Humminbird Side Imaging Forums
Other Humminbird Products => Accessories => Topic started by: fast talker on May 25, 2013, 10:22:12 AM
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Will the AS-WX1 reciever module work in the new 998c si HD units?
I cannot find any info showing that they support the reciever.
Thanks for any help.
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No, the WX1 XM Nav Weather accessory will not work with the 998c HD Si unit.
EDIT: Since posting this i have found out that we do still support the usage of the WX-1 Nav Weather module in our products which should include the 998c HD Si units.
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Thank you for the response. I was afraid of that.
Anyone looking to buy a brand new, in the original packaging AS-WX1 module?
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Greg,
In the past, the AS-WX1 worked with the 700, 900, and 1100 series.(see below
link);
http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?topic=33.0 (http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?topic=33.0)
I'm curious to why it won't work with a new 998.
I have it on my 1197.
Is Humminbird going to remove this from newer software
updates?
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I had several people tell me that the new 998's would work with the AS-WX1. That is why I bought it last year when I saw one for sale while I waited for the new 998c HD SI models to come on the market. Sometimes you win; sometimes not, I guess.
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I wouldn't sell it until Greg can verify.
I couldn't find any information on the Humminbird site about
the xm weather module, since they don't sell it anymore.
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Okay, I checked and I was wrong: we still support the usage of the WX-1 XM Weather module. I had thought that it was no longer supported through software but it seems I was incorrect about this.
I will go back and add a note to my answer above.
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Greg; thank you for going to the trouble of finding out the info.
Now I have to figure out how and where to connect it to my console unit.
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fast talker:
It was a real bitch to get the XM weather working.
You want to call Sirius and tell them you want the Skywatch
subscription package. It's $9.95 a month, with I think a start-up
fee of $19.95.
The xm id should be on your module.
It took about a week and a half for it to finally work.
Numerous calls (maybe 10), to what I think is customer service in India.
The first two people I talked to, had never heard of Skywatch.
Also, periodically, it will go down. Then, you have to go to the
sirius website and send a radio activation signal to your module.
It's easy to do. Once it worked, it was cool. I really like it.
Here's a write-up of Skywatch:
SkyWatch downloads updated weather data every 90 seconds
to keep you well informed. Value-priced at just $9.95
per month, SkyWatch data products now include: National
Weather Service watches and warnings, radar coverage
and summary, city forecasts, shear threat and forecast,
hail threat and forecast, fog/restricted visibility,
precipitation, dangerous wind threat, current lightning
summary, sky conditions, surface observations and
detailed 30-minute forecasts. Know you and your
crew are secure and safe with SkyWatch.
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ITGEEK;
Thank you for that information. Once I have evrything installed; I will call to activate. I am looking forward to utilizing all these functions. The 998c HD SI units will be a big step up from my old Lowrance 520C units that I have been using.
I started the install last night on my Skeeter 20i by taking all the batteries , etc. out of the boat bilge areas. Tonight; we will start running wiring, mounting RAM mounts, installing tranducer and GPS module. It is an experience as I have always had someone else do my installs on all my other boats.
Thanks to all who have been so helpful on here. I am sure I wil be posting the need for more instruction before all is said and done...LOL.