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In article , Jeff writes:
GPS's are great, I will probably keep my garmin 295 (my garmin 430 installation is going to be done tomorrow for sure) as a backup, plus its good for sitting at home and doing my flight planning on it. The only thing my wife care about on the GPS is the ground speed and ETA the faster the GS the shorter the ETA I kept my Garmin 195 on the yoke when I got the 430. The 195 has better VNav than the 430, for example. Garmin says they are more restricted on what they can put on an IFR approved unit. The "glide slope needle" on the 195 HSI page, of course, would not be allowed on the 430. The 195 has more complete city/road identificaton. Don't know that I would but a 195 if I already had a 430, but there are several reasons for keeping it. Chuck |
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Do you still get the airspace and/or obstructions/navaids/roads/anything
else? Paul "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:J_6sb.173003$Fm2.149463@attbi_s04... The Lowrance Airmap 300 on the co-pilot's yoke no longer "sees" the airport database |
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Do you still get the airspace and/or obstructions/navaids/roads/anything
else? Nope. Well, we get the basic topographic database, with rivers and some roads. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Ah. Do you have a cartridge to try in the other slot with other data on?
Have you tried the other slot? (don't think you can put the "normal" one in that slot). (programmable one?)Does it work or are both of them up the spout? Nah, it's an internal failure in the Airmap 300. It WILL work if you leave the GPS in the enclosed cockpit on a hot day, and heat it to something over 100 degrees. I suppose whatever hairline crack is causing the problem expands shut, makes the connection, and *poof* all is well.... ....until the unit cools back down to ambient temperature. Then you lose the database again. It doesn't matter which data slot you put the cartridge in. Lowrance is aware of the problem, and refuses to support the unit, despite it being only four years old. Which is why we chose not to purchase the Airmap 500 or 1000. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Drat,
I was ready to buy a 500 because it seemed like a good value and I was hoping it would hold me until somebody came out with a nice color handheld for under a grand. I hate people that don't back up their stuff so I guess Garmin still gets the nod. In fact I had a cheesy boat GPS that the internal battery died after 4 years. I sent it back and they fixed it for free. In fact I expected to pay but they said it shoulda lasted longer and so they made it right Mike Z "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:k1atb.200748$Fm2.189345@attbi_s04... Nah, it's an internal failure in the Airmap 300. It WILL work if you leave the GPS in the enclosed cockpit on a hot day, and heat it to something over 100 degrees. I suppose whatever hairline crack is causing the problem expands shut, makes the connection, and *poof* all is well.... ...until the unit cools back down to ambient temperature. Then you lose the database again. It doesn't matter which data slot you put the cartridge in. Lowrance is aware of the problem, and refuses to support the unit, despite it being only four years old. Which is why we chose not to purchase the Airmap 500 or 1000. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Mike Z. wrote:
I hate people that don't back up their stuff so I guess Garmin still gets the nod. In fact I had a cheesy boat GPS that the internal battery died after 4 years. I sent it back and they fixed it for free. In fact I expected to pay but they said it shoulda lasted longer and so they made it right My Garmin GPSMAP 196 is nice, but I'll decide whether I'm happy with their customer service when I find out what they intend to do about the bug I reported. See "who moved SAV, forgot to tell Jepp?" on rec.aviation.ifr Dave Remove SHIRT to reply directly. |
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I hate people that don't back up their stuff so I guess Garmin still gets
the nod. In fact I had a cheesy boat GPS that the internal battery died after 4 years. I sent it back and they fixed it for free. In fact I expected to pay but they said it shoulda lasted longer and so they made it right In Lowrance's defense, their supplier stopped making the chips -- so what can they do? Understanding their plight doesn't make it right, however; it still means they lose my business. Go get yourself the color AvMap. The extra money will only hurt for a little while (!), and the difference in screen size, detail, and utility is striking. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Darn Christmas list is up over 35 grand.
I guess I could start by asking for a new panel and autopilot and settle for a color Avmap! Or would that be considered a stocking stuffer? Mike Z "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:XUctb.201429$Fm2.189830@attbi_s04... Go get yourself the color AvMap. The extra money will only hurt for a little while (!), and the difference in screen size, detail, and utility is striking. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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I guess I could start by asking for a new panel and autopilot and settle
for a color Avmap! Or would that be considered a stocking stuffer? Nah, it's too big for a stocking stuffer! Not like those itty-bitty Garmins at all... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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