Just got the Garmin 330 Mode S transponder installed in my Archer. The traffic display on the 430 is great. My question is "What does the mode S do for the controller that the Mode C doesn't?" Chuck

Some of you wanted to see the variable resistor in the line out to the temp probe. As most have found, the probe does not transmit the proper temp. Here they...

I have a Garmin 340 that I'd like to play my IPod through. Is it simple to pull the the audio panel and hook up a plug that will allow my IPod to plug into the Music 1 channel? Am I allowed to do this or does an A&P, or Avionics shop have to be involved? Any help appreciated. Michael

Hi, Has anyone here installed his own Garmin 340 Audio Panel ? I have the unit and the installation manual, it seems to be easily installed, can I legally do it myself ? And has anyone here already gone through the effort ? Thanks,

Does anyone out there have experience with Garmin's 340 audio panel and its feature that lets you split the Com 1 and Com 2 so that the pilot can talk/receive on one while the co-pilot can talk and receive on a separate frequency on another? It is called the "Com 1/2" button. On my installation,...

Hello Flyers, Hold on to your hats...my wife's Christmas present to me was the Garmin 696!!! (yea, she's a keeper) So that means one of you can have my 396; It's on eBay for $800.00. It has been well cared for and works perfectly. Free shipping Comes with a DVD of Flying the Garmin 396 from...

Does anyone know what I would have to do to make a 396 go from an aviation unit to a car unit? Could I just take it out of the plane, push a few buttons and put it in the car and get turn by turn car navigation instructions? How does the car stuff work? Does it have all the resturants and stuff. Or...

My 396 arrived yesterday! Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Well, it came yesterday. Great box. Looks like the challenge will be 'mounting' the GXM 30 XM antenna in the Maule. The thing has a big non-removeable magnet so distance from the compass is needed. It has an extension cord and mounting screws but needs good sky exposure... any thoughts are...

I am in the process of wiring a Garmin 496 into my 182, using the Garmin supplied accessory data cable. After reading about all of the problems with the 396 496 Data Cable connectors coming apart, I cut the cable to about a foot, installed a male DB9 connector on the cable, and the matching DB9...

On the Garmin site, it looks like the "City Select" CD set has been replaced by the "City Navigator" CD set. There is no price listed for City Select, but there are prices for City Navigator. Are they different products or is this a replacement? Some avionics shops are selling kits with the...

I bought a 396 at Osh this summer and the battery never shows more than half charge on the meter. However, if I just let it run, it runs to its full time, so apparently the internal meter needs to be reset. Anybody know how to do that? Yep, I did read the manual, couldn't find anything.

Has anyone experienced significant "loss of signal" hiccups with their new 396?? Since getting ours a few months ago, we have had several...some lasting 15-20 minutes. System shutdowns/start ups may or may not re-initialize it. THe antenna is unobstructed and in plain view of the sky. An older...

I did have the GA-25 antenna all the while I had intermittent lost sat reception. Bought a new high-gain replacement on line and did the swap last weekend. For 2 days prior to the swap, I would lose reception completely on a S-SE heading. The new antenna shows 10 sats 3/4 way up or better....

Its bbbbaaaaaaacccccckkkkkkk. I thought we had the 396 reception problems solved with the unit swap and upgraded firmware. On climb out the thing lost its lock again and continued to do so until I changed course. That ain't gonna be an option on a plan in IMC (uh, center, I need to change...

In my previous posts, I described what appeared to be random signal lock losses with my new 396. Changing everything did not help. I got the dealer to swap the unit with a new one and I upgraded the software to the latest level. It appeared to work well for over 2 months, however, it started...

Well, as many of you can remember, I have posted my saga about intermittent reception problems with my Garmin GPSMAP 396 from day one. The Narco Nav/Coms or the splitters that are attached to them appear to be the culprit (both the MK-12D AND Nav 122). I could always select the harmonic freqs...

Folks, My nagging problem of lost sat reception appears to still be with me. Switching off the entire electrical system does not help. So, I believe we have eliminated the Narco radios as a possible source. Moving the antenna around the glareshield may or may not help. I am beginning to think...

We made a 250NM trip from the Chicago area up to Eagle River, WI this weekend and it was the first cross country with the new 396. The weather reports were not stellar and normally we would have never tried a trip under anything less than perfect conditions. But, the thought of having quick...

Any opinions on the differences between the two units. Other than the faster updating and the better street atlas, what makes the newer model worth $600 more? Thanks Mike