Mike,

The older I get the more appealing a large screen is......... )


Trip


In article , says...

Well, 48 months is VERY short for support of an aviation GPS. I guess
the GPS manufacturers are learning from the PC industry. Whenever you
want more cash out of your customers, just stop support. Oh well.

The trusty old Apollo 920+ was born about 1994. I bought an update to
the software in 2000 for about $120. They may have been owned by UPSAT
then, cannot remember. Since then, Garmin bought UPSAT and the old
Apollo units are NOWHERE to be found on their website. Does not look
like I will be getting any more updates. Too bad. This unit has never
failed me and still works well. Simple map measures almost 4 inches
diagonally, but it is so low res you usually only want to view airports
on it. I e-mailed Garmin to ask if they had ANY updates they would sell.
No response yet.

Is it just me, or do ALL companies ignore any support inquiries sent to
them via e-mail????

It would probably be pretty easy to reverse engineer the database and
use current data to make an update. I would pay up to $150. Anyone game?

So, I have ordered the Airmap 1000. Takes about a week to get them
because the factory cannot make them fast enough. I have 14 days to
decide if I will keep it. Given that I don't know how Lowrance units
hold up, I will spring for the 1 year additional warranty. Personally, I
think the public should demand a better warranty. 2 years minimum.

I can still back out if anyone has a compelling reason to pass on this unit.

Thanks for all the responses.
Mike

Jay Honeck wrote:
Jay Honeck says he's disappointed in the Lowrance support because they
dropped the 300.


A bit more precisely, I'm disappointed because they dropped their *support*
of the Airmap 300, after just 48 months.

When the airport database in my 300 decided to no longer function, Lowrance
informed me that they could not fix the problem.


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