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Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Garmin GNS480 compared to Garmin 530
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From: "John Schroeder" <jschroeder@perigee.net>
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Matt & Colyn -

I have a 480 installed in our ES, but have not flown it yet. The box has  
an excellent simulator built in and it can handle almost every aspect of  
the box having to do with the GPS/Nav side. It even sets the ILS frequency  
in the Nav side of the box automatically. I have spent several hours with  
it to learn the interface and consider the 480 a fabulous piece of  
equipment. The learning curve is not all that steep. One thing for  
certain, being able to specify the airways, together with the entry and  
exit points, is a real plus over the 530 or 430.

However, the simulator for your PC mentioned in the quote below, is a real  
piece of junk and one simply cannot evaluate the 480 based on this  
brain-dead piece of software. I tried it several times and have taken it  
off the PC.

I agree that the biggest downside for anyone looking at installing a  
Garmin is what they intend to do with the three boxes. It appears from  
their PR releases and delays, that there is some uncertainty. The decision  
will probably be a mix of: (1) cost to the installed base to upgrade the  
old 430's and 530's. The installed base is quite large and the upgrades  
have probably been hard to engineer/package to get a reasonable upgrade  
price. (2) costs of screwing a large installed base of 480 owners by  
chucking that box over the side and (3) Eventual costs to certify and  
produce the W series to make them competitive with the 480's in both the  
price and features categories.

Cheers,

John


On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:04:35 -0400, colyncase on earthlink  
<colyncase@earthlink.net> wrote:

> and get the simulator and try it out.


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