GPSMAP 195/196 vs. Lowrance AIPMAP 1000

Jay Honeck says he's disappointed in the Lowrance support because they
dropped the 300.

A bit more precisely, I'm disappointed because they dropped their *support*
of the Airmap 300, after just 48 months.

When the airport database in my 300 decided to no longer function, Lowrance
informed me that they could not fix the problem.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Hmm. Their website at http://www.lei-extras.com/store/search.asp shows
current aviation database updates for the Airmap 300 available for 75 $
(single update, subscription is 61 $). Not sure what the problem is.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Hmm. Their website at http://www.lei-extras.com/store/search.asp shows
current aviation database updates for the Airmap 300 available for 75 $
(single update, subscription is 61 $). Not sure what the problem is.

My 300 will no longer recognize that -- or any other -- database.

Without even looking at it, Lowrance diagnosed it as a "chip" problem. It's
apparently a very common problem with the 300.

They told me they can no longer obtain that particular chip. Thus, the 300
is orphaned.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:57:10 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


They told me they can no longer obtain that particular chip. Thus, the 300
is orphaned.

I have the 100. I found that the restore function was failing (it kept
dropping routes). I finally figured it happened when ever certain
VOR's were in the route. I reported it to Lowrance and got a reply
that they confirmed the problem and would look into it. A couple of
weeks later they sent me an email saying that aviation was not a big
enough part of their revenue to make fixing it worthwhile. I am still
using my Airmap 100, but my next GPS will not come from Lowrance.