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Old 05-09-2020, 12:06 PM
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Need advice please. What's the latest way to listen to music when flying up at altitude now? In my RV-4 I had a Garmin 496 with XM radio connected to the mini jack aux input on my Xcom radio. I love tuning out of ATC at 10k and above and listen to my fave 60s and 70s tunes. I'm still going to be using an Xcom. It only,, to my knowledge, has only the mini jack aux input..

Now I'm using a Garmin 660 as a backup to my Dynon Touch EFIS. Not using Dynon com. Is there now a simple way to get music into Xcom? An SD card to a stereo jack?? A USB stick?
I do have an old 4th generation 8gig Ipod Nano (can you still load music on these things?)

The cost of XM always irritated me. Its still expensive as before. Though I did like having cockpit weather. I do still want weather at least.. Any advice appreciated.
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Old 05-09-2020, 01:26 PM
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I listen to my phone plugged into my headset
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Old 05-09-2020, 01:27 PM
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Some headsets have a Bluetooth capability. If yours does, join that to your phone.

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Old 05-09-2020, 01:27 PM
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XM ?mostly music? for $10/mo. and ADSB for weather.
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Old 05-09-2020, 02:05 PM
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I just remove the SiriusXM receiver from the car and put it in the dock in airplane. Music only, as I have ADS-B In.

1 price, multiple locations...you can only be in one place at a time, after all

I just wish they had better classical music stations
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Old 05-09-2020, 02:17 PM
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XM ?mostly music? for $10/mo. and ADSB for weather.
Or call XM and try to get their $30 for 6 month "promotion" that you can ask for every six months. It's about 200 channels.
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Old 05-09-2020, 03:08 PM
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I just remove the SiriusXM receiver from the car and put it in the dock in airplane. Music only, as I have ADS-B In.

1 price, multiple locations...you can only be in one place at a time, after all
+1. Get ADSB and never look back.
I used to do this (move from car to airplane) but the wife bought a new car with built-in XM, so we ponied up the $ for a second (slight discount) subscription. My other complaint with XM is that once or twice a year they ?drop? my subscription and I need to log into their web site and re-activate it (it?s paid up, they drop for unknown reason). I carry my ipad with the web site pre-programmed, that?s how often this happens...
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Old 05-09-2020, 03:25 PM
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I have an Aera 660 as well with a GDL52 to receive XM radio for 30 dollars for 6 months. I have the GDL 52 hardwired to power and to my intercom to get the audio on my headset. I love listening to music when I am flying.
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Old 05-09-2020, 04:47 PM
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Need advice please. What's the latest way to listen to music when flying up at altitude now? In my RV-4 I had a Garmin 496 with XM radio connected to the mini jack aux input on my Xcom radio. I love tuning out of ATC at 10k and above and listen to my fave 60s and 70s tunes. I'm still going to be using an Xcom. It only,, to my knowledge, has only the mini jack aux input..

Now I'm using a Garmin 660 as a backup to my Dynon Touch EFIS. Not using Dynon com. Is there now a simple way to get music into Xcom? An SD card to a stereo jack?? A USB stick?

I do have an old 4th generation 8gig Ipod Nano (can you still load music on these things?)
I have a similar setup. I connected the Dynon Audio Output to the Aux Input on the Xcom radio, so I get the audible warnings from the EFIS. For music, I have an AKG AV-100 headset for me and a LightSpeed for the Coey & both have Bluetooth capability to pair with your phone.

If you don't want to buy a new headset, you can wire up a small DIY audio panel, and combine the Dynon & Music outputs into your XCom Aux Input. Jim Weir did an article on just such a gadget many years ago that is fairly simple, I'll have a gander and see if I can find it.
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Old 05-10-2020, 12:33 AM
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Garmin GMA 345 audio panel with bluetooth so we can both listen to music or watch a movie. Audio goes to both headsets. Or when we want to listen to different things, we use the bluetooth on our headsets and disable the GMA 345 bluetooth.
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