Garmin GTN 650 and 2 G3X touch need help

[unclefish]

Brand new . What do I need to do.
Register these things .
Update them.
Thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction

[Cluemeister]

Welcome! If the plane is new, you will register the avionics with Garmin. You can do that online.

As to updating them, there are usually a few certificates in the packet for the first databases at no charge. Head over to flygarmin.com to get set up.

[unclefish]

Yes new . Thank You I will check the packet

[unclefish]

I found the 3 Single complimentary database update coupons.
So I am still alittle confused. I thought that my GTN650 is the main computer and that my G3X touches are just kinda like screens to bring it up on. It looks like you have to update all 3. I also see when I go to those different bundles there are all different prices 500 up to 1300 whats that deal and are these yearly deals or single 1 time offers. I am new to this whole deal and don't quite understand it yet. or actually what I need and don't need.
also sd cards think I read somewhere can't find it again that i just need 8gb cards any special class or anything like that.

[LSA Flyer]

You might want to start with this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ylNkG1x1A

There are a number of videos produced by Garmin that cover the highlights of the G3X system. The written Pilots Guide is VERY detailed and can be intimidating at first unless you have someone who can sit with you in the airplane and cover some of the basics. Download the PDF file and have a local copy shop print and bind a paper copy for yourself. Watching the videos and then paying for an hour or two with an instructor, on the ground, would be the ideal start. All the younger flight instructors probably know the system very well.

The Garmin bundles are priced annually. What you buy depends on how you fly; IFR or VFR etc. No special SD cards needed, high speed data ratings are not necessary.

The G3X has so many features and is so configurable it's a real challenge at first.

[ChiMike]

I have a 650-G3X combo. The annual packet requires that each system (G3X) or (GTN650) be updated separately. Use one G3X as a PFD, the other as the MFD and configure accordingly. Both have very different capabilities. The G3X Nav capabilities can be tied into an autopilot. It covers the data for engine instrumentation and flight status that were formerly provided by steam gauges. And both can interface with the airplane’s com system.

The GTN650 is much more capable as an IFR nav system that will fly the specific instrument approaches that you enter into it. You work the throttle and radio calls. It will get you from point A to B (which the G3X will do also). But the 650 is designed to navigate your plane hands free through all the directions, turns, maneuvers, and altitude changes proscribed by a defined instrument approach. Basically it will take to 1/4 mile of the threshold at 200 feet and expect —require—you to then take manual control and land the plane.

BUT —since the plane is not IMC rated, whilst you can do all the IFR practice you’d like, you can’t actually operate the plane in IMC. But if you want the just in case backup—and the ability to get an instrument rating and practice all your moves, albeit under VFR conditions, you’ll be using essentially the same setup as a Cirrus SF-50 vision jet.