How to purchase new or renewal warranty for the Entegra EX5000 Series Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multi-Function Display (MFD). Warranty renewal is only for pilots whose warranty is about to expire or has lapsed less than 60 calendar days ago. Failure to renew in time will result in the pilot needing to purch…
The general rule for the replacement cost for Entegra's damaged beyond economical repair (BER) or stolen Entegra's from a pilot/shop/aircraft is repair cost X 2. (this is Entegra only) Replacements are not guaranteed to be available by Avidyne. Units purchased from salvage companies, eBay, etc., have no warranty.…
The Nav Invalid message at the top of the Entegra EXP5000 PFD is associated with the autopilot installed. For up-to-date info on this message, please review the DFC90 Pilot Guide, or applicable (other vendor) Pilot Guide. Below is an excerpt from the DFC90 PG:
***UPDATE*** October 2022 If you have updated the IFDs to 10.3, you may notice the 'MSG' notification on the PFD will no longer show when the IFDs have an advisory notification (cyan/blue messages from the IFDs). The change was due to pilot feedback. Cautions and Warnings will still display the yellow 'MSG' notific…
In the photo's below, the shading and bubbles are considered delamination, the separation of the sheets that make up the screen. The unit requires service, and extended warranty is highly recommended. Contact your local avionics shop to start the process for sending the unit in for repair.
When booting the Entegra PFD, if you see the message Magnetic Anomaly, you must move your aircraft away from this interference. If the message continues, after moving the aircraft, seek assistance from an Avidyne Dealer to check the magnetometer, and possibly replace. To find an Avidyne Dealer, go to and click o…
Refer to the current PFD Pilots Guide for minimum software needed for RVSM: Pilot Guides can be found on the main avidyne.com site, under Support.
This is an indication that is generated by the DFC90 autopilot computer. Essentially this fault means the DFC90 is unable to read/write to an internal memory component. This will not affect any of the operation of the autopilot, but will cause the aural alerting to cease. The unit will need to come back to Avidyne…
Condensation is something that may occur in the Entegra products, this is due to humidity and temperature. Once the Entegra system is powered on, the heat generated by the Entegra system will clear the condensation. Avidyne does not RMA the Entegra units for condensation, as we do not seal the screens to its hous…
Dual PFD's with an Altitude Miscompare message (see photo), requires the aircraft Pitot system to be checked out by an Avionics Shop with a calibrated Pitot system. In a single PFD plane; ATC informs you the plane is at XXXX feet and the PFD indicates 75+ feet difference, or the PFD and your internal gauges are off …