Garmin 530 Training

[Glen Davis]

I want to use a training course to become more competent with my Garmin 530W.  Has anyone used one that you liked and would recommend?  I'm thinking online, not in person.

Glen

[Jerry 5TJ]

Not a course, but a training tool 

https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3531

is useful for learning the menu procedures and 530 operations.  

[midlifeflyer]

Have you checked YouTube? For example, this is Garmin's own course. It's the one they sent to now owners of the unit. It's pre-WAAS so it's dated in some ways, but WAAS didn't affect much in terms of buttonology and the flow of the system.

It is a good start but expect at some point to spend time with an CFI who knows some of the tips, trick, gotchas, and shortcuts.  I have a short list of what I consider basic tasks which experience has taught me pilots have not learned adequately. I use at least one of them when I do an IPC or give checkouts or recurrent instrument training.  I'm rarely surprised, even with "experienced" users.