Garmin 396 'installation' in the Maule

In article ,
Maule Driver wrote:
I guessed that was the case.

Jonathan Goodish wrote:
There's a catch: The 396 XM antenna is also the XM receiver. XM will
only allow one receiver to be assigned to each subscription.

It's a shame that they couldn't get the GPS antenna in the same package
with the XM antenna/receiver. It seems to me that unless you mount it
on the yoke and keep it there (i.e. don't move it to your lap), you're
likely to lose GPS sats unless you're using the external GPS
antenna--which is another wire. Same story in the car.

One question: Do you guys protect the screen lens with anything, like a
PDA screen protector? Or is it pretty resistant to scratching?


JKG

In article ,
Jonathan Goodish wrote:

In article ,
Maule Driver wrote:
I guessed that was the case.

Jonathan Goodish wrote:
There's a catch: The 396 XM antenna is also the XM receiver. XM will
only allow one receiver to be assigned to each subscription.

It's a shame that they couldn't get the GPS antenna in the same package
with the XM antenna/receiver. It seems to me that unless you mount it
on the yoke and keep it there (i.e. don't move it to your lap), you're
likely to lose GPS sats unless you're using the external GPS
antenna--which is another wire. Same story in the car.

One question: Do you guys protect the screen lens with anything, like a
PDA screen protector? Or is it pretty resistant to scratching?

I do on my 195.

In article ,
john smith wrote:
It's a shame that they couldn't get the GPS antenna in the same package
with the XM antenna/receiver. It seems to me that unless you mount it
on the yoke and keep it there (i.e. don't move it to your lap), you're
likely to lose GPS sats unless you're using the external GPS
antenna--which is another wire. Same story in the car.

One question: Do you guys protect the screen lens with anything, like a
PDA screen protector? Or is it pretty resistant to scratching?

I do on my 195.


The 195 was particularly bad because the screen lens was not recessed
like it is on just about every model after the 195, including the
296/396. However, it does seem that the screen would be easy to scratch
without too much difficulty.


JKG