Garmin 695/696

[Flight Medic]

Topo Maps

Hi all,

Our Chief Pilot recieved the 695 a few days ago and was extremely pleased with the device, but wanted more out of it and asked me if i could figure it out!

Well, all he wanted was to veiw topographical maps on the unit while flying mountain resue opps. So I went and sifted through the manual (a first for me as I always bump my head several times and then refer to the manual). I eventually found what i was looking for. You can add map sets to the device (the safest way is to do it using an SD card).

So I loaded several square kilometers of Topo and recriational maps from Garmaps Africa 2009 Series onto a SD card, put the card into the machine and powered up! The topographical lines, streets (with names and house numbers) popped up as a transparent overlay above the flight charts already loaded onto the device. The only thing I haven't figured out is whether one can search for a specific street address or not, but will contact Garmin this week.

The topo maps are visible on the VFR map and the terrain map. but the screen gets extremely cluttered so turn down a few of the map settigns and it looks great. you can also get rid of the topo maps by simply pressing the CLR button.

Happy Flying

[star57]

Topo Maps on 696

Greeetings;

I have the 696 and just finished installingMapsource and TOPO USA & Canada, I have been able to create flights and download them to the 696 by connecting the unit to the pc withe USB cable, what I have not been able to do is to move the flight created in Mapsource and downloaded to the SD card, when I inser the SD card the Garmin 696 does not see it or read it....AM I MISSING SOMETHING?...it would be so much easier to move the data via SD card than via direct connection.
I really apreciate if anyone can comment and share with us the procees.

Happy landings to all...

[malabo]

Any of the exhibitors at the HAI going to be selling the Garmin 500 series at "special" prices?

[ILblog]

Searching for villages and small cities in Garmin 696

Hi

I am using Garmin 695 GPS in my chopper and I am missing very important feature there. Very often I need to find saome small village or city on a map. I was used that this feature worked well on my previous 496, but I cant find anything like this on 695.

Someone told me, that if I upload some special Garmin map there, I will be able to search for villages in 695. Is that true?

[Aucky]

I'm having the same problem as ILblog. Got a great unit, screen and functionality second to none, but in my opinion either a huge oversight not to include cities/towns in the database or a very poor strategic decision. I've read that the City Navigator Europe NT maps will load onto the unit but even that they don't make easy or clear. Has anyone had any luck? if so how? browsing https://fly.garmin.com/fly-garmin/ doesn't seem to offer a solution. Poor show garmin

[bjjazzyj]

496 mount wire.

how did you get your wiring on the 496 to stay along the spar line. i have the same mount and trying to dress up that wire on the spar im trying to look for clips to make it work not sure what to get right off hand

[Helikopter]

Map features in Garmin 695

We are operating Garmin 695, Garmin had made for the hand held gps a special map for this region on a SD card. We simply bought that and we have all the details we can ask for,citys, villages, farms, roads, rivers, glaciers and so on.

- Has to be admitted that we are very impressed.

Regards

Helikopter.

[JTobias]

Hi

So where exactly did you buy the mapping?

Joel

[FLY 7]

Yes, I'd be interested in more detailed UK mapping.

[Helikopter]

695 Garmin, map details

I contacted our local Garmin dealer, he knew wich maps where compatible with the Garmin 695, as simple as that.
The problem for you guys, is that usually are the maps only for streets and citys, the map we have, is for the whole country including all the details. There might also be some other maps ( not garmin) wich might be compatible with the 695.
I know for sure that our fellows over in Norway have the same considerations, they like the Garmin 695, but are consirned over the poor map details.

Im operating in Iceland.

[JTobias]

Thanks

I'll enquire with Garmin UK.
Personally, I have absolutely no complaints with the 695. For VFR (and some IFR) flying it's brilliant. Some additional mapping might be useful though.

Thanks,


Joel

[meloni]

Garmin 695, feedback from the users...

Hello,

I'm about to pull the trigger on a new gps , but I want to make sure that's the right choice for my kind of operations ( you know.... those things cost a lot of money and Is not nice to "waste" several hundreds of euros, USD, whatever... )

Mostly I fly in ems op's, but like I said in a previous thread from the next month I'll be flying in the balcan region for a medevac contract.

I have seen already the list of the HLS ( helicopter landing sites ) and other VFR reporting points and they are really A LOT!!! ( about 300 hls and other 200-250 various waypoint...) so a handheld gps will be very usefull .

I like also the fpl capabilities of the 695, and it's big screen looks great!

Here's the problem:
How good is the "mapping" of the 695? are even the smaller town visible in the e-chart?
I'm very familiar with the Avmap EKP IV, and it is very nice in ems op's, with very good charts and even the smaller town are displayed, but in my opinion the garmins are more "rugged" and durable. so this is the main reason why if I have to buy a my own gps i lean more on the Garmin.

Any opinion on the 695??

Happy Landings

[meloni]

Thanks to the administrator to move my post in here

[cyclic phenomenon]

I've been using the 695/696 for about 18 months now and really like it. The only problem I found was that the road and town info was sparse and not very accurate in places. But uploading a SD card with Garmin City Navigator NT 2009 transformed that and now I have more detail than on the good old Skymap. I particularly like how easy it is to link via usb and upload flight plans and waypoints that have been built in the Memory Map CAA 250k software i have on the PC.

[Aucky]

Display height AGL?

Hi Guys, I have been playing with the 695 (with terrain data), noticed there are various parameters we can choose in the data fields (1,2 or 3 rows) in the standard view. I couldn't find Height AGL though, which would be expecially useful in the alps (no rad alt) where airspace often starts 1000AGL-FL***. I'm guessing that on the terrain page it may display height AGL? any way to display it on the main mapping page?

[meloni]

And the Garmin City Navigator NT 2009 is not that expensive too: downloadable for 99 usdollars from the garmin website and it covers all the europe quite well...

That's a very nice thing
How difficoult it is to upload topo maps on the 695??


Thanks

UPDATE:
I just read the user manual of the 695, it seems to be not big deal....

[SE-WAL]

Garmin Aera 550 - Hughes 300

Hi,
Thanks to GeorgeMandes I've managed to get a nice installation.





Walt

[meloni]

is possible to load IFR approach charts on the ATLANTIC 695?? this will be a very good backup I know it is possible in the US version... but what about the "european" one???

[meloni]

so.... no possibility for us european to load IFR approaches chart on this beauty??

[ijustmight]

Yes, you can have approach plates on the european garmin 695. Are you ready to spend...??

Just pay £320 to Garmin to 'enable' your 695:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=87193

Then pay Jeppesen for the charts ($499/year for UK, varies per country):
Europe - JeppDirect