When are the Garmin aera 796 units going to ship?

October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

That's definitely the million dollar question (literately for some Garmin resellers). Garmin aviation distributors have been given dates but those have come and gone with nothing new other than another date. Right now it's looking like mid-November but dealers are being told not to expect their complete orders on first shipment. Unfortunately they're not saying exactly how many to expect. What … [Read More...]

Bose A20 Integrates with Garmin

Bose A20 Aviation Headset

The new Bose® A20™ Aviation Headset was announced today during the opening of the 2010 Airventure Oshkosh airshow. The Bose Aviation Headset X has long been the standard that all ANR headsets looked up at and the new Bose A20 appears to have kicked it up a significant notch with some very impressive features. For the purpose of this blog, we're going to point … [Read More...]

aera 560 or GPSMAP 496?

garmin area 560 gpsmap 496

When the Garmin 496 was released, it was the beginning of the end for the Garmin 396. Like the 396, the Garmin 496 had XM Weather. However with the 496, users got a noticeably faster, 5HZ update speed, Garmin Safe Taxi, AOPA Airport Directory, Smart Airspace, and built-in Auto Kit. With Garmin's latest series, the Garmin aera, pilots can now have a unit with all the features of … [Read More...]

Problems with Cigarette Plugs

496 cigarette adapter keys

“The cigarette power plug does not fit in my Garmin 496, 396, or 296 unit.” This is a not-so-uncommon problem found with the Garmin cigarette power adapters, especially the adapters that have the built-in speaker. The female portion of the plug, located on the GPS unit, has two different sized channels. There is a key on the top of the cigarette adapter plug and a … [Read More...]