A problem with assuming that Garmin has been totally cooperative and that all upgrade issues should be blamed on Diamond is that I have had first hand experience with Garmin’s outright refusal to test and overhaul/update GIA63Ws that I purchased, despite my expressed willingness to pay for Garmin’s ...

I had a weird problem like that. It turned out to be an issue in the A20’s headset mike plug. Fortunately, Bose replaced it for free at their booth at Sun N Fun.

Try switching a different headset to the pilot’a side.

Sandy

Has anyone questioned Garmin about the decision to not make the GIA64 (all of which I understand to include WAAS) backwards compatible with the GIA63W? I’m sure that could have been done, even if it meant including an avionics shop programming a setting in installation.

Sandy

“Willingness to spend” is an absurd question, as Garmin is no longer making the GIA63W. In my case, I purchased two of them for a price that I was willing to spend. My willingness to spend even extended to paying Garmin to recertify them and pay to have them installed in my plane. Nevertheless, Garm...

I realize that the OP has sold his DA40, but Zi am now looking for one, so if you’re selling PM me.

Sandy

Has it occurred to anyone else that the announced program to make WAAS-enabled GIA63Ws available for retrofit replacement of existing GIA63s appears to be a total sham, as it’s limited to only those GIA63W units that become “surplussed” when an existing G1000 system is replaced by a new NXi system? ...

If so, PM me with what you have and what you want for it. I’d prefer 2008 or newer with WAAS, GFC700, ADS-B in/out (GTX345R), XM weather/entertainment.

Sandy

I just sent you an email.

uAvionix is now making a unit called the tailBeaconX (not to be confused with their tailBeacon). The tailBeaconX includes a mode S transponder. While it is intended to replace the (non-existent in Diamonds) tail beacon, in the latest edition of Aviation Consumer there is an article in which the auth...

I look forward to hearing about progress on the meeting and any new developments. A concern that I had expressed, namely Garmin's outright refusal to take in GIA63W LRUs that I had purchased on the used market, and for which I was perfectly willing to pay Garmin to bench test and make any required r...