ScottM
Taxi to Parking
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iBazinga!
After having my 430W for a bit over a year I decided it was time to update the obstacle database.
This is a separate card from the Jeppesen card. The Jep database updates are really easy and the Skybound stuff was a breeze to install. One phone call and I was all set up with them and have been doing database updates every 28 days since purchase.
The Obstacle and terrain dbs are handles on a seperate card and you deal directly with Garmin.
I knew I needed a seperate programmer than the Skybound adapter and had taken the time to buy the almost $100 adapter. YIKES!
So off to the worlds worst designed website I have ever seen. Trying to get a database was an exercise in frustration. One would think that there would be a way to click, give them a credit card and down load. Noooooo
You have to get an account, then register you product, then dig down into several menus before you can buy the database. Once you get that done and downloaded then you get to try and update the card. That is not a plug and play adventure either. There is a plugin that has to be downloaded and then tested with little instruction on what they want. I kept getting a message that my test had failed and that I need to plug in the Garmin device.
I HAD the Garmin device plugged. What they really wanted was the device AND the datacard plugged into it!
Thankfully I will only do this once a year. For $150/database this should have been a whole lot easier.
This is a separate card from the Jeppesen card. The Jep database updates are really easy and the Skybound stuff was a breeze to install. One phone call and I was all set up with them and have been doing database updates every 28 days since purchase.
The Obstacle and terrain dbs are handles on a seperate card and you deal directly with Garmin.
I knew I needed a seperate programmer than the Skybound adapter and had taken the time to buy the almost $100 adapter. YIKES!
So off to the worlds worst designed website I have ever seen. Trying to get a database was an exercise in frustration. One would think that there would be a way to click, give them a credit card and down load. Noooooo
You have to get an account, then register you product, then dig down into several menus before you can buy the database. Once you get that done and downloaded then you get to try and update the card. That is not a plug and play adventure either. There is a plugin that has to be downloaded and then tested with little instruction on what they want. I kept getting a message that my test had failed and that I need to plug in the Garmin device.
I HAD the Garmin device plugged. What they really wanted was the device AND the datacard plugged into it!
Thankfully I will only do this once a year. For $150/database this should have been a whole lot easier.