IFD 550 issue

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   I recently developed a problem with my 550. When I enter a destination airport KFOK (Gabreski airport), the unit will not accept the entry and defaults it to KFIT, Fitchburg airport . I spoke to Jeppesen to see if there was a problem with the database. They indicated no issues on their end. I tried about ten times , then it worked and accepted the KFOK entry. All navigation and approaches worked. Has anyone else had this issue? It seems the problem of switching airports occurs when I get to the “ O” in KFOK. Any thoughts? Return the unit to avidyne?
John

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Jrlumpp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 08 Feb 2014 Location: NY Status: Offline Points: 49	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jrlumpp Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: IFD 550 issue Posted: 28 Oct 2024 at 4:47am
	I recently developed a problem with my 550. When I enter a destination airport KFOK (Gabreski airport), the unit will not accept the entry and defaults it to KFIT, Fitchburg airport . I spoke to Jeppesen to see if there was a problem with the database. They indicated no issues on their end. I tried about ten times , then it worked and accepted the KFOK entry. All navigation and approaches worked. Has anyone else had this issue? It seems the problem of switching airports occurs when I get to the “ O” in KFOK. Any thoughts? Return the unit to avidyne? John

AviSteve Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Feb 2018 Location: Melbourne, FL Status: Offline Points: 2243	Post Options Post Reply Quote AviSteve Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 4 hours 5 minutes ago at 9:21am
	How are you entering the waypoint? By knob or by keyboard? If by keyboard, any chance you're pressing '0' (zero) instead of 'O' (oh)? Any trouble entering other identifiers containing an O? It's unlikely that there's anything wrong with the IFD. If the knob encoder was bad, you would notice other effects when turning the knob.
	Steve Lindsley Avidyne Engineering