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who here works for Garmin Inc?
Any upgrades to the 396 I should know
about b4 purchasing?......thanx!!! Someone just sent me an email with "insider information". Don't know if it's true. It talked about a 496 being unveiled a OSH. I deleted it and will ask him to send me the link again. It talked about having AOPA Directory installed, Airport Taxiway guidance for 600 airports, a faster processor and a pre-installed CitySelect software. 2,795.00. Is this true? I don't know, but...they would have to add a LOT more to make me trade in the 396. What was shown was way too little and unnecessary. AFAIK, what most pilots are screaming for are all the features of the 396 plus... a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! b.. Airways (so you can enter airways for your route instead of each fix on the airway) c.. The FULL IFR approach d.. ALTITUDES shown for the IFR approaches as well as the MEA's on the airways e.. ALL taxiways with GPS navigation on ALL the airports f.. I won't mind a graphical representation of the airport's traffic patterns with the 45 entry shown. I hope the rumor of the above mentioned new features is not true...I have had MUCH higher hopes for the 496. Kobra |
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"Kobra" wrote: a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! No way do I want a touch screen! Who wants to wear holes in an LCD screen? Replacement costs would be prohibitive. |
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a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! No way do I want a touch screen! Who wants to wear holes in an LCD screen? Replacement costs would be prohibitive. Huh? They have been putting Touch Screens on auto GPS's for years. I haven't heard of any data that says they break down or are a weak link. Kobra |
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In a previous article, "Kobra" said:
AFAIK, what most pilots are screaming for are all the features of the 396 plus... a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! b.. Airways (so you can enter airways for your route instead of each fix on the airway) c.. The FULL IFR approach You mean plates? That would be worth while. d.. ALTITUDES shown for the IFR approaches as well as the MEA's on the airways e.. ALL taxiways with GPS navigation on ALL the airports f.. I won't mind a graphical representation of the airport's traffic patterns with the 45 entry shown. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ Sheridan: "Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless and totally consistent, what I've come to expect from a Vorlon." Kosh: "Good." |
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"Kobra" wrote: a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! No way do I want a touch screen! Who wants to wear holes in an LCD screen? Replacement costs would be prohibitive. Huh? They have been putting Touch Screens on auto GPS's for years. I haven't heard of any data that says they break down or are a weak link. Any touch screen that is used for any length of time will have the touch membrane worn through. The combination of dirt, pressure and contant touching of the most often used screen position will lead to failure. |
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On 07/05/06 13:45, john smith wrote:
In article , "Kobra" wrote: a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! No way do I want a touch screen! Who wants to wear holes in an LCD screen? Replacement costs would be prohibitive. Huh? They have been putting Touch Screens on auto GPS's for years. I haven't heard of any data that says they break down or are a weak link. Any touch screen that is used for any length of time will have the touch membrane worn through. The combination of dirt, pressure and contant touching of the most often used screen position will lead to failure. Any length of time? Even 1 minute? I don't think the issue was whether or not it will eventually break, but how long between failures. If it's 10 hours, then there's a problem. If it's 10,000 hours, there is not. Do you have any data that shows what the MTBF is for touchscreens like what would be used on a device like this? -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane Cal Aggie Flying Farmers Sacramento, CA |
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Well there is one at the ATM at the bank I use that has been there for at
least a year. "Mark Hansen" wrote in message ... On 07/05/06 13:45, john smith wrote: In article , "Kobra" wrote: a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! No way do I want a touch screen! Who wants to wear holes in an LCD screen? Replacement costs would be prohibitive. Huh? They have been putting Touch Screens on auto GPS's for years. I haven't heard of any data that says they break down or are a weak link. Any touch screen that is used for any length of time will have the touch membrane worn through. The combination of dirt, pressure and contant touching of the most often used screen position will lead to failure. Any length of time? Even 1 minute? I don't think the issue was whether or not it will eventually break, but how long between failures. If it's 10 hours, then there's a problem. If it's 10,000 hours, there is not. Do you have any data that shows what the MTBF is for touchscreens like what would be used on a device like this? -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane Cal Aggie Flying Farmers Sacramento, CA |
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In article ,
"Kobra" wrote: a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! No way do I want a touch screen! Who wants to wear holes in an LCD screen? Replacement costs would be prohibitive. Huh? They have been putting Touch Screens on auto GPS's for years. I haven't heard of any data that says they break down or are a weak link. Kobra A touch screen on an aviation GPS seems like a really bad idea, in my opinion. Forget about the wear, who wants finger prints all over their screen? Do you really want to aim for a touch screen button while bouncing around in flight? What if you hit the wrong one? Sony puts touch screens on their consumer camcorders, and I avoided purchasing one partly for this reason. The concept seems nice, but in practice it turns out to be not too brilliant (no pun intended.) Back to the point, all of the information that was posted on the 496 came from Tom Rogers at Avionics West; it is posted on his web site. It is not official, it is simply a rumor. I will say, if true, the rumor would make the 496 consistent with Garmin's other portable units, with the biggest change being the pre-loaded CitySelect NT data. JKG |
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"Kobra" wrote: AFAIK, what most pilots are screaming for are all the features of the 396 plus... a.. TOUCH SCREEN...HELLO...TOUCH SCREEN!!!! Only if the screen is bigger. It doesn't have to be MUCH bigger; just a bit. b.. Airways (so you can enter airways for your route instead of each fix on the airway) Yes! c.. The FULL IFR approach Yes! Doubt if the lawyers will go for this, though. d.. ALTITUDES shown for the IFR approaches as well as the MEA's on the airways Same as previous. e.. ALL taxiways with GPS navigation on ALL the airports That would be lovely. f.. I won't mind a graphical representation of the airport's traffic patterns with the 45 entry shown. I *would* mind that. I am not a 45-degree true believer. I hope the rumor of the above mentioned new features is not true...I have had MUCH higher hopes for the 496. Ditto. No way I'd trade up for what's rumored. I want a larger, touch-screen interface or I'm standing pat. Better mount/cabling engineering is needed, too. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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You mean plates? That would be worth while. I wasn't thinking of that, but that would be nice. I was just thinking of what the 396 has now (FAF to AP) and adding the IAF's and intermediate fixes. Kobra |
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