pecanflyboy
Well Known Member
Trying to be a good soldier and update my GTN 650Xi software. I have a G3X system, and I noticed my software version did not match the GTN 6XX/7XX software on the G3X uploads page. After the easy upload, I have an error message: "VNAV: Unavailable: Barometric altitude lost."
Called Garmin, and they helped me realize that the software mentioned above does not include the "Xi." OOOppps. In fact, as of the date of this writing, October 2020, there are no updates to the "Xi." All of this seems obvious, now. You would hope that the software upload would be blocked for an incompatible unit, but it is not. Garmin told me I was lucky the unit would still turn on.
So, Mr. Garmin, can you please email me the orignal software load, as it is not available online?.......NOPE. For some reason they can only distribute this software to the dealers. In fact, it sounded like the "Xi's" will require future software upgrades at a Garmin dealer.
So, learn from my mistake!
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Called Garmin, and they helped me realize that the software mentioned above does not include the "Xi." OOOppps. In fact, as of the date of this writing, October 2020, there are no updates to the "Xi." All of this seems obvious, now. You would hope that the software upload would be blocked for an incompatible unit, but it is not. Garmin told me I was lucky the unit would still turn on.
So, Mr. Garmin, can you please email me the orignal software load, as it is not available online?.......NOPE. For some reason they can only distribute this software to the dealers. In fact, it sounded like the "Xi's" will require future software upgrades at a Garmin dealer.
So, learn from my mistake!
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