Garmin 496 audio output and Dynon fuel added threshold
I noticed a while back that I was no longer hearing the "500" when descending into an airport, nor the "Terrain...Pull up" when descending toward a mountain. Actually, I didn't miss it much because it can be a bit of an annoyance. Anyway, I assumed it must be a setting somewhere, but it eluded me. Then I set the sounds to default on the Garmin 496 and it was back. I now know that in the Sound Tab the Audio Jack setting must be set to "Line Out" when the unit is connected to the RV-12 panel and not "Headphones".
From the User Guide:
The default is "Line out", I don't know how I got it set to "Headphones". On the same sound tab you can turn the voice prompts off if they annoy you. We have a mountain adjacent to our airport and a turn onto base for RWY 19 will trigger a "Terrain" alert and it gets more and more persistent as you descend. An annoyance if you are doing pattern work. From JB's video in Iowa, I doubt he has ever heard the terrain alert there .
Of course, the Dynon has it's own seperate Betty for all its alert functions, which is not controlled by the Garmin sound tab.
One year of flying and still learning how everything works.
Now if I could just figure out why I no longer am seeing the Dynon "fuel added" prompt
Tony
I noticed a while back that I was no longer hearing the "500" when descending into an airport, nor the "Terrain...Pull up" when descending toward a mountain. Actually, I didn't miss it much because it can be a bit of an annoyance. Anyway, I assumed it must be a setting somewhere, but it eluded me. Then I set the sounds to default on the Garmin 496 and it was back. I now know that in the Sound Tab the Audio Jack setting must be set to "Line Out" when the unit is connected to the RV-12 panel and not "Headphones".
From the User Guide:
The default is "Line out", I don't know how I got it set to "Headphones". On the same sound tab you can turn the voice prompts off if they annoy you. We have a mountain adjacent to our airport and a turn onto base for RWY 19 will trigger a "Terrain" alert and it gets more and more persistent as you descend. An annoyance if you are doing pattern work. From JB's video in Iowa, I doubt he has ever heard the terrain alert there .
Of course, the Dynon has it's own seperate Betty for all its alert functions, which is not controlled by the Garmin sound tab.
One year of flying and still learning how everything works.
Now if I could just figure out why I no longer am seeing the Dynon "fuel added" prompt
Tony
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