geocaching.
Is there an official geocaching organisation/website?
There is no official geocaching organisation or website at this point in time, as there is no international organisation or association of geocachers that can grant such official status.
There are geocache directory sites that call themselves official, and whilst they may have a very comprehensive geocache listing services, they cannot claim to be official as there is no organisation to grant official status.
The New Zealand Recreational GPS Society does not claim to be an official geocaching organisation for the reason mentioned above, as well as only being able to represent a subset of geocachers in New Zealand.
What websites list geocaches?
There are two websites that provide comprehensive listings of New Zealand geocaches.
- gecaching.com (since Sep 2000)
- geocaching.com.au (since Dec 2004)
There are a number of other sites that list geocaches, but these currently do not have many New Zealand geocaches listed on them.
How did geocaching start?
On 1 MAY 2000, President Clinton announced that the US Department of Defence would disable Selective Availability on the Global Positioning System. This meant that civilian (as opposed to military) GPS units would see the error drop from 100's of metres down to around 5m. This meant that overnight a consumer GPS could be used to repeatedly return to the same co-ordinates (previously you could have been a couple of hundred metres out).
Two days later, Dave Ulmer in Oregon, USA went out and placed the first GPS stash - as they were called initially. Dave then went on to post a message to the sci.geo.satellite-nav newsgroup.
What do c, s and x stand for?
Many Garmin GPS units have a combination of the letters C, S and X after them. These indicate the following capabilities.
- Colour - that the unit has a colour display
- Sensors - that the unit has sensors such as the bariometric altimeter and electronic compass
- eXtendable - that the unit supports additional memory cards to expand the capacity for maps and other data (note that this only applies to the newer GPSMAP models, and doesn't include some of the older models such as the 12XL)
However, Garmin has not appeared to have used these labels consistently. It is assumed that this is because of marketing and naming reasons.
Has geocaching been in the news in New Zealand?
Even though some of us have been geocaching since 2000, it was not until 2005 that we had news articles appearing in New Zealand publications about geocaching.
Is there an official geocaching organisation/website?
There is no official geocaching organisation or website at this point in time, as there is no international organisation or association of geocachers that can grant such official status.
There are geocache directory sites that call themselves official, and whilst they may have a very comprehensive geocache listing services, they cannot claim to be official as there is no organisation to grant official status.
The New Zealand Recreational GPS Society does not claim to be an official geocaching organisation for the reason mentioned above, as well as only being able to represent a subset of geocachers in New Zealand.
What websites list geocaches?
There are two websites that provide comprehensive listings of New Zealand geocaches.
- gecaching.com (since Sep 2000)
- geocaching.com.au (since Dec 2004)
There are a number of other sites that list geocaches, but these currently do not have many New Zealand geocaches listed on them.
How did geocaching start?
On 1 MAY 2000, President Clinton announced that the US Department of Defence would disable Selective Availability on the Global Positioning System. This meant that civilian (as opposed to military) GPS units would see the error drop from 100's of metres down to around 5m. This meant that overnight a consumer GPS could be used to repeatedly return to the same co-ordinates (previously you could have been a couple of hundred metres out).
Two days later, Dave Ulmer in Oregon, USA went out and placed the first GPS stash - as they were called initially. Dave then went on to post a message to the sci.geo.satellite-nav newsgroup.
Pricing / Purchasing
What's in the Box:
- Oregon 400c
- Carabiner clip
- USB cable
- Owner's manual
- Quick start guide
