IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM - Deleting an old approach chart database

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Deleting an old approach chart database

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Topic: Deleting an old approach chart database

Posted By: HenryM
Subject: Deleting an old approach chart database
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2019 at 1:09pm

Is there any way to delete an old database from an IFD-540?

I used to have an approach chart subscription from Jepp that I cancelled a while back. I only get nav data and obstacles now. This results in a notification of an expired database every time the IFD starts up. Is there any way to delete that database so the error message about the expired database doesn't come up?

I thought installing the 10.2.3.1 update would erase everything and I would have to install a current database, but that was not the case. The databases, including the expired one, survived the update.

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Posted By: Stevei
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 2:11pm

Great question Henry. I have the same issue.

Posted By: paulr
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2019 at 2:37pm

+1-- I have the same issue. I was sort of hoping that the software upgrade process would wipe out my navdata load so I could reload the latest version and get rid of the obsolete chart database, but nah.

Posted By: afassas
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 5:09pm

+1 Me too! Expired charts on my IFD-540 and I dropped the chart subscription.

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Alex Fassas
Avidyne IFD-540
Lynx NGT-9000+
Aspen MAX PFD1000, MFD1000 & MFD500
Beech A36
KRGA

Posted By: rolfe_tessem
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 5:19pm

It is annoying, but only annoying...

Rolfe

Posted By: ddgates
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2019 at 7:51pm

+2

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David Gates

Posted By: HenryM
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 12:19am

I guess it is a popular question! At least six of us want to know ...

I seem to recall the upgrade from 10.1 to 10.2 did erase the navigation databases, but this last update didn't. I kind of like that the databases were preserved, but I would also want a way to delete the databases at will for cases like the one I described.

Posted By: AviSteve
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2019 at 11:07am

There's no easy way to do that. Even if the old chart files were deleted, the system looks at other files containing chart unavailable dates, etc.

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Steve Lindsley
Avidyne Engineering