Scott Lee

Hmm.. Maybe I didn't give enough time. When it didn't come up I assumed the battery was required to complete a circuit. I know I was concerned about running down the main battery since I didn't start the plane and engage the alternator. As noted after replacing the garmin 696 battery I haven't had a single issue.

Have you tried this? I tried powering up.without the battery and the garmin didn't power up.

FYI - I also have a 2010 with Trutrack and a 696. This topic was previously discussed and I tried the reset procedure and popping out the battery and still had the intermittent problem. I was told that the life of the 696 battery is five years which makes sense. For me the problem progressively worsened.

Replace the 696 battery. I had similar flaky issues and after replacing the battery my problems stopped.