Impossible to switch the GPS on...
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Hi,
Yesterday I've decided to give a try to the popular PA-28R Arrow III and the Turbo version and purchased the Bundle with both planes. I've installed both and everything went normal. Obviously I did a very first flight to see if everything was ok and yes, it was. Just today I realized that the GPS doesn't switch on when I set the battery and the alt on. Many clicks on the GPS volume knob but nothing happens. Went to youtube and check some tutorials to see if I'm doing something wrong but no, I'm doing the correct startup sequence but the GPS, simply doesn't work anymore. Uninstall and reinstall the plane neither doesn't fix the issue and after several attempts I'm starting to get angry and frustrated. Some assistance is needed. Thanks in advance.
Ivan Lewis.
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Hi,
Yesterday I've decided to give a try to the popular PA-28R Arrow III and the Turbo version and purchased the Bundle with both planes. I've installed both and everything went normal. Obviously I did a very first flight to see if everything was ok and yes, it was. Just today I realized that the GPS doesn't switch on when I set the battery and the alt on. Many clicks on the GPS volume knob but nothing happens. Went to youtube and check some tutorials to see if I'm doing something wrong but no, I'm doing the correct startup sequence but the GPS, simply doesn't work anymore. Uninstall and reinstall the plane neither doesn't fix the issue and after several attempts I'm starting to get angry and frustrated. Some assistance is needed. Thanks in advance.
Ivan Lewis.
@Melonsuti Pretty sure the GPS does work or it would have been mentioned before now. Your best bet would be to contact Just Flight Support - unless any forum member knows of a problem?
https://support.justflight.com/support/solutions/articles/17000066587-controls-not-working
https://support.justflight.com/support/tickets/new
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Did you verify that the brightness is up all the way? It's the rotary dial to the left of the battery switch. If that is turned down the GPS will appear to be off.
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I found this too when I first purchased the plane. I discovered that when clicking on the screen of the GPS, and the popup appears. The power button does nothing.
HOWEVER, clicking on the power button on the GPS from the 3D cockpit does turn it on!
But although that turns it on, the switch button for COM1 doesn't work properly (I haven't raised this as an issue yet though), it seems to set both active and standby to 121.5 eventually. (Doesn't actually swap back and forth).
I have a Saitek radio panel which does seem to swap correctly though, so this is what I use.
