How get get serial number of GNS-430?

[Andrew Gideon]

Wanting to put our club's 430s on the upgrade list, I need to get the serial
numbers. Is there a page with this in the unit itself? I looked the other
day, but didn't spot it.

Thanks...

Andrew

[Peter R.]

Andrew Gideon > wrote:

> Wanting to put our club's 430s on the upgrade list, I need to get the serial
> numbers. Is there a page with this in the unit itself? I looked the other
> day, but didn't spot it.
>
> Thanks...

I don't recall seeing a page either. How about looking in your aircraft's
maintenance logs or the club's paper receipts for the unit?

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[Andrew Gideon]

Peter R. wrote:


> I don't recall seeing a page either. How about looking in your aircraft's
> maintenance logs or the club's paper receipts for the unit?

I've not checked myself, but another club member has for one aircraft and
didn't locate this.

- Andrew

[Chuck]

Peter R. wrote:
> Andrew Gideon > wrote:
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> > Wanting to put our club's 430s on the upgrade list, I need to get the serial
> > numbers. Is there a page with this in the unit itself? I looked the other
> > day, but didn't spot it.
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> > Thanks...
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> I don't recall seeing a page either. How about looking in your aircraft's
> maintenance logs or the club's paper receipts for the unit?
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> Peter
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> The installing shop will have the serial number. I just checked with my installer (G-Force at CAK) and they had already sent in all the names for the units they had installed. Now if/when Garmin says the word.....

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[Yankee Whiskey]

> Wanting to put our club's 430s on the upgrade list, I need to get the
serial
> numbers. Is there a page with this in the unit itself? I looked the
other
> day, but didn't spot it.
>

Get an allen wrench, unlock it from the tray, yank it out, and take a look
at the tag on the back. You're not going to hurt it.

[Andrew Gideon]

Yankee Whiskey wrote:

> Get an allen wrench, unlock it from the tray, yank it out, and take a look
> at the tag on the back. You're not going to hurt it.

You've never seen me operate an allen wrench.

- Andrew

[Peter R.]

Yankee Whiskey > wrote:

> Get an allen wrench, unlock it from the tray, yank it out, and take a look
> at the tag on the back. You're not going to hurt it.

Will pulling the unit from the power supply cause it to revert back to its
factory-set defaults?

When my unit was pulled and repaired by Garmin (which reverted all settings
back to their defaults), the avionics shop had to recalibrate my GNS480
with the HSI.

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[Rob]

Peter R. wrote:
> Will pulling the unit from the power supply cause it to revert back to its
> factory-set defaults?


Side question: How does one intentionally reset a garmin 430 to
factory defaults? There must be some "three-fingered-salute" or key
combination at power-on that does this but I can't find it in the
manual. I just got mine a few months ago. When I first got it, it was
in "East is up" mode. Not North. Not track. I figured that one out.
Also, when I go to the "nearest airports" page, it's always empty. Not
a major inconvenience yet, but I'd like the information to be there
should I really need it someday. The nearest NDBs, VOR's, FSS, Center,
etc. lists are all populated, but nearest airport is empty. I'm
thinking somewhere in the setup is a radius setting for nearest
airports that's set way too small, but I'd like to just reset my 430
and start from scratch. Anyone know how?

-R

[Yankee Whiskey]

> Yankee Whiskey > wrote:
>
> > Get an allen wrench, unlock it from the tray, yank it out, and take a
look
> > at the tag on the back. You're not going to hurt it.
>
> Will pulling the unit from the power supply cause it to revert back to its
> factory-set defaults?
>

No.

[Frank Stutzman]

In rec.aviation.owning Rob > wrote:


> Side question: How does one intentionally reset a garmin 430 to
> factory defaults? There must be some "three-fingered-salute" or key
> combination at power-on that does this but I can't find it in the
> manual.

AFAIK, its not in the user manual. It may be in the installation manual.

Hold the 'clear' button down while powering on the unit. You may have to
keep holding the 'clear' button down until it finishes its self test, but
I don't remember exactly.

If you hold the 'enter' button down while powering it on, you to the
hardware set-up page that allows you to do all sorts of things that Garmin
and your avionics shop would prefer you didn't. I'm thinking you may be
able to get the s/n of the unit though here as well, but I havn't had a
chance to check it myself.

This is probably not a time for fat-fingering the wrong button.

Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Hood River, OR

[Ron Natalie]

Peter R. wrote:

>
> Will pulling the unit from the power supply cause it to revert back to its
> factory-set defaults?

Why would that be any different from shutting off the master?

>
> When my unit was pulled and repaired by Garmin (which reverted all settings
> back to their defaults), the avionics shop had to recalibrate my GNS480
> with the HSI.
>

Garmin must have reset it.

[Peter R.]

Rob > wrote:

> figured that one out.
> Also, when I go to the "nearest airports" page, it's always empty. Not
> a major inconvenience yet, but I'd like the information to be there
> should I really need it someday.

I am unaware of how to reset the entire unit to factory defaults, but I am
aware that you can reset the "Nearest Airport Criteria" to factory defaults
(0 feet runway length and ANY surface) by going to the AUX chapter (or what
the GNS430 pilot's manual calls "page groupings"), page 4.

To get to this page, hold the CLR button for three seconds, which will take
you to the NAV chapter, page 1. Roll the large, right knob two clicks to
the right to take you to the AUX chapter.

Roll the small right knob (inner knob) right three clicks to the AUX page
4, which is labeled "Setup 2."

Press the right inner knob to turn on the cursor to highlight a menu
choice, use the large right knob to scroll to the "Nearest Airport
Criteria" choice, then hit the ENT key.

Now, press the MENU key to display the individual menu, scroll to "Restore
Defaults," and press ENT.

That will restore the factory defaults for the Nearest Airport Criteria.

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[Peter R.]

Ron Natalie > wrote:

> Why would that be any different from shutting off the master?

Yep, you are right. I wasn't thinking it through.




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[Peter R.]

"Peter R." > wrote:

> I am unaware of how to reset the entire unit to factory defaults, but I am
> aware that you can reset the "Nearest Airport Criteria" to factory defaults

By the way, I believe all pages that are customizable can be reset to their
defaults by selecting the "Restore Defaults" menu choice from the
page-specific menu.

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[Rob]

Frank Stutzman wrote:
> In rec.aviation.owning Rob > wrote:
>
>
> > Side question: How does one intentionally reset a garmin 430 to
> > factory defaults? There must be some "three-fingered-salute" or key
> > combination at power-on that does this but I can't find it in the
> > manual.
>
> AFAIK, its not in the user manual. It may be in the installation manual.
>
> Hold the 'clear' button down while powering on the unit. You may have to
> keep holding the 'clear' button down until it finishes its self test, but
> I don't remember exactly.
>
> If you hold the 'enter' button down while powering it on, you to the
> hardware set-up page that allows you to do all sorts of things that Garmin
> and your avionics shop would prefer you didn't. I'm thinking you may be
> able to get the s/n of the unit though here as well, but I havn't had a
> chance to check it myself.
>
> This is probably not a time for fat-fingering the wrong button.
>
> Frank Stutzman
> Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
> Hood River, OR

Excellent Frank, thanks!

-R

[Rob]

Peter R. wrote:
> "Peter R." > wrote:
>
> > I am unaware of how to reset the entire unit to factory defaults, but I am
> > aware that you can reset the "Nearest Airport Criteria" to factory defaults
>
> By the way, I believe all pages that are customizable can be reset to their
> defaults by selecting the "Restore Defaults" menu choice from the
> page-specific menu.
>
> --
> Peter
>

Frank S. has instructions for resetting factory defaults above. I'll
take a look at the nearest airports criteria before I reset and I'll
bet that's the problem. Thanks for the tips Peter.

-R