BDPetersen Posted May 29, 2019 Report Posted May 29, 2019 Always a fan of building and storing routes on a route page, easy enough with the 430W, I realize that is a skill I lack with my elderly 150XL. The problem is in storing “route 0” and finding a list of stored routes, if there are any. I seem to recall stumbling on to such a list, but try as I will I cannot now find it. Been trying it on ground with a gps position, no altitude. What am I missing? (I’m using the manual.) Quote
carusoam Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 Back in the day, computer memory was hard to come by... and powerful processors weren’t used... in some GPSi, the 0 flight plan was the active one... The other ones 1 - 9 or so were just a place to store other FPLs You can probably find a way to delete the 0 plan and copy a plan from another location... This comes from my KLN90B experience... lots of knob twisting goes with that. Best regards, -a- Quote
BDPetersen Posted May 30, 2019 Author Report Posted May 30, 2019 Unfortunately, knob twisting and cursoring on the route page does not yield a route list as seems to be promised by the handbook. Sometimes I don’t miss the ‘80’s. Quote
Johnnybgoode Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 While I love the 300XL, I'm a one point-direct user because of the clunky user interface. Quote
LANCECASPER Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 This is why, on those units, that the letter D on the "Direct To" Button is usually worn off. Quote
BDPetersen Posted May 30, 2019 Author Report Posted May 30, 2019 My goal was to store the fixes that make up the vor-a, for instance, (not a database approach) to have that readily available. Stored routes can be useful. Quote
BDPetersen Posted May 30, 2019 Author Report Posted May 30, 2019 Problem solved. Simple solution, of course. On Route page when presented with “Route 0” , etc. simply twisting the small knob starts a scroll through the other 19 potential slots. Duh. I guess I was expecting the “0” needing to be highlighted to indicate it was about to be modified. But no, 0 changes to 1, 2, 3 . . . with no fanfare. What are the odds I’ll remember that next time. Hey! You kids get off my yard . . . 1 Quote
carusoam Posted May 30, 2019 Report Posted May 30, 2019 Hard things to remember... the BK KLN90B GPS has one two-button function... BK does a nice job of making their manuals available on line... but... The two-buttons are two black spots in every online manual I have seen... and... Every memory jogger I have for the plane, came in one day to not get lost... so... What were those two buttons for? Nearest airports When you need that function... who’s got time to read a memory jogger? When things go quiet... the stress level rises... who’s got a strong enough memory to know there is a two-button combination to help out? Fun memories brought by old technology... GO MS! Best regards, -a- Quote
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