Garmin GPS V Repair

Track down problems encountered with your Garmin V on our Garmin GPS V Troubleshooting Page.

The Garmin GPS V was released in 2002. The Garmin GPS V is encased in a rectangular plastic shell.

A white and yellow "GPS V" logo is printed on the scroll button on the front face. This is where the display and buttons are situated. A cylindrical plate protrudes from the back of the unit, housing the batteries. Use your device's serial number to confirm the model.

Source: 8-35v DC, 4 “AA” batteries

Battery Life: 25 Hours

Size: 5.0"W x 2.3"H x 1.6"D (12.7 x 5.9 x 4.1 cm)

Weight: 9 ounces (255 g) w/batteries

Display: 2.2"W x 1.5"H (5.6 x 3.8 cm), 256 x 160 pixels, high-contrast FSTN with bright backlighting. Switchable orientation.

Case: Fully gasketed, high-impact plastic alloy, waterproof to IEC 529 IPX7 standards.

Temperature range: 5° F to 158° F (–15° C to 70° C)

User data storage: Indefinite, no memory battery required.

Receiver: WAAS enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS receiver continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position

Interfaces: RS232 with NMEA 0183, RTCM 104 DGPS data format and proprietary Garmin

Antenna: Detachable with standard BNC connector

Differential: RTCM-104, WAAS

Warm: Approximately 15 seconds

Cold: Approximately 45 seconds

AutoLocate®: Approximately 5 minutes

Update rate: 1/second, continuous

Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical*

Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

Position: < 3 meters, 95% typical

Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state

Dynamics: 6g's

Waypoints/Icons: 500 with name and graphic symbol, 10 nearest (automatic), 10 proximity.

Routes: Automatic turn-by-turn routes; 20 manual point-to-point routes with up to 50 points each.

Tracks: Automatic track log; 10 saved tracks let you retrace your path in both directions

Trip computer: Resettable odometer, timers, average and maximum speeds

Alarms: Anchor drag, approach and arrival, off course and proximity waypoint

Tables: Built-in celestial tables for best times to fish and hunt, sun and moon rise/set based on date and location

Map datums: More than 100, plus user datum

Position format: Lat/Lon, UTM/UPS, Maidenhead, MGRS, Loran TDs and other grids, including user grid

Built-in routable Americas Autoroute or Atlantic Autoroute basemap with oceans, lakes, rivers, cities, interstates or major motorways, principal and major thoroughfares and political boundaries.

MapSource City Select CD is included with the Americas GPS V® and European City Select® with the Atlantic GPS V which gives you access to routable street-level detail, addresses, listings of restaurants, hotels and more. Compatible with most Garmin® MapSource products including MapSource BlueChart® marine cartography and Fishing Hot Spots™. Accepts up to 19 megabytes of downloaded map detail.

GPS V User Manual

GPS V Technical Specifications

GPS V Software (link1)

GPS V Software (link2)

GPS V CNET Review

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