kenny584

Hi Folks, I have had the WT G1000 NXi for some time now, my flying buddy installed it this evening but is not seeing the data at the side of the Bearing 1 and Bearing 2 display. It simply shows several white dots whereas mine shows distance and bearing to. We are both on the same version from the Marketplace. We both have the same frequencies in the NAV 1 and 2 radios. We can tune an NDB and we both see the frequency and bearing for that when we select it with the Bearing 2 softkey in the PFD. We are puzzled as to why he cannot see the info for a VOR. The frequency is green and shows the ident, the CDI is green and displays VOR1 in green but still no data in the bearing 1 and 2 popup. Any thoughts anyone? Mmmmm, I'm wondering if the sim has kept our group flight data from our last flight together. I know that this can result in only the group leader seeing an active magenta line in the MFD. We did not intentionally set up a group this time but never checked to see if one was still in force from last time. Regards...Kenny.

My apologies Bert and Ryan. I was refering to the unit in the sim and how it relates to the relevant pages in the manual, not the real world unit. Regards...Kenny

If you look at Ray's original post and screenshot, he is using the NEAREST softkey in the PFD. This opens a window giving information about the nearest airport. It does not allow you to select it as a DIRECT TO. One has to press the DIRECT TO button in the side bezel to enter a destination. See the bottom of page 34 and page 40 in the Garmin manual. Cheers...Ken.

Hi Ray, If you have a second monitor and are a member of VATSIM, try out the Chartfox utility. I use it all the time for information. I don't think it runs through the G1000 though. No navigation database though, just charts. Cheers...Kenny.

Hello Ixoye, I am still using the Marketplace G1000. I'll go and get the NXi and try it out. The keyboard keys would be a better option, even if a tad unrealistic.😀 Regards...Kenny.

Hi Ray, I know what you are saying regarding trying to select the letters in flight. However, I still think that the NEAREST AIRPORT window is for information only. One still has to use the DIRECT TO popup in either the PFD or the MFD. I'm off for a read of the info!! LOL Cheers...Kenny. Bottom of page 34 in the Garmin manual says that we should get an information window when we press ENT after selecting the airport identifier. That function does not work as yet. No information window pops up. In the MFD, turning the outer FMS knob brings up a selection window with various tabs along the bottom. Scrolling the outer knob highlights each tab in turn. There are a lot of options but the majority are all greyed out. Hopefully a work in progress from the WT group.

Hi Folks. I know this is not the answer to your question regarding the NEAREST Airport form the window in the PFD, however and if you know this already then please accept my apologies, it works in the MFD by pressing the DIRECT TO and then selecting a destination in the usual way, the FMS inner and outer knobs, then ENT to Activate. I always thought that the NEAREST window was simply for lookup information. Frequencies, runway length etc. One could then use the DIRECT TO window to fly direct to a chosen destination. Cheers...Ken.

Yeah man. That would be cool to actually fly over those nice locations. If only we knew where they were. Should have concentrated more in my geography lessons at school...LOL Regards...Kenny.

Hi Ray. On the PFD screen it allows for changing the ALT Units between inHg and hPa. Great for us Brits.

ALT and ENTER will toggle you between full screen and windowed mode. You can then check to see if the progress bar has been hidden by the taskbar. Cheers...Kenny.

Ah, okay. I'll do that. Thanks ckyliu.

Hi Folks. Since the update I cannot seem to get the mixture lever to work on my CH yoke. I have re-assigned it several times and I can see the white slider bar working but in the cockpit it does not operate. Any thoughts? Regards...Kenny.

Launched the sim, got the update message, went to the store, got the update, installed the update, five minutes later I was flying. Some folks really do make things seem more difficult than they really are. Perhaps it is the way they have their system set up. Isn't it a bit strange that it is mainly the same people we see whining about the sim? Blue Skies...Kenny.

I for one just wish that folks would simply say "my CTDs" instead of "the CTDs". Not everyone has them. A lot of people fly crash free with excellent scenery. It can be an unfair world at times. Regards...Kenny.

Hello waiwj and Bert. Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. Blanked out to avoid bad reg's, I get that. Bert, may I ask about your Group not setting up a group?? That's a bit over my head!! LOL. How do you see each others aircraft without a group? I'm keen to find out as Chris and I have only just started in with this. Bert, I remember you giving me advice about the Phenom 300 in FSX a couple of years back. It was to do with the xml coding for the G1000. How the sim has moved on from then. Regards...Kenny.

Hi wainwj. Negative. We are going through the stages of selecting an aircraft, the C208B, then a parking spot at the departure airfield and then the weather. Finally we hit the space bar to load in our plan. It all seems to work apart from the flight plan as I described and one more thing is the fact that the registration letters are replaced with a white rectangle on each others aircraft when viewed from the external camera. I can see my own registration but Chris' reg is blanked out. We are unsure how to display the registration. Regards...Ken.

Hi Folks. My friend and I are having an issue with a group flight. When I set up the group and he joins I can see the whole VFR flight plan in the G1000 map display but he only sees a direct line from departure to destination. When he sets up the group flight and I join it is the same, only he sees the whole plan and I see a direct magenta line. We make the plan in LNM (Little Nav Map) and then export it into FS2020. On the World Map screen we see the plan but it has a zigzag line added to it. The Nav Log window shows the correct route with the correct waypoints. Is there an issue with group flight only allowing the lead person to see the whole plan in the G1000? Are we not doing things correctly? Does anyone know how we can both see the plan in our respective cockpits? What is the issue with FS2020 adding in the extra blue lines to the world map when it shows the flight plan? Apologies for all the questions but we are both learning as we go with this. As we all are I suppose, in our own different ways. Thanks. Cheers...Kenny.

Hi Folks. Does anyone know how to set a key for changing the radio decimal frequencies? I find it a bit fiddly trying to keep the mouse active on the rotating knob. I see that there is a key binding for the main frequency but not the decimal part. I'm setting up a page for the radios in Matric but so far have not seen any buttons for the decimal freqs. Perhaps it is not possible to change the decimal with a keystroke. I also note that there are buttons for the inbuilt ATC responses in Matric which is great for the simulator ATC but not so good for VATSIM. Cheers...Ken.

Hi Shayne, Check your Windows version number in the Control Panel>System>About>Windows specifications, version. My version was well out of date and that is why I also got the Gaming Sevices error message. I updated Windows to version 21H1 and it also updated Gaming Services and the error went away. I assume that The Gaming Services was trying to update itself into my older version of Windows. Regards...Ken.

Hi EDDB2020. Can you be a bit more specific as to where I disable the tooltips and adjust the zoom speed? I have been through everything I can think off and I have most things disabled or set to the Hard setting yet I am still seeing the tooltips pop up. By the way, you look so young to have this much knowledge (LOL). Thanks...Kenny

Hi Folks. Is there a way to use my keyboard to enter waypoint names into the 'Direct To' FMS data screen? I am finding it difficult to use the outer and inner knobs in the FMS bezel because a tooltip pops up and my mouse wheel wants to zoom the cockpit view. I end up trying to enter the data, avoid the tooltip and stop my view from being zoomed in and out. All at the same time!! LOL. I still have a lot to learn in the sim and so I would appreciate any ideas from you. Thanks...Kenny. p.s. I should have said that this is in the default Cessna172 G1000 screens.

Hi There. In the U.K. try this http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php.html In Europe try this https://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/cms-eadbasic/opencms/en/login/ead-basic/ Free registration required. Elsewhere try this https://skyvector.com/ I hope this helps you. Regards...Ken.

Boy, aren't computers strange beasts. My friend spent a fair bit of money on a new pc specifically for MSFS2020. The cd tray ran disc 1 okay but the subsequent discs could not find the path. Unfortunately, no indication of which path!!. Anyway, we took advice from the forum and copied the disc contents to a new folder and ran from there. He now has the sim installed and is downloading the world updates etc. Thanks for all your input and advice...Ken.

Thanks for the links and the advice. I'll have a look. It's the old story, it may be simple, but if you don't know then you don't know until someone shows you. Regards...Ken.