Garmin 496 Manuale Proprietario

Connect the GXM 30A antenna to the GPSMAP 496 to access XM 

WX satellite weather and XM Radio. For more information about 

the GXM 30A antenna, see the GXM 30A Owner’s Manual.

  NOTE: You must subscribe to XM Radio and/or XM WX 

Satellite Weather to use the XM Radio and/or XM Weather 

features on your GPSMAP 496.

1.  Position the antenna where it has a clear view of the sky. 

This can be on the outside of the vehicle or behind the 

windscreen.

2.  Plug the GXM 30A cable into the USB port on the back of the 

unit, as shown in the following illustrations.

To receive Mode S TIS traffic data from a GTX 330 transponder 

on your GPSMAP 496, connect an available RS-232 OUT pin on 

the transponder to the Data In pin on the GPSMAP 496. (You do 

not need to connect the transponder to the GPSMAP 496’s Data In 

pin). Then, set the corresponding RS-232 output configuration on 

the transponder to REMOTE + TIS and set the GPSMAP 496’s 

Serial Data Format to TIS In or TIS In/NMEA & VHF Out. For 

more information, see the TIS section on 

page 147

 and the GTX 330 

Transponder Installation Manual.

To output frequency data to an SL40 comm or SL30 nav/comm 

radio, connect the Data Out pin on the GPSMAP 496 to the RxD 

pin on the comm radio. (You do not need to connect the comm radio 

to the GPSMAP 496’s Data In pin.) Set the GPSMAP 496’s Serial 

Data Format to TIS In/NMEA & VHF Out or Aviation In/NMEA 

& VHF Out. For more information, see the VHF comm section on 

page 154

 and your nav/comm radio’s installation manual.

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