Garmin iQue 3600a -- sunlight screen readability?

Newps wrote:
Vertically it consistently reports me being about 150 feet lower than
the Garmin.

Possibly it reports height above the WGS84 ellipsoid model of the earth
rather than above the geoid (which models mean sea level).

We haven't heard any complaints about the 3600A from those that we have
sold so far.
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Darrel Goheen

http://www.tvnav.com




"Chuck" wrote in message
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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 it is in full
sunlight.

Thanks!

"Newps" wrote in message
...
I bought the GPS on ebay. It's an Altina GBT-708. I turn it on and throw
it up on the top of the panel. By the time I turn on bluetooth and fire up
the Navgps software, about 20-30 seconds, the GPS has already gotten it's
fix. I paid $75 for the GPS. Don't bother with the one Dell is selling,
it is horribly overpriced and just a rebadged version of somebody elses.
Laterally my Altina has the exact same accuracy as my panel mount GX-55 and
my Garmin 96C before I sold it. Vertically it consistently reports me being
about 150 feet lower than the Garmin. The NavGPS software compensates for
this so the readout of my altitude is always within 25 feet of my actual
altitude.
snip

Hmmm, this begs a few questions. Does the NavGPS software compensate by
letting you enter the latest reported altimeter setting - like dialing it
into the Kohlsman window? When you say "within 25 feer of my actual
altitude" are you saying within 25 feet of the altimeter? Otherwise, how
would you know your actual altitude?
This sounds like a neat package. Can you gie more information about
the Bluetooth/NavGPS/display etc.?

You can select always on and the yoke package will plug into
the cigarette lighter so that will not be a problem

Can you still call it a cigarette lighter in a plane?

Can you still call it a cigarette lighter in a plane?

Yes. It's preferable to calling it the "detonator plug".

Jose
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Casey Wilson wrote:
"Newps" wrote in message
...

I bought the GPS on ebay. It's an Altina GBT-708. I turn it on and throw
it up on the top of the panel. By the time I turn on bluetooth and fire up
the Navgps software, about 20-30 seconds, the GPS has already gotten it's
fix. I paid $75 for the GPS. Don't bother with the one Dell is selling,
it is horribly overpriced and just a rebadged version of somebody elses.
Laterally my Altina has the exact same accuracy as my panel mount GX-55 and
my Garmin 96C before I sold it. Vertically it consistently reports me being
about 150 feet lower than the Garmin. The NavGPS software compensates for
this so the readout of my altitude is always within 25 feet of my actual
altitude.

snip

Hmmm, this begs a few questions. Does the NavGPS software compensate by
letting you enter the latest reported altimeter setting - like dialing it
into the Kohlsman window?

I set the software to the altimeter, not the altimeter setting.


When you say "within 25 feer of my actual
altitude" are you saying within 25 feet of the altimeter?

Yes.


Otherwise, how
would you know your actual altitude?
This sounds like a neat package. Can you gie more information about
the Bluetooth/NavGPS/display etc.?

See for yourself. I tried all the others I could find. This was by far
the best.

http://www.flynavgps.com/

i have a dell axim x30, and it has pretty poor visibility in
sunlight. i know the x50 has a different display - have you
ever been able to compare it with the x30?

jeff

Newps wrote:
Can't speak about the Garmin, would never get one as it runs Palm.
That's just stupid. I have a Dell X50v that works so well with my
bluetooth GPS I just sold my Garmin 96C on ebay.



Chuck wrote:

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 it is in
full sunlight.

Thanks!

jeff feehan wrote:
i have a dell axim x30, and it has pretty poor visibility in
sunlight. i know the x50 has a different display - have you
ever been able to compare it with the x30?

No. The X50v works fine in sunlight.