You should not have to remove the internal battery according to my reading the manual. Are you positive you were getting contact thru the lighter plug? I will try mine on the car lighter in the morning to test mine and let you know..
--- In [email protected], "bbartsey" <bbart...@...> wrote: > > I did it too. My voltage shows 7-8 volts with the battery installed in the > GPS (296) so I assume I should take the internal GPS battery out to read bus > voltage from the battery. I have mine hooked up to a cigarette lighter > outlet. I'll try taking the GPS battery out tomorrow and see what happens. > Bart > > --- In [email protected], "Donald" <DonGeneda@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I DID IT!!!I DID IT!!! Just followed Hartmuts instructions, and now I have > > Voltage on my Garmin 296. Darn that is swell, and saves me a voltmeter as > > well. Thanks Hartmut - for pointing that out AND telling us how to do it. > > I am showing 7.6 volts in the handheld mode. Now I am going to set the > > alarm to tell me when flying if it falls below 12.5 I think. > > > > --- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <hbeil@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On popular request, here is how it is done on a Garmin 196 > > > > > > > > > > > > First navigate to the display you want the voltage field be shown. > > > > > > I am using my favorite display for VFR cross country, that is the compass > > > rose, essential a DG , but better. > > > > > > > > > > > > There I hit the menu button and choose "change Data fields" > > > > > > > > > Then I hilite the field that I want to replace. In the image below > > > Voltage is hilighted. > > > > > > On yours another field will be needed to be hilighted, since you don't > > > have Voltage there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I choose With what to replace --> Voltage. > > > > > > > > > > > > Enter , done , close all menus and you are setup. > > > > > > > > > > > > Repeat this for every screen you want to see the voltage in. > > > > > > > > > > > > Does that work for you guys? > > > > > > > > > > > > Hartmut > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: DonGeneda@; [email protected] > > > From: ebenguiat1@ > > > Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:38:48 -0500 > > > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Charging > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a 696, and where in heck do you read voltage. > > > What page is it on please. And if it is on a particular page that would > > > mean I would have to occasionally get to that page on my gps to read the > > > voltage. That's not for me. I want to scan my panel and continually see > > > it all at each scan > > > Prof. Ed > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. > > > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > > > > >
