How to Install a Garmin G600
It can be tempting to perceive Swiss navigation giant Garmin as merely a major force in the world of automobile satellite navigation, but this would be doing a disservice to their pedigree in the area of avionic navigation. For example, the G600 it certified to be retrofitted to light aircraft and used as a legitimate form of navigation in flight. Remarkably, it is no more difficult to install the appropriate G600 software than it is to set up an automobile satellite navigation system.
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Instructions
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Navigate to the official Garmin website (see "Resources" below), which houses a plethora of software updates, navigation programs and product manuals. It is also where you will find the G600 training center update.
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Click "Download" to download the training center update file into a directory on your hard drive. In default terms, this will be "c:\garmin", but you can change the destination folder. (Be sure to make a note of where you download it to, because you will need to access it.)
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Navigate to the destination to which you downloaded the files and run the executable (.exe) file. Follow the on-screen wizard to complete your training-center installation.
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Connect the G600 hardware to your computer using the sync cable that was provided with the purchase and follow the on-screen instructions to allow the update to sync with the hardware. This will ensure that your avionic hardware has the latest version of G600 software installed.
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Tips & Warnings
This update requires an IBM-compatible PC running a Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later operating system.
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