"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:

I am about to activitate my garmin 496 weather and music features
w the xm folks...

I am going to use the "full blown" weather service @ $50 + $7 for the
radio feature.....

Two questions...1) if I know I am not going to use the features for
say
2 months ( or longer ) ...can I temp. turn on and shut off w/out
penalities or fees? Or, does one need to keep going, month to month
using the services it or not?...

Vacation subscription hold/suspension... I kneaux my neighbor is able to
do this when he isn't flying (he flew out yesterday), I can't find any
reference to it on the Garmin or XM websites in regards to the terms
(like how many times a year you can do this and for how long each time)
or fees required for reactivation... So do this:

quote on
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us through email
or by phone 800-XM-RADIO (800-967-2346).
http://www.xmradio.com/help/emailus.xmc
quote off

and 2) whats the music quality like on the radio side? How
do folks listen to the music ? ... Get a good set of headphones?
Portable speakers? Or just use the built in factory speaker?.......

Had it in a rental car on a trip to buy a plane in Ohio, I heard too
many song repeats within a days time and the talkshow/news sounded like
they were conducted over a telephone due to a high compression codec...

This was over 4 years ago, so maybe things have improved?