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When I power down my GDL30A XM receiver, it forgets that it has a subscription to the weather data. Upon restart, the XM audio subscription is still recognized, but the weather isn't. I have to call XM and get them to resend the signal to get the receiver to pick up weather. Garmin said to send it back for warranty repair. Curious to know if anybody else having this issue.
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Buoy Scout: Tiara 3300 Open, 454 Crusaders
Achy Breaky Boat: Fiberform 16 Runabout, 60hp Merc
Dividing Creek, Virginia
Mid-Bay on the Chesapeake
Sounds like the GSD might have an on board battery which in your case might be defective. I will probably get flamed for this but since I am in the computer business and love to fix things, here goes.. While I wouldnt suggest this for the faint of heart, if it were me and there were no warranty seals to void, I would probably open it up and take a peek inside. If there was is a battery, it will likely be a lithium type battery such as those on a computer mother board. They can be purchased at a radio shack as well as most larger drug stores and typically snap or clip into a socket on the board.
What slief says with one extra warning......the GDL30A is not so old, so probably is a clip type lithium button cell BUT a bunch of the Garmin's, especially older ones, used solder-in batteries as opposed to the ones retained by the clip fixture.
If it's under warranty, just send it back. It should be back in two or three weeks. When II sent mine in for a different issue, they sent me a brand new replacement (it had the antenna, wiring, and everything else you would expect in a nib unit).
Yeah, it's under warranty. I'm just waiting til striper season is over and the boat is winterized before I pull it and send it back. Wondered if this was a common problem or not.
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High Tide on Dividing Creek
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Buoy Scout: Tiara 3300 Open, 454 Crusaders
Achy Breaky Boat: Fiberform 16 Runabout, 60hp Merc
Dividing Creek, Virginia
Mid-Bay on the Chesapeake
I had that problem twice. Both times I called XM and the re-sent the signal and it was fine. I keep the XM phone number in my cell phone now.
I am actually thinking of doing away with XM weather and going to Hilton’s Realtime-Navigator.com for sea sfc tmps. It's available for the Iphone. I am researching this now. Note the Iphone has a gps built in so you are not limited to the range of cell towers.
This plus pandora.com for internet radio, will allow me to eliminate XM altogether, and save a bunch of money.
I had that problem twice. Both times I called XM and the re-sent the signal and it was fine. I keep the XM phone number in my cell phone now.
I am actually thinking of doing away with XM weather and going to Hilton’s Realtime-Navigator.com for sea sfc tmps. It's available for the Iphone. I am researching this now. Note the Iphone has a gps built in so you are not limited to the range of cell towers.
This plus pandora.com for internet radio, will allow me to eliminate XM altogether, and save a bunch of money.
Ok, I'll bite. How does your iPhone with it's built-in GPS get updates on current weather without cell towers?
I have fallen in love with the XM weather. Sitting in a marina at a rendezvous last summer, we watched a storm system form and move toward us. You could see the cells on the radar and on the NEXRAD weather overlayed on the chartplotter. We knew ahead of time to move the cocktail party from the dock to the inside lounge before the rain hit! Now that proves the value of XM weather.
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High Tide on Dividing Creek
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Buoy Scout: Tiara 3300 Open, 454 Crusaders
Achy Breaky Boat: Fiberform 16 Runabout, 60hp Merc
Dividing Creek, Virginia
Mid-Bay on the Chesapeake
I've lost my subscription twice in three years, which was a major panic because I'm addicted to XMWX. My radar can see heavy weather 10 or 12 miles away at best, but My XM can see what's coming at any range I choose! It may get the local surface winds confused, but I can forgive that for what it has done for me. To whit: its kept me out of significant trouble more than a dozen times, and led me through the Valley of [torrential rain and high gusts] twice.
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Gerg! don't be so critical! Blue Moon only has to drive back in to within cell phone range every hour to pick up the current information, then he can go back out where the fish are! That's SO MUCH Better than just sitting out there, getting the data up to, say 200 miles off shore, just killing time with a bunch of lines in the water! He gets better sea surface temps that way. We have to stick a pinky down in that nasty stuff [g]
While I'm dragging this off topic, I might as well take a couple more pot shots: I saw a woman playing with her iPhone walk into a telephone pole yesterday. She fell down, of course, but then got up and went back to whatever she was doing on the phone! I'm afraid there are boaties that might be equally "diverted" . This is not a good development.
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Garmin GDL30A Losing Weather subscription
