GPS questions

I highly recommend Garmin. They have GPS figured out and their customer
support is good (I recommend email, but phone works too). Used Garmins
go for a song. Get a black and white screen if you plan on running off
of batteries. ALL the Garmin's are really good. I have a 195. It is
getting a bit old in the tooth, but does pretty much everything I want,
though it does not have terrain height or antennaes on it. The latest
Garmins do that.

I respectfully disagree with that. I was trying to download a pay-for
database update using Firefox and getting nowhere. I switched over to IE
and had no trouble. This is not common, but it is not unheard of if you
haven't written your web page code properly. Here is the cut and paste
answer I got back:

Thank you for contacting Garmin.

Our aviation database can work with the Firfox (Mozilla) browser. It has
been tested here and has worked you might want to check your proxy settings
otherwise it will work.

Best regards,

I don't call that a "good customer support". Besides lousy grammar and
spelling, it didn't help the customer solve the problem.



Jim




"Doug" wrote in message
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I highly recommend Garmin. They have GPS figured out and their customer
support is good (I recommend email, but phone works too).

Thank you to all for the tips. I got the Garmin 296. Basis for my decision
was...
- excellent advice that as a neophyte, my weather avoidance should be done
on the ground with FSS, not in the air with satellites (hence the 396 not
required).
- portability (battery power on the 296 vs. Airmap et al)
- resale should I need to upgrade in the future should be easy.

Thanks again to everyone for the insight.

Been playing with the 296 today... cool...


"Jase Vanover" wrote in message
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Background... newly minted PPL, looking to ease navigation via GPS. I
actually find it cool to navigate via maps, compass and timepiece, but I
realize there is a lot more capability out there.