XM weather activation question Garmin 3/496

[Paul kgyy]

I have one of the Awmap PDA-based systems that preceded Garmin's
396/496 series and have recurring trouble with the Wx download
de-activating if I don't fly for a month.

This time I can't re-activate at all for some reason.

Have any of you 3/496 owners had a problem with involuntary
de-activation?

[Gig 601XL Builder]

"Paul kgyy" > wrote in message
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>I have one of the Awmap PDA-based systems that preceded Garmin's
> 396/496 series and have recurring trouble with the Wx download
> de-activating if I don't fly for a month.
>
> This time I can't re-activate at all for some reason.
>
> Have any of you 3/496 owners had a problem with involuntary
> de-activation?
>

There were several when the 496 first came out that had the problem but
there hasn't been any mention of it on the group lately. I assumed they
fixed the problem.

Your problem is different if you can't get it reactivated at all.

[Jonathan Goodish]

In article om>,
"Paul kgyy" > wrote:
> I have one of the Awmap PDA-based systems that preceded Garmin's
> 396/496 series and have recurring trouble with the Wx download
> de-activating if I don't fly for a month.
>
> This time I can't re-activate at all for some reason.
>
> Have any of you 3/496 owners had a problem with involuntary
> de-activation?

I didn't use my 396 for almost 3 months during my interior renovation.
I had no problems when I fired it up for the first time after that
period of time.

Then again, I didn't have any problems with the WxWorx box and AWM
deactivating either, but proper shutdown of AWM appeared to be key. I
suspect that the WxWorx box had something to do with it also. The
GXM30/GXM30A receivers are a Garmin design, so they wouldn't necessarily
have the same hardware problems of the WxWorx box.



JKG

[xyzzy]

Paul kgyy wrote:
> I have one of the Awmap PDA-based systems that preceded Garmin's
> 396/496 series and have recurring trouble with the Wx download
> de-activating if I don't fly for a month.
>
> This time I can't re-activate at all for some reason.
>
> Have any of you 3/496 owners had a problem with involuntary
> de-activation?

When they do this involuntary deactivation, they stop charging you for
the service too, right? hahahaha, I'm funny sometimes

[Paul kgyy]

>
> When they do this involuntary deactivation, they stop charging you for
> the service too, right? hahahaha, I'm funny sometimes


Well, actually, I called Wxworx about the problem and they did credit
me with 2 weeks of non-service. Shocking.

[xyzzy]

Paul kgyy wrote:
> >
> > When they do this involuntary deactivation, they stop charging you for
> > the service too, right? hahahaha, I'm funny sometimes
>
>
> Well, actually, I called Wxworx about the problem and they did credit
> me with 2 weeks of non-service. Shocking.

That's good to hear!

[xyzzy]

Paul kgyy wrote:
> >
> > When they do this involuntary deactivation, they stop charging you for
> > the service too, right? hahahaha, I'm funny sometimes
>
>
> Well, actually, I called Wxworx about the problem and they did credit
> me with 2 weeks of non-service. Shocking.

That's good to hear!