Author: Gring
Subject: Choosing an audio panel
Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 9:56pm
I'll add a little bit to this. My 182 had a PS Engineering audio panel and my Bonanza had a GMA340 prior to my AMX240. There is no comparison between the Garmin audio quality and the Avidyne/PSE, The latter is so much clearer and louder. The automatic VOX works extremely well. I use the Bluetooth function a lot for IFR clearances and the phone clarity is excellent, much better than the Bluetooth function on my Zulu headset.
I prefer the simplified user interface of the AMX240 over the PSE, but I'm a simple guy and not always that smart. We use the music function on every trip, and the ability to have my son in the rear watching a DVD and us in the front listening to XM is great. With a push and hold of the music button I can change it to all stations hear the XM (or music from the iPhone via BT). The thing is dirt simple which an audio panel should be and I like the voice telling me what mode the music is in.
If I could change anything, it would only be two very minor changes, and they really are personal preferences more than anything.
1) I wish the audio panel remembered the karaoke mode between power cycles. Right now it defaults to music mutes during intercom transmissions and I always change it to music playing all the time and only muted during com transmission.
2) I would prefer the isolate button cycled through the three settings (all, crew, pilot, all, etc) rather than returning back to all (all, crew, all, pilot, all, etc)
Edited by Gring - 26 Sep 2014 at 7:12am
Subject: Choosing an audio panel
Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 9:56pm
I'll add a little bit to this. My 182 had a PS Engineering audio panel and my Bonanza had a GMA340 prior to my AMX240. There is no comparison between the Garmin audio quality and the Avidyne/PSE, The latter is so much clearer and louder. The automatic VOX works extremely well. I use the Bluetooth function a lot for IFR clearances and the phone clarity is excellent, much better than the Bluetooth function on my Zulu headset.
I prefer the simplified user interface of the AMX240 over the PSE, but I'm a simple guy and not always that smart. We use the music function on every trip, and the ability to have my son in the rear watching a DVD and us in the front listening to XM is great. With a push and hold of the music button I can change it to all stations hear the XM (or music from the iPhone via BT). The thing is dirt simple which an audio panel should be and I like the voice telling me what mode the music is in.
If I could change anything, it would only be two very minor changes, and they really are personal preferences more than anything.
1) I wish the audio panel remembered the karaoke mode between power cycles. Right now it defaults to music mutes during intercom transmissions and I always change it to music playing all the time and only muted during com transmission.
2) I would prefer the isolate button cycled through the three settings (all, crew, pilot, all, etc) rather than returning back to all (all, crew, all, pilot, all, etc)
Edited by Gring - 26 Sep 2014 at 7:12am