Garmin 296 - Fuel Timer

OK ...

.... I go into SETUP - flick to the TIMERS tab - Move down to FUEL TIMER and
select ON.

I move accross to the next field and set it for something like 4 hours.

1 second later (on the next screen refresh) it goes back to zero.

Basic problem is I don't understand how it's supposed to work - I would have
thought that one would set it for some value (say 30 minutes) at which point
it would count backwards to zero - display an alart message - reset to 30
minuts - and start counting down. Possibly starting when the GPS detects
motion of the aircraft.

If I set the timer to off I can get it to hold a setting - but as soon as I
turn it to on it goes right to zero.

Cheers,

CC

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
news:%NLmd.108464$R05.104729@attbi_s53...
Please be a bit more specific.

"Cockpit Colin" wrote in message
...
Hi Folks,

Can someone with a Garmin 296 please tell me how the fuel timer works -
whenever I set it on the gound it keeps going back to zero - I can't
figure
the thing out!

Many thanks,

CC

If I set the timer to off I can get it to hold a setting - but as soon as I
turn it to on it goes right to zero.

Have you established an aircraft profile with a burn rate, and is that
the active aircraft profile when you set the timer?

(I've never used this feature, since my watch work better: two hours
and I look for a runway!)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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