edward7048
Well Known Member
is anyone still having trouble with downloading seattle avionics maps?
is anyone still having trouble with downloading seattle avionics maps?
I've always had trouble downloading them. Their "Data Manager" program is poorly implemented -- heavy CPU load and uses a lot of resources. This is not bashing a vendor; this is a fact.is anyone still having trouble with downloading seattle avionics maps?
It is my understanding that WingX Pro has its own charts now and SA is no longer needed.. . . "At OSH the WingX guy told me they had severed their tie with Seattle. He didn't say why, but it makes you wonder." . . .
Seattle are difficult to communicate with also.
No Seattle Avionics for me or our flight club until they get their "Mac House" in order. All of us use Macs.SA charts require hours to download using a Mac vs. 20 minutes for ForeFlight charts on an iPad. Both use same high speed Internet connection. I have given up on SA.
The problem isn't with Dynon.I'm sorry?I must be completely wrong here. Vans told me that I couldn't , and shouldn't , use my MAC laptop to download updates from Dynon.
Vans also said, for the RV12, NOT to download Skyview system updates (like the new 11.0 version) until they'd wrung out any "RV specific bugs" and to then download it from their site.
I didn't see anywhere on the Dynon site where it addressed any differences between PC and MAC users. Sometimes e.g.. TurboTax?the software will say PC users download one set of software and Mac users another.
Just called Dynon Tech Support who said it should be okay to download to a USB on a MAC although he wasn't sure whether there was 'some issue using Safari'.
So, as a newbie?I'm still confused.
Nope.I'm having NO problem loading Seattle Avionics data.
After several frustrating days of attempting to download the chart data via both Mac and (aging PC), I decided to take another route. To solve the issue of my old, outdated PC and the downloading problems, I purchased a $179 Acer 11.6 inch PC with Windows 8.1 from Best Buy and dedicated it to this purpose and to keep with my aircraft. I still had problems getting the downloads to work. So, I called Seattle and received wonderful service and extremely courteous and knowledgable help from Keith! Many compliments to Keith! He walked us through the tech problems and solved our PC download issues very quickly! It now appears to be working beautifully. I do hear and support everyone else who would like to see an Apple friendly download format since most of what I do is in the Apple world. Hopefully, Seattle will make that available soon for all of us. In the meantime, purchase of this cheap little PC seems to be a solution.I've never had an issue with Dynon downloads on MAC/Safari. They are simple file downloads and should not be complicated by the operating system.
For SeattleAvionics, the file structure/number for the charts and maps are extensive and their DataManager S/W which actually automates the downloads and updates but it ONLY works on a PC. You can manually copy the files on a MAC, but its very complicated and really not worthwhile to try in my opinion. As previous pointed out, many of us who use MACs, also use a utility that mimics the PC environment as there are many other S/W programs that work in Windows that I like to access on my MAC. If you have that option, then the DataManager S/W works just fine.
Yes, it would be ideal if SeattleAvionics also supported a true MAC system. I'm hoping that they will see the feedback on here and elsewhere and address these customer requests in the near future.
They cut the Canadian content from the U.S. Sectionals?! Really?! Can anyone else confirm this?No, but they don't work in Canada.
They manually delete the portion of the cross boarder maps, ie; Montreal. Why go to the effort of doing this and thus make their service less attractive?
Yes, they do. Does seem odd - they must be trying to force cross boarder flyers to buy the Canadian database separately.
For those with dual displays does one Seattle subscription handle both? I couldn't find the answer searching the forums. I know the data needs to be on 2 USB's, one for each display.
Thanks
Gary
My Seattle subscription just expired. I decided not to renew.
For $99.99 all I really used was the sectionals and the geo-referenced taxi charts (which shows up on the Info page for an airfield on SkyView. I like the Dynon map and FF so much I rarely ever looked at the Seattle product.
Downloading updates was a monumental PITA for me because they're not Apple compatible so I had to use my old Acer Netbook which literally took hours.
A conversation with Seattle proved pointless?they don't acknowledge Apple and appear unlikely to add that option..
Okay?so my subscription to ForeFlight also came due. Simple download onto my iPad.
I added Synthetic Vision and now have the iPad linked to the Dynon WiFi adapter. My iPad is my backup using FF and the WiFi adapter.
FF cost $75 and another $25 for SV. Same total price as Seattle and vastly more useable and user friendly. YMMV
We like to think the $99 for Dynon data is a black friday deal any day of the year.
--Ian @ Dynon
It's not, Ian, given the problems that many of us continue to have with Seattle Avionics' horrible software. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us another vendor. I'd buy the service at twice the price if it worked flawlessly. But I won't give another penny to SA, given that their product just doesn't seem work a lot of the time. CEO seems to be more interested in telling me how great it is for their other customers than fixing their awful software.
Concur totally.I absolutely agree 100% !!
For $99 I found the software pretty slow to load and apart from geo-referenced position on a taxi-chart..virtually useless.
For $75 I get ForeFlight which is light years ahead of Seattle Avionics. For another $25 I get Synthetic Vision. This offers me a wealth of information for a $1 more than Seattle's product. Downloading on my Apple iPad and Laptop is seamless and virtually automatic.
I find it rather embarrassing for Dynon to continually shill Seatlle's far inferior product.
I'm thinking about turning my cockpit into an EFIS IFR cockpit. And thus I've been hearing about Seattle Avionics. When it comes to geo-referencing on IFR
charts and approach plates, aren't they the only game in town?? If that's the case, maybe that's the reason their CEO has the attitude referenced earlier??
Just wonderin