Garmin 296C Programming

[Z-MRP]

Please advise, if I get a secondhand unit from the UK,is it possible to have it configured for Southern Africa and can I do this myself thru the internet or will I have to send it to an agent to be done????????? Mother Xmas going shopping so needs to know.

[johnsa]

I think you can order the unit with the SA map installed or on cd rom in the uk.

Please advise, if I get a secondhand unit from the UK,is it possible to have it configured for Southern Africa and can I do this myself thru the internet or will I have to send it to an agent to be done????????? Mother Xmas going shopping so needs to know.

[Nkwazi]

I'm sure the SA database can be loaded here. Phone century avionics

[RV4ker (RIP)]

IIRC can be done online. $49.95 last time I did it,but mine has atlantic database, so was just update...
From website...

Please Note: Garmin aviation units can only hold one Jeppesen database coverage area at a time. When you update your database, the old one is erased.

Am sure you could add maps on data cards Awesome piece of kit.....

PS
I think the UK uses same database as we do?

[Rudix]

IIRC can be done online. $49.95 last time I did it,but mine has atlantic database, so was just update...
From website...

Please Note: Garmin aviation units can only hold one Jeppesen database coverage area at a time. When you update your database, the old one is erased.

Am sure you could add maps on data cards Awesome piece of kit.....

PS
I think the UK uses same database as we do?

Yes, the UK uses the same (Atlantic) database as we do so you don't need to change anything.

[Z-MRP]

Thanks for the info, now to get my hands on a unit. I have a Lowrance Airmap 100 at the moment, nice unit but would like upgrade to bigger screen is the plan