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Hey! LowNSlow,
Buy some NiCads... The Pilot III is lovely, but still chews Batteries up a little! Well worth getting it though - I really like mine.
Nish
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"...Don't bother arguing with an idiot, he will only bring you down to his level and then beat you with experience...."
Buy some NiCads... The Pilot III is lovely, but still chews Batteries up a little! Well worth getting it though - I really like mine.
Nish
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"...Don't bother arguing with an idiot, he will only bring you down to his level and then beat you with experience...."
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LowNSlow -
Ditto to Nishko, except I'd go further and say that my Pilot III chews up batteries 'a lot'! Quoted time per the manual is "up to eight hours" without use of the backlighting. I reckon "up to six hours" using 4 x AA Duracells would be closer to the mark.
Consider buying the cigarette lighter adapter, if your plane has the required fag lighter installed.
Ditto to Nishko, except I'd go further and say that my Pilot III chews up batteries 'a lot'! Quoted time per the manual is "up to eight hours" without use of the backlighting. I reckon "up to six hours" using 4 x AA Duracells would be closer to the mark.
Consider buying the cigarette lighter adapter, if your plane has the required fag lighter installed.
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There's a lot of software on the web for the various GPS models designed to download tracks, routes etc from your unit to a PC (and vice versa). I've just come across a software package at http://www.abnormal.com/~avia_dbm/ which goea a bit further and allows you to alter the aviation database for some Garmin models. The only drawback is that you must already have bought a Garmin database upgrade as the program can only access data on the disks (it can't grab the database in the unit).
It appears to work fine - I've added 75 UK airfields missing from the Garmin unit and stuck the new runway in at Manchester!
It appears to work fine - I've added 75 UK airfields missing from the Garmin unit and stuck the new runway in at Manchester!