Garmin 496/XM Weather Data MIA

[rv8builder]

I use the XM Aviator Weather Data on my 496 frequently. I was able to get the weather data on 12/31/08. Today (01/02/09), I was unable to down load the data from XM.

I called XM and they did whatever they do to 'turn on' my XM receiver 4 or 5 times. All to no avail!!

I called Garmin thinking that I had a hardware problem. Their response was that I was the 20th call that that tech had received alone today on that matter.

Garmin sayes that is in not a hardware problem, but rather some issue from the XM side that they and XM are working on.

May take a day or two to sort out!

Dale

[Dave62]

Another data point....396 XM weather no worke.....same answers from XM and Garmin.
Dave...Swift Driver

[L.Adamson]

It's working on my 696 at this point. Didn't have it on, earlier.

L.Adamson

[petehowell]

No XMWX in Minnesota....... It just would have had bunch of negative numbers on it anyway.

I actually had to tune in an AWOS.... It had cold numbers, too.

[Fly4Funn]

What they told me was that the problem is only affecting units connected to the GXM30A XM antenna. They (XM) say it is a Garmin problem and they have no time frame for it to be back in service.

[L.Adamson]

Originally Posted by Fly4Funn

What they told me was that the problem is only affecting units connected to the GXM30A XM antenna. They (XM) say it is a Garmin problem and they have no time frame for it to be back in service.

My 496 has the GXM30A, & the 696 is a GXM40, which is working fine. I don't have service for the 496 anymore, to double check.

L.Adamson

[Geico266]

My 496 worked fine just a few minutes ago. WX too crappy to fly, but I have it mounted on my dash so I can have WX while driving.

[aerophoto]

Howdy VAF folks - I've been pulling my hair out over this XM problem and ran across this thread. After flying about an hour I noticed I had no local wind data from XM on my 496/30A, then noticed I had no wx data at all - same problem as everyone else, but it gets worse: I've got the audio from my 496 mixed in with my nav audio (for terrain/obst/tis warnings). All was quiet until I was on final and when my 500ft warning went off the XM stereo came on loud (I normally have it muted). Scared the you-know-what out of me. I spent 15 minutes trying to mute the danged thing through the software but had no luck.

Apparently whatever happened to the wx has also caused the audio page to lose it's program information and options. I'll unplug the antenna for now, but what an annoyance.

Before finding this thread I tried the following with no success:

• did a master reset on the 496
• reloaded the latest firmware
• loaded an older firmware version and let the xm antenna downgrade to older firmware
• loaded the latest firmware again and let the antenna upgrade itself

As of 30 seconds ago the XM data is still dead as is the audio page, but I'm receiving the free "demo" audio channel

[Bill Riggs]

Mine didn't work today either XM30A
Garmin 496

[Chino Tom]

No XM on my 496 today in SoCal. Cannot all of a sudden be a antenna problem.