Garmin is releasing more exciting new products – the GMA 350 and GMA 350H audio panels. Designed for fixed wing and rotorcraft, the GMA 350 and 350H have industry-first features like voice recognition, 3-D spatial audio processing, advanced auto squelch and ambient noise based volume adjustment so that a pilot‘s workload is decreased while increasing their situational awareness. Both the GMA 350 and GMA 350H are high-fidelity digital audio products with advanced circuitry that make audio signals less prone to noise like the common whining sound of an alternator or a ―blip‖ sound from a radar.
The GMA 350 is a digital audio panel with marker beacon that has a new, patented voice recognition feature so that pilots can use their voice to control certain aspects of the audio system. For example, pilots can select COM 1 or COM 2 by simply pressing a push to command button on the aircraft flight control and stating ―COM 1‖ or ―COM 2,‖ rather than pressing the key on the unit. Voice based commands can be used to control most aspects of the audio panel that would normally be done with a button or knob…more
