jsmith wrote in message ...

Download the manual from the King website.
Sit in the airplane and play with the buttons with the manual in your lap.

Absolutely wrong.

Go fly with another pilot. Let him/her fly while you play with the GPS.

Not efficient.

Why waste money on the videotape. It has the same information as the manual.
You will learn more from pushing the wrong button than trying to
remember what the tape showed you.

There are things that the unit won't do sitting on the ground. You
have to fly it to see how it works in operation.

Flying it as a passenger is inefficient if you don't know what you're
doing. Flipping through the manual, trying to discover what's
important and what's not, is a waste of time. If you run into
something you don't understand, you're stuck.

Focusing on an unfamiliar device while flying solo could be dangerous.

Having an expert show you what to expect, in a succinct and effective
manner, can be the safest and most efficent method for learning how to
use this unit. Watch the video, make some notes, then go try it out.
If the video costs less than a half-hour or so of flying, and a
student prefers learning by rote, I'd say it's well worth it.

That's why you have the manual in your lap.

There might be some manuals about effective learning / teaching and
safe flying available for downloading online.