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Garmin iQue 3600a -- sunlight screen readability?
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! |
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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! |
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"Newps" wrote in message ... 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. That's the exact setup I've been looking at. Which GPS receiver are you using? Dell had one in their flyer in the paper yesterday. Are you just running your PPC on batteries or do you have it hooked into the plane's power somehow? John K. Student Pilot (for at least another week) |
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"John Kirksey" wrote in message
news:tR3Xd.57702$uc.28727@trnddc03... "Newps" wrote in message ... 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. That's the exact setup I've been looking at. Which GPS receiver are you using? Dell had one in their flyer in the paper yesterday. Are you just running your PPC on batteries or do you have it hooked into the plane's power somehow? John K. Student Pilot (for at least another week) I have the same setup, using a Belkin BT GPS. I'm very satisfied and I use the free pocketfms software. John, I believe you're in the Richmond area. Email me if you'd like to check out the setup... |
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John, I believe you're in the Richmond area. Email me if you'd like to
check out the setup... oh, and remove the pork from my address... |
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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. Until now I have used the batteries, I have the extended battery and that's good for about 4 hours at full screen brightness. The GPS runs about 12 hours and can be charged with 110V, 12V or USB. I ordered a new center console for the plane, this one has an armrest so I had them include a post that I can attach the PDA to. The PDA is a lot easier to use if you can rest your arm on something. I am going to run a 12 volt extension cord under my carpet and come up near the center console so you won't see any cords. John Kirksey wrote: "Newps" wrote in message ... 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. That's the exact setup I've been looking at. Which GPS receiver are you using? Dell had one in their flyer in the paper yesterday. Are you just running your PPC on batteries or do you have it hooked into the plane's power somehow? John K. Student Pilot (for at least another week) |
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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). |
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"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.? |
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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/ |
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[newsgroup list trimmed]
Newps wrote: Can't speak about the Garmin, would never get one as it runs Palm. That's just stupid. Uh oh. Are you sure you wouldn't rather just discuss low-wing vs high wing? |
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