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    I had a bad day at the airport last week. The man I share a hanger with, gave the key to an A&P to work on his plane. When I went out I found my door open, which I never leave open. I got in and found the master switch was left on, battery dead. I pulled the battery, took it home to recharge. I went back to install the battery, and go fly and I got this message on my Advanced Flight 3500 system. I called Advanced Flight it seems as if they believe it killed the AHRS Communications Card. I need to pull it and get it repaired for about $1000, or get an Advanced Flight 5600 or 5800 upgrade. I like the synthetic vision, and the maps, but it's not cheap. 😂 😃 😡 😉
    I was thinking of upgrading, and making it 2020 compliant. My IA is more than willing to do the upgrade. I was thinking AF 5600 or AF 5800, AF ADSB, AF Mode S Teansponder. Any recommendations?

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    Paul Zimmermann
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    Truthfully I need to work with John on allowable upgrades. He said upgrading to anything Thais is an existing SLSA is good.
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    Cheez, I'm sorry you had such misery. And to think I get upset when my whiskey compass is out of calibration.

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    Sorry to hear of your troubles. Is there no way to do a simple "reboot" of this system ?
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    Paul,
    Sorry to read your posting. How long will this keep you out of the air? Any chance you can fly over this way?
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    Sorry to hear Paul. I think I would be having a conversation with the hanger partner or mechanic that was snooping.
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    Here is what the 5600 looks like. Good luck on your upgrade.
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    I've flown behind a 5600 & a 5800, I flew both of Stick & Rudders airplanes, one has a AF 5600, and the other has an AF 5800. I really like the 5800, big font for bad eyes, synthetic vision, VFR maps, better more graphic displays, and BIGGER fonts for the eyes.
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    Ya know, that's a really poor vendor response and incredible to me that having a battery go flat would destroy their card. Then $1000 for a repair on a comm card? I sure wouldn't be happy to have to spend any more money with that vendor.

    I hope you might escalate the issue and find a more reasonable fix.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Av8r_Sed View Post
    Ya know, that's a really poor vendor response and incredible to me that having a battery go flat would destroy their card. Then $1000 for a repair on a comm card? I sure wouldn't be happy to have to spend any more money with that vendor.

    I hope you might escalate the issue and find a more reasonable fix.
    I wouldn't say poor Vendor Response, they offered quick turn around, and I talked about an upgrade and they are willing to give an exceptional discount on the price for a trade in. I should have locked the doors. I just need to decide which system I want, and what to do about the ADS-B 2020 requirement.

    I plan on having my IA add an airshow switch to cut the power.
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