Garmin Aera 500

	Garmin Aera 500
Part Number: 010-00836-01

OVERVIEW
Our most affordable aera touchscreen unit, the 500 model features a crisp
4.3-inch QVGA wide-format screen and preloaded graphical mapping. Go
from runways to roadways with preloaded City Navigator® NT street
mapping.


STANDERD CONFIGURATION INCLUDES:

• aera 500
• Free single database update
• Yoke mount with power cable
• Battery pack
• Portable friction mount
• USB cable
• Vehicle power cable
• Pilot's guide and owner's manual

FEATURES
Garmin’s aera series of dual-duty GPS portables offer 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.

Check Out the aera 500
There are four aera models in the Garmin lineup, offering a full range of
cost/capability choices. The first and most affordable unit in the series
is the aera 500. Featuring a crisp 4.3-inch QVGA wide-format
touchscreen and pre-loaded graphical mapping, this 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 evenmore 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. And for added safety,
an optional power/data cable (sold separately) makes it easy to
interface your aera 500 with the Garmin GTX 330 Mode S transponder
in your aircraft, so you can access and display TIS traffic alerts in
busy terminal airspace. What’s more, you can also use the aera to load
communications frequencies into your Garmin SL 40 Comm or SL 30
Nav/Comm transceiver.

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 preloaded City
Navigator® NT 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
mobile phone. And the aera’s built-in “points of interest”; database offers
helpful guidance to millions of motels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs,
and other local attractions. To further speed your transition from aircraft
to automotive mode, a unique ”;smart mount”; for the aera offers instant
clip-and-go car navigation.

Garmin aera series: It’s the ultimate fly/drive option.


SPECIFICATIONS





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