Does anyone know the format of the data cards for the GNS 530? Our club is putting them in our small fleet, and we are considering buying extra data cards to make the updates easier. The Garmin price seems high. If these are standard cards, we may be able to do better elsewhere. Anyone have...

I recently flew my first DME arc transition using my Garmin GNS-530. It's always fun and challenging to figure out what the Garmin thinks it's doing; see my list of "Garmin gotchas" for examples: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Garmin/ Below is the newly-added entry on my DME arc experience. --...

Last month, Dave Butler wrote about a problem caused by the relocation of the SAV VOR. He has a Garmin GPSMAP 196, but this problem is probably present in many of their GPSs. I have a GPSMAP 295 and suspected it might have the same problem. I noticed today that Garmin has added version 2.40 to...

Has anyone compared the training discs from ASA and King? Recommendations? I am going to check out in a C182T/G1000 and may want to buy one of these. (I have seen the Sporty's disc -- it is tourist stuff.)

The recently issued revision to the G1000 software includes an upgrade to permit loading airways into flightpans. The upgrade is free to 2004, 2005 and 2006 Cessna G1000 owners, including a labor allowance for installation. Mine was installed today; I'll report on how it works this...

Has anyone had any experience using the Garmin GDL 49 weather datalink system? What's the performance like?

I have a Garmin 340 panel and the installer put a music input jack for it. So, I tried plugging my portable MP3 player output into the music jack. At maximum volume on the MP3 player, the music was almost completely inaudible. Does the signal need to be pre amplified in some way, or did the...

Thinking of getting a Garmin GNC-430 and installing it in my experimental. Is an external CDI required for the GNC-430 like it is for the 300XL? Thanks for your help. Paul Lee ---------------------------------

What's the latest thinking on the GNS-430 vs. the CNX80? I'm planning a panel upgrade and have read all the magazine articles, including the comparison in Aviation Consumer, but it would be interesting to hear from some actual users on how they compare. It seems the general impression is that the...

Hi, Planning to put a GPSmap 196 for backup in my Cessna 172 I would appreciate to learn whether somebody has mounted a 196 on a 172 yoke? May I learn about the mounting gear used - original Garmin or OEM hardware like RAM? How about drawbacks or pros experienced with either gear? Otto Braasch...

Hello Flyers, Hold on to your hats...my wife's christmas present to me was the Garmin 696!!! (yea, she's a keeper) So that means one of you can have my 396; It's on eBay for $800.00. It has been well cared for and works perfectly. Free shipping Comes with a DVD of Flying the Garmin 396 from...

Do any of you fly into KADS with a Garmin GPSmap 496? I'm getting a false terrain alert when flying the Rwy 15 ILS and am wondering if anyone else has this problem. I'm working with Garmin to resolve this, but so far what they have suggested has not solved the problem. When flying the...

Folks, I'M about to start flying again, and so am giving the 3600a a serious look! I currently have one of the original 3600, which is nearly invisible when outdoors. I notice that the 3600a now has a transflective TFT, and so I'm hoping that somebody has tried it and can comment on how visible...

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Subject: Garmin too big for their britches? (Fixed Pricing) From: (TripodBill) Date: 7/14/2004 12:09 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: Many readers appropriately picked up on one of the most important issues in my earlier...

I was looking and found this Garmin page http://www.garmin.com/support/commProtocol.html It seems to be the start of the answer to the question previously asked about transferring waypoints. FAQs

I fly an SR22G2 with the Avidyne MFD. When I try to use the OBS mode on the Garmin 430 in VLOC mode it works fine -- the left knob on the MFD controls the OBS, it draws a nice purple line, and everything is hunky dory. But when I try to use OBS in GPS mode the MFD doesn't work. I can still...

In an article at http://avionicswest.com/archive/shootout.htm#2003 about Garmin 530 vs CNX-80, many of the pilots said that they would want a combination of a Garmin 530 AND an MX20. I do not understand. Isn't the Garmin 530 also an MFD capable of displaying multiple inputs, like weather and...

Considering a flight into CVG, which is Class B and would appreciate some insight from the group. 1. The IFR routing with STAR is very circuitous - better to file VFR? 2. Reservation required? Flight will be on Saturday. Any other tips - FBO, etc? Piper Arrow.

I recently installed a Garmin GDL 49 to receive weather reports from satellite (Echoflight subscription). I was disappointed that we only were in contact with the satellite for 60% of the time. In particular, we were not able to get reports just as we needed them...as we were approaching IFR...