Touch screen failure
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Category: Avidyne General
Forum Name: IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
Forum Description: Topics on Avidyne's IFD 5 Series and IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
URL: http://forums.avidyne.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1848
Printed Date: 22 Feb 2025 at 4:09pm
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Topic: Touch screen failure
Posted By: Warrenwhis
Subject: Touch screen failure
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 7:48am
| my IFD 540 touch screen failed to operate after flying to Destin yesterday. Got in to come home and it wouldn’t work. Rebooted, same result. I was able to do everything with push buttons except drag the data into view from the right side of the screen. I am hoping for it to work after starting today. Any experiences with this. Am I going to have to send it in? |
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Posted By: Bob H
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 8:21am
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Warrenwhis wrote:Posted By: dmtidler
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 9:12am
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One item to check is that the touchscreen wasn't inadvertently turned off. Touch Screen ON/OFF is a per user profile selectable option in AUX-SETUP-User Options. |
Posted By: Capt.Caveman
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 12:54pm
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I had the same issue with a 550 last flight...it worked when i parked the plane and didn't when i left 2 hours later...found it was off in the settings. I turned it back on and works fine now. |
Posted By: Warrenwhis
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2019 at 8:56am
| Problem fixed. I had failed to notice the option. It is the first one listed making it easy to inadvertently touch when the Aux pave comes up |
Posted By: dmtidler
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2019 at 9:03am
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The Touch Screen ON/OFF option moves down one line after Zoom Mode with software 10.2.3.1. |
Posted By: SteveMcD
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:11pm
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I had the OP's issue occur today: started up the 540, got the lawyer page, pushed Enter button, then the database page. When I tapped Proceed, nothing. Tried restarting several times. Contacted installer and Avidyne. They had me check the Touch Screen setting, but it is On. So, another RMA to replace the unit, which was installed about three weeks ago after the previous one failed in Florida (possibly lightning or rain). Bummer. I have less than 20 hours on this one, which was a refurbished unit drop-shipped to me overnight (great customer service there). I will definitely buy the extended warranty again!
Fortunately, almost everything that can be done by touch can be done by buttons and knobs. I just have to remember how to do the things I usually do by touch. This forum told me how to show/hide the datablocks on Map page, and Map on FMS page. (The manual doesn't seem to mention how to show/hide them with buttons.) |