Bart.
You don't need to take out the internal batteries in the Garmin. It will smartly recognize your external power supply and switch to it. Thu saving the internal batteries for emergency use. Hartmut To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:17:47 +0000 Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Programming the Garmin GPS to show the Voltage field 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" <dongen...@...> 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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969
