Dennis O'Connor
July 22nd 03, 01:07 PM
'Tis in the manual...
Denny
"Martin Hellman" > wrote in message
om...
> I recently got a Garmin 196 and was having trouble figuring out how to
> get it in "flying" simulator mode, that is you appear to be moving,
> not at rest (which is easy). I even did a search on the on-line
> version of the user manual on all occurrences of "simulat" and none of
> the references to simulator or simulate said how to do it. Though it
> did say you should practice simulating flights before taking it in the
> cockpit! Well, Garmin tech support told me how to do it and here is
> the answer. (I also did a google search and nothing turned up on the
> subject, so I hope this is new info.)
>
> "After the unit is in the simulator mode, press the page button until
> you get
> the nav screen which is the screen right after the map. Press the up
> arrow
> key to adjust the speed."
>
> Hope this helps others.
>
> Martin
Denny
"Martin Hellman" > wrote in message
om...
> I recently got a Garmin 196 and was having trouble figuring out how to
> get it in "flying" simulator mode, that is you appear to be moving,
> not at rest (which is easy). I even did a search on the on-line
> version of the user manual on all occurrences of "simulat" and none of
> the references to simulator or simulate said how to do it. Though it
> did say you should practice simulating flights before taking it in the
> cockpit! Well, Garmin tech support told me how to do it and here is
> the answer. (I also did a google search and nothing turned up on the
> subject, so I hope this is new info.)
>
> "After the unit is in the simulator mode, press the page button until
> you get
> the nav screen which is the screen right after the map. Press the up
> arrow
> key to adjust the speed."
>
> Hope this helps others.
>
> Martin