Rick6a
Well Known Member
Fellow Garmin 296 users,
I can not determine if it is technique or my brand new 296 has a software problem.
#1. In the VNAV mode, no matter what values I program in for the profile....for instance 800' above waypoint, 2 miles out and 400' rate of decent etc. the VNAV indicator (teal bar) always disappears when the altitude reaches 1900' (regardless of MSL or Above) and 5 miles or more from the waypoint. In other words, the VNAV feature stops functioning considerably earlier than what it is programmed to do.
#2 On the map page, I cannot retrieve the HSI (as shown on page 29) display. It was there on initial start up but has since disappeared. According to page 105, changing the page layout to "MAP WITH OVERLAY" should result in the HSI being displayed along with datafields in the 4 corners. The 4 datafields show up just fine...but not the HSI.
Can anyone offer any insights or comments as to what may be going on?
Rick
I can not determine if it is technique or my brand new 296 has a software problem.
#1. In the VNAV mode, no matter what values I program in for the profile....for instance 800' above waypoint, 2 miles out and 400' rate of decent etc. the VNAV indicator (teal bar) always disappears when the altitude reaches 1900' (regardless of MSL or Above) and 5 miles or more from the waypoint. In other words, the VNAV feature stops functioning considerably earlier than what it is programmed to do.
#2 On the map page, I cannot retrieve the HSI (as shown on page 29) display. It was there on initial start up but has since disappeared. According to page 105, changing the page layout to "MAP WITH OVERLAY" should result in the HSI being displayed along with datafields in the 4 corners. The 4 datafields show up just fine...but not the HSI.
Can anyone offer any insights or comments as to what may be going on?
Rick