OK, I'm not afraid to admit when I've been dumb - especially if it will help someone else out!
I've been flying with the 396 for almost a year now, and enjoy having the XM Radio to while away those long hours in cruise at altitude. What has frustrated me is the general lack of instructions in the Garmin manual on how to use the XM audio, and specifically, the way in which I'd select channels. When you bring up the channel select menu, it always started at "1", and if I wanted to listen to channel "151", I'd have to scroll all the way down. Then, if later I wanted channel "152", I'd start at "1" again, and...well, you get the idea. So I spend most of my time listening to 40's, 50's, and 60's music (channels 4, 5, and 6....).
So a friend pointed out to me that all I had to do was save the channel I was listening to in my "favorites" list. Huh" Oh yeah, there it is - get on the channel select menu, hit "menu", and you can save to the favorites. Cool! Dumb me....should have done more looking around! Now, the bonus knowledge - if you're on the channel select page, the line right ABOVE the channel list is selectable - and you can have it show All Channels, your Favorites...or any of the Categories (Decades, Sports, Talk, Comedy, Classical, etc...) that XM has. Wow - this little bit of trivia has opened up the whole world of XM to me! Can't wait for the next long trip....
Sure wish this was in the manual...but then, who has time to read manuals anyway?
I've been flying with the 396 for almost a year now, and enjoy having the XM Radio to while away those long hours in cruise at altitude. What has frustrated me is the general lack of instructions in the Garmin manual on how to use the XM audio, and specifically, the way in which I'd select channels. When you bring up the channel select menu, it always started at "1", and if I wanted to listen to channel "151", I'd have to scroll all the way down. Then, if later I wanted channel "152", I'd start at "1" again, and...well, you get the idea. So I spend most of my time listening to 40's, 50's, and 60's music (channels 4, 5, and 6....).
So a friend pointed out to me that all I had to do was save the channel I was listening to in my "favorites" list. Huh" Oh yeah, there it is - get on the channel select menu, hit "menu", and you can save to the favorites. Cool! Dumb me....should have done more looking around! Now, the bonus knowledge - if you're on the channel select page, the line right ABOVE the channel list is selectable - and you can have it show All Channels, your Favorites...or any of the Categories (Decades, Sports, Talk, Comedy, Classical, etc...) that XM has. Wow - this little bit of trivia has opened up the whole world of XM to me! Can't wait for the next long trip....
Sure wish this was in the manual...but then, who has time to read manuals anyway?