Garmin 696 electronic charts

[drgwentzel]

Flyers,

Originally, Garmin choose to disable the electronic charts after 6 months past their expiration date. *Mine are well over 6 months old and they still display. *Am I missing something or did Garmin quietly rescind their policy when we upgraded our firmware? *

Gene

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[wabower]

Good question. Mine worked too, on the way home from OSH where I had the nav data base and OS updated. I don't think I've ever tried to use them during the ~2 years I've had the unit, but found it interesting that I could see an approach plate and STARS. Didn't bother to check the date, since I was just playing with the unit to stay awake.

Flyers,

Originally, Garmin choose to disable the electronic charts after 6 months past their expiration date. *Mine are well over 6 months old and they still display. *Am I missing something or did Garmin quietly rescind their policy when we upgraded our firmware? *

Gene

Sent from my iPhone

 

[John Collins]

I don't think Garmin intended it to be quiet, but they eliminated the six month retirement of FliteCharts with version 3.2 of the software.

At Oshkosh, Garmin announced geo-referencing of the approach charts and added a new approach chart option from Jeppesen ChartView. I presume normal Jeppesen pricing for updates, but there is a one time $499 fee to add the capability. NACO's FliteCharts will also get the capability in 4Q of this year and there isn't any additional charges other than the regular database update fee.