Garmin GPS 18 - Deluxe USB Sensor, Help Manual

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Important Information
Cautions and Warnings
CAUTION: Use the GPS receiver at your own risk. To reduce the risk of unsafe operation, carefully review
and understand all aspects of this Owner's Manual—and thoroughly practice operation using the simulator
mode prior to actual use. When in actual use, carefully compare indications from the GPS receiver to all
available navigation sources, including the information from other NAVAIDs, visual sightings, charts, etc. For
safety, always resolve any discrepancies before continuing navigation.
CAUTION: It is the user's responsibility to use this product prudently. This product is intended to be used
only as a navigational aid and must not be used for any purpose requiring precise measurement of direction,
distance, location, or topography. This product should not be used as an aid to determine ground proximity for
aircraft navigation.
CAUTION: The electronic chart is an aid to navigation and is designed to facilitate the use of authorized
government charts, not replace them. Only official government charts and notices to mariners contain all
information needed for safe navigation—and, as always, the user is responsible for their prudent use.
WARNING: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is operated by the United States government, which is
solely responsible for its accuracy and maintenance. The system is subject to changes which could affect the
accuracy and performance of all GPS equipment. Although the Garmin GPS receiver is a precision electronic
NAVigation AID (NAVAID), any NAVAID can be misused or misinterpreted and, therefore, become unsafe.
WARNING: For use in vehicles, it is the sole responsibility of the owner/operator of the GPS receiver to
secure the unit so that it will not interfere with the vehicle's operating controls, obstruct the driver's view of
driving conditions, or cause damage or personal injury in the event of an accident. Do not mount the GPS
receiver over air bag panels or in the field of air bag deployment. Air bags expand with a rapid force that can
propel objects in their path toward the driver or passengers causing possible injury. Refer to air bag safety
precautions contained in the vehicle's owner manual. Do not mount the GPS receiver in a place where the
driver or passengers are likely to impact it in an accident or collision. The mounting hardware provided by
Garmin is not warranted against collision damage or the consequences thereof.
WARNING: For use in vehicles, it the sole responsibility of the driver of the vehicle to operate the vehicle in a
safe manner, maintain full surveillance of all driving conditions at all times, and not become distracted by the
GPS receiver to the exclusion of safe driving practices. It is unsafe to operate the controls of the GPS receiver
while you are driving. Failure by the driver of a vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver to pay full attention to
operation of the vehicle and road conditions while the vehicle is in motion could result in an accident or
collision with property damage and personal injury.
WARNING: This product, its packaging, and its components contain chemicals known to the State of
California to cause cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm. This Notice is being provided in accordance
with California's Proposition 65. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please refer
to our Web site at http://www.garmin.com/prop65.
Map Data Information
One of the goals of Garmin is to provide customers with the most complete and accurate cartography that is
available to us at a reasonable cost. We use a combination of governmental and private data sources, which we
identify as required in product literature and copyright messages displayed to the consumer. Virtually all data
sources contain inaccurate or incomplete data to some degree. This is particularly true for areas outside the
United States, where complete and accurate digital data is either not available, or is prohibitively expensive.
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