"Jonathan Goodish" wrote

That's true, but the reply was targeted at the poster who suggested that
there would be less wires with the Garmin than with a PDA-based system.
In fact, the Garmin will require at least 2 wires to do what modern
Bluetooth-based PDA/TabletPCs can do with just one.

Your PDA needs a GPS antenna, an XM Wx antenna, power to the weather
receiver, and either a power cable or batteries to the PDA. You also need
to manage the Bluetooth connection, a source of technical issues in flight.

The 396 does not need an externa GPS antenna, does not need separate power
to the weather receiver, and has no Bluetooth connection to manage.

The 396 also crossfeeds data from a Garmin 430/530 for those who own one.


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Richard Kaplan

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