Check Out the aera 500
The Garmin aera 500 dual-duty GPS portable offers easy transition from flying to motoring – by combining the best in moving-map display features with intuitive, menu-driven touchscreen control. With aera, fingertip navigation has entered a whole new era: One that streamlines operation. Eliminates knobs and buttons. Simplifies the pilot/motorist interface. And lets you think in terms of door-to-door guidance, not just runway-to-runway.
The aera 500 features a crisp 4.3-inch QVGA wide-format touchscreen and is a versatile, feature-rich unit comes ready for takeoff, right out of the box.
Fly aera. Anywhere
In aviation mode, the aera 500’s detailed chart-style shaded mapping and extensive terrain and aviation databases help you visualize your flight path in relation to nearby navaids, terrain, SUAs, obstructions, and so on. Plus, the addition of private airports and heliports to the database affords even more navigation and emergency “nearest” options. A database-driven terrain advisory feature offers TAWS-like color coding and pop-up alerts when possible obstructions or ground proximity conflicts loom ahead. And with terrain/obstacle data shown at standard 30 arc-second resolution, you’ll enjoy a surprising level of detail on the display. The unit’s graphical Terrain page offers both overhead and vertical profile views of the topography you’re flying over. What’s more, there’s an IFR map mode that lets you display and navigate on high or low enroute airways. You can also pull up MEAs (Minimum Enroute Altitudes) and distances between intersections by touching the airway on the map. As in all the aera models, GPS updating is provided at a super-fast 5 Hz rate.
Built to Fly. Born to Run
Once your aircraft returns to terra firma, the fun of aera navigation continues with full automotive GPS capability and optional Garmap street mapping. Operating much like Garmin’s popular nüvi line of touchscreen auto navigators, your aera 500 offers voice-guided turn-by-turn directions with text-to-speech audio technology that calls out streets by name. In addition, there’s built-in Bluetooth support for wireless hands-free calling with your compatible cell phone. To further speed your transition from aircraft to automotive mode, a unique ”smart mount” for the aera offers instant clip-and-go car navigation.
The Package
The Garmin aera 500 comes with:
- Free single database update
- Yoke mount with power cable
- Battery pack
- Auto friction mount
- USB cable
- Vehicle power cable
- Dashboard disk
- Pilots guide
What Techshop will do for you FREE of charge
- We will update the internal software (firmware) to the latest available from Garmin
- We will register the Garmin in your name
- We will load the latest speed camera and safety data
- We will ensure that what should be in the box, is in the box
When you buy from Techshop today, you get the Garmin and service to match!