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My 696 seems to have gotten very slow to initially acquire satellites... Once locked it is fine and never loses signal.
It is taking 3-5 minutes to get a GPS lock with a clear view of the sky during taxi to the runway; most of the time it is locked before take off. The Dynon powered GPS gets lock within 10-15 seconds...
No real help from Garmin customer support other than a suggestion to do a hard reset (which I have done) from the guys on the phone, and a suggestion to do a master system reset from email support.
Garmin claims that up to 5 minutes is all that they quote as an expectation but I recall much better performance in the past and it is so much slower to acquire GPS position compared to the Dynon...
I am using the standard puck on the dash.
Any others seeing extended time for the 696 to get a lock on position?
It is taking 3-5 minutes to get a GPS lock with a clear view of the sky during taxi to the runway; most of the time it is locked before take off. The Dynon powered GPS gets lock within 10-15 seconds...
No real help from Garmin customer support other than a suggestion to do a hard reset (which I have done) from the guys on the phone, and a suggestion to do a master system reset from email support.
Garmin claims that up to 5 minutes is all that they quote as an expectation but I recall much better performance in the past and it is so much slower to acquire GPS position compared to the Dynon...
I am using the standard puck on the dash.
Any others seeing extended time for the 696 to get a lock on position?