CNX80 Database update
- Thread starter WannFly
- Start date
denverpilot
Tied Down
Jepp makes awful websites. Usually just easier to call them.
mtuomi
En-Route
Yep, call Jeppesen - works great that way.
Yes, and remind them you are using a CNX80/GNS480 before they get too far along.
The good news: Jepp has the updates and they don't require any special hardware, just a CF slot (the CNX80 even came with a cheapo Sandisk one but anything that exposed the NT filesystem will work just fine).
The bad news; Jepp has abhorrent software configuration practices. Only very old versions of the Jepp dowload manager work with the old Apollo stuff and even the newer ones that CLAIM to support it, seem to have problems in some configurations (like Windows10). I spent an entire day on the phone with multiple people at Jepp before they finally allowed me to revert to the prior version of the distribution manager that worked.
The good news: Jepp has the updates and they don't require any special hardware, just a CF slot (the CNX80 even came with a cheapo Sandisk one but anything that exposed the NT filesystem will work just fine).
The bad news; Jepp has abhorrent software configuration practices. Only very old versions of the Jepp dowload manager work with the old Apollo stuff and even the newer ones that CLAIM to support it, seem to have problems in some configurations (like Windows10). I spent an entire day on the phone with multiple people at Jepp before they finally allowed me to revert to the prior version of the distribution manager that worked.
WannFly
Final Approach
O great. Thanks for your inputs. Mine says Apollo CNX80 on the GPS, guessing it's before Garmin acquired it...so a lot of fun down the road
Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
There is really no difference on the units. Both the original CNX80 and the GNS480 needed major software updates (done from the front panel by a dealer).
Let'sgoflying!
Touchdown! Greaser!
what's the annual subscription on the CNX80?
are there choices?
(I'd want ifr/vfr contiguous usa)
are there choices?
(I'd want ifr/vfr contiguous usa)
AggieMike88
Touchdown! Greaser!
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2010
- Messages
- 20,805
- Location
- Denton, TX
- Display Name
Display name:
The original "I don't know it all" of aviation.
About $500-550 for the CONUS... no variation between IFR or VFR. Source is JeppDirect.vom
PS. I think the 80/480 is one of the best boxes out there for the "older systems "
WannFly
Final Approach
it has got a ton of feature... i learn something new on every flight. some people say its complex, but i came from G1000 and didnt find 480 complex.. well the buttons are different and a lot of things are buried deep in.. but like any other garmin products, u get used to it. i also have GMX 200... with both updates annually i am looking at around $1200-$1300. i might not update anything and just use my EFB....
I think most of the people who find the GNS480 "complex" are tainted by the fact that it works differently from most Garmin boxes (430, 530, etc...). It's a cultural difference where the CNX80 was designed by people familiar with actual IFR FMS systems. I used to demo the box at the Garmin booth (since no Garmin employee had a clue about it).
It's real simple. FPL (flight plan) NEW (entering a new one). Set the origin (if you'd pushed NRST recently your current airport is there). Set Destination. Now start keying the route. As you choose a fix that has airways, they are offered. Select an airway, dial the exit point, lather, rinse, repeat.
If you get into a NON RADAR environment and have to make position reports, you can expand the flightplan and see the ETA to all the intersections (too easy).
Basic hint: If you don't know what state you are in, press MAP twice to get back to the start.
It's real simple. FPL (flight plan) NEW (entering a new one). Set the origin (if you'd pushed NRST recently your current airport is there). Set Destination. Now start keying the route. As you choose a fix that has airways, they are offered. Select an airway, dial the exit point, lather, rinse, repeat.
If you get into a NON RADAR environment and have to make position reports, you can expand the flightplan and see the ETA to all the intersections (too easy).
Basic hint: If you don't know what state you are in, press MAP twice to get back to the start.
Let'sgoflying!
Touchdown! Greaser!
If you get a 530, can you use the db to update your 430? Or separate update$?
Eh, 480's have nothing to do with 430's or 530's. Each burn of the database (at least in the Jepp) application decrements the entitlement counter. If you have to GPS's that you want to keep continually updated, you need to subscribe for two. Some people with two alternate which one they update each time with one subscription, I think.
mtuomi
En-Route
...or you might get lucky as I did, and Garmin said "programming failed" after every attempt - even though the card was burned 100% correctly...