"...however you'll need to turn off the XM Weather to activate the
receiver..."

Sorry, but that's not correct. Turning XM Weather on/off and using XM Radio
just happen to appear on the same page in the Quick Ref, but there is no
correlation between the two.

Obviously, you will need to leave the Map Page where the weather data is
displayed in order to go to the XM Audio Page. The XM Audio page is where
you select your channels, and it also has a Mute/Enable audio output
selection, which determines whether the radio is heard.

Once you have tuned the XM radio and Enabled audio output, the radio will
continue to play even if you leave the XM Audio page and return to the Map
Page to view the weather...



"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
.. .
Morgans wrote:

If the receiver is in the Garmin, then that alot of stuff packed in
there, plus another monthly subscription...

I think we are talking about two different things. I was talking about
the
fact that while connected to XM for data, with a music subscription, you
can
take a music feed from the 396 to you choice of listening connections.

Reading the "quick reference" .pdf, you sir are correct, it has an
internal XM Radio receiver, however you'll need to turn off the XM
Weather to activate the receiver... So I wonder if they are tossing in
the XM Radio subscription for free with the weather package?

Accepts TIS traffic uploads from A GTX 330 transponder, uploads VHF
frequency data to a SL30/40 com, DSC Marine VHF connectivity, marine
Sonar connectivity (think amphib)... This unit is very k3wl indeed...