FSX freezes because of GARMIN

[Guest sagamol]

anytime i enter a destination in the GARMIN GPS as soon as i type the first letter of the airport the game freezes up and i have to totally restart FSX . it does this with default Aircraft and ADD-ONS alike...the GPS works if i go through the flight plan program. but if i deside to just select a destination during a flight, open the GPS, click on PROGRAM, cycle the curser to the CALL LETTER BOX and type the first letter, FSX will freeze up..any help would be appreciated...Tom

[n4gix 4,947]

anytime i enter a destination in the GARMIN GPS as soon as i type the first letter of the airport the game freezes up and i have to totally restart FSX . it does this with default Aircraft and ADD-ONS alike...the GPS works if i go through the flight plan program. but if i deside to just select a destination during a flight, open the GPS, click on PROGRAM, cycle the curser to the CALL LETTER BOX and type the first letter, FSX will freeze up..

"PROGRAM?" Do you mean the DTK (Direct-To) button? If you are having a lockup on the default FSX G500 or G1000 gauge, then there is something very wrong with your FSX installation, and I cannot begin to imagine what......do you get any sort of error message at all?

[sightseer 895]

I have the same problem with the G1000. The GPS500 works fine.The G1000 will work fine so long as I dont try to enter waypoints. Its been a while since I tried to use it but I used to have a 'double key' entry problem as well. I got a new keyboard and reinstalled OS and FSX and still th eproblems persisted.I quit using the G1000.Im hoping it will work on my next system. (whatever that will be -- and whenever I get it)I dont have any actual answers for you. Just letting you know you are not alone.

[Mango 0]

Some GPS let you type in with the keyboard, some not. If you type YMML into the default G1000, you'll end up most likely in slew mode... :(