CAUTION: Use the GPSMAP 276C at your own risk. To reducethe risk of unsafe operation, carefully review and understand allaspects of this Owner’s Manual—and thoroughly practice operationusing Simulator Mode prior to actual use. When in actual use,carefully compare indications from the GPSMAP 276C to allavailable navigation sources, including information from otherNAVAIDs, visual sightings, charts, etc. For safety, always resolveany discrepancies before continuing navigation.CAUTION: IT IS THE USER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO USETHIS PRODUCT PRUDENTLY. THIS PRODUCT IS INTENDEDTO BE USED ONLY AS A NAVIGATIONAL AID AND MUSTNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE REQUIRING PRECISEMEASUREMENT OF DIRECTION, DISTANCE, LOCATION,OR TOPOGRAPHY. THIS PRODUCT SHOULD NOT BE USEDTO DETERMINE GROUND PROXIMITY FOR AIRCRAFTNAVIGATION.CAUTION: The electronic chart is an aid to navigation and isdesigned to facilitate the use of authorized government charts,not replace them. Only official government charts and notices tomariners contain all information needed for save navigation—and,as always, the user is responsible for their prudent use.WARNING: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated bythe United States government, which is solely responsible for itsaccuracy and maintenance. The system is subject to changes whichcould affect the accuracy and performance of all GPS equipment.Although the Garmin GPSMAP 276C is a precision electronicNAVigation AID (NAVAID), any NAVAID can be misused ormisinterpreted, and therefore become unsafe.MAP DATA INFORMATION: One of the goals of Garminis to provide customers with the most complete and accuratecartography available, at a reasonable cost. We use a combinationof governmental and private data sources, which we identify asrequired in product literature and copyright messages displayed.Virtually all data sources contain inaccurate or incomplete data tosome degree. This is particularly true outside the United States,where complete and accurate digital data is either not available orprohibitively expensive.GPSMAP 276C Owner’s Manual 121APPENDIX > SAFETY AND PRODUCT INFORMATION
