Garmin 340 - IPod player

"Michael 182" wrote in message news:EIfOb.76594$nt4.107692@attbi_s51...
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


Assuming you had the unit installed(as opposed to having bought the
plane with it in already), shame on your avionics installer for *NOT*
installing the music jacks. They are part of the installation process
and the unit allows 2 - one for the pilot/copilot and one for rear
passengers. There is no jack on the GMA340 - you need to wire a 1/8"
stereo jack into the multi-pin connector.

I'd go back and ask the shop why they omitted this part of the
installation.

When it's installed, you plug the IPod or any audio source into the
1/8" stereo jack conveniently placed in the panel. There's also a
switch that's supposed to be wired into the panel so you can choose to
mute music during intercom chatter or let it keep playing in the
background while you chat with your pax. The music will ALWAYS mute
when a radio transmission comes on. The PS Engineering models(6000,
7000, etc.) mute music under both conditions.