![]() ![]() I explained to them that I was planning to use this update to update the standby database, and again this new guy explained that they had never heard of such a thing. I then asked about updating the “standby” database. The guy was pretty nice, stayed on the phone to make sure my download worked, all that good stuff. Luckily I had some old Windows laptop laying around, so I was able to do that without having to install a VM image on my Macbook. ![]() ![]() You also have to download a little Windows based installer app from the Jeppesen website. In any case, this thing is able to write SD cards just fine. I wasn’t quite sure if this would work since the title of the product says “ reader”, and to me that implies it doesn’t to writes, but I think the world of consumer electronics sees things differently than the world of computer science. I purchased a “Sandisk MicroMate SD / SDHC Memory Card Reader (Static Pack, New, SDDR-113)” from Amazon for $9.99. To upgrade these databases you have to write to the little SD card. I know that’s a little confusing, but I made a picture below to help. They also say you can enable automatic database synchronization so that if you update the MFD, the PFD will get updated from the MFD. If you go all the way back into the Appendix B they pretty clearly state that you should be able to install a “standby” nav database in the top slot of the MFD and have it copy to the main db card (bottom card). I figured that I should get a jump on things and figure out how to update it long before I needed it, so on March 2nd I read the Perspective Manual. The last cycle of the nav db expired on March 8th. ![]()
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