garmin 496 wx failure

Guys, thanks for the information...

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"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk @See My Sig.com wrote in message
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"Mike Noel" wrote in message
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Thanks...and this was on the Avweb site...

Owners of Garmin weatherlink-capable portable navigators found themselves
flying blind over the weekend because of an as-yet-to-be diagnosed
technical
fault that may be days away from a solution. Spokespersons for both
Garmin
and WxWorx, which massages the weather data for delivery through the XM
Radio system, told AVweb on Monday morning that no one seems to know why
the
failure occurred or when it will be fixed. Evidently, the failure affects
only some GPSmap396, 496 and 696 models, but not the panel-mounted G1000
system. Also, Garmin's marine portables, which receive marine-related
weather datalink, are similarly unaffected. One possible fix, says
Garmin,
is to refresh the XM receiver, which you can do by typing
www.xmradio/refresh into a Web browser and then entering your receiver
code.
(It's on the back of the puck-type Smart Antennas.) Make sure the antenna
has a view of the sky for at least 30 minutes. Garmin says it doesn't
expect
a solution before the middle of this week.
Jan 5, 7:40pm UTC

...I don't subscribe to the audio channels so I guess I'm SOL until
Garmin
makes a fix available.



More info / possible temporary fix from PilotsOfAmerica:

"Garmin 396 and 496 radios appear to be the only ones affected,
starting January 2. Those with an additional audio subscription are
still working, but those with only a weather subscription are not.
Nobody knows the cause of the problem, but they are definitely working
on it.

If yours is out, you can add an audio subscription free for one month
by calling the XM aviation number at 1-800-985-9200 and give them the
promo code MARINE1MO. You will need to cancel the audio subscription
within a month to avoid a charge (about $7)--assuming they have a fix
by then."

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