--- product_id: 14470026 title: "A GPS User Manual: Working With Garmin Receivers" brand: "1st book library" price: "€ 44.74" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/14470026-a-gps-user-manual-working-with-garmin-receivers store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # A GPS User Manual: Working With Garmin Receivers **Brand:** 1st book library **Price:** € 44.74 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A GPS User Manual: Working With Garmin Receivers by 1st book library - **How much does it cost?** € 44.74 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/14470026-a-gps-user-manual-working-with-garmin-receivers) ## Best For - 1st book library enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted 1st book library brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![A GPS User Manual: Working With Garmin Receivers - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/410M2E1Y5ML._SL500_.jpg) ![A GPS User Manual: Working With Garmin Receivers - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31mHNeoO5FL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you tinker with Garmin GPS devices, you probably want it. *by C***Y on Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2004* I'm enjoying this book. If you are interested in playing around with Garmin GPS devices (GPS is a sort of hobby for many), you probably want to get it, and the 4 star rating is for you. However, if you want a book about GPS in general or about brands other than Garmin, this isn't the book you want.Much of the book amounts to a more detailed owner's manual than what Garmin gives you. It covers handheld units pretty well but is not intended for other GPS device categories like aviation. In covering many different models, it also accomplishes a lot of comparison between their user interfaces and other features. I like that it does a better job than Garmin's manuals of explaining how to think about the user interface - that is, the strategy behind it.There's also info on using Garmin software, and some explanitory info on things like DGPS and WAAS, the NMEA interface, external antennas, and similar related stuff. There's an entire chapter on secret keystroke sequences that access undocumented abilities (not that these are all that powerful). I would have liked more of this ancilliary information, more depth and variety, but did appreciate what there was.One unusual downside: this book may have the most typo's of any I've read. I bet there's about one per page, of the sort where another word is substituted ("use" instead of "user", "you" instead of "your") as if they only used a spell check. But that hasn't interfered much with using it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Better than the Garmin manual *by B***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2006* I bought this so I could learn more about my etrex vista C. The book is a little out of date for the more recent GPSrs but is still generally applicable. I did learn many things from it. One thing, though, is that it tries to cover a very wide range of units, this leads to a lot of variations in the instructions and it gets pretty repetitive. There are also a large number of typos in the book. Things like "you" instead of "your" and "an" instead of "and." They clearly used a spell checker but didn't have the benefit of a good proofreader. This really didn't take too much away from the value of the book but it didn't improve it either.If you have a Garmin handheld then I would recommend this book. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Good for using a Garmin GPS but... *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2012* I purchased the book after being asked to process GPS data from the Garmin devices at work. The book may be very useful in practical use of the GPS in the field as that was 99% of the content, but that wasn't my job. For processing data using the garmin program once you download the data, the book had a little over one page of advice. So if you need to use a Garmin GPS in the field, you may find this book invaluable. If you need to crunch the data once you get back to the lab, the book has no value. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/14470026-a-gps-user-manual-working-with-garmin-receivers](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/14470026-a-gps-user-manual-working-with-garmin-receivers) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*