What vendor did you use to get the interface cable (XRX-696)? Do you use the XRX audio output or the 696 audio output? If it is the latter, how is the aural traffic alerts through the 696?

FYI. I just spoke to Zaon and they indicate that no cables have shipped yet and they expect shipments to begin mid Jan.

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I mounted the XRX on the small dash on the co-pilot side.

I made the cable for the 696 (pin-out is in the manual), I purchased the bare wire Zaon cable, installed gold pins on the ground and serial out connected them to the 696 ground and serial in. Unlike the 496 the 696 bare wire connector does not have audio and alarm output wires. The audio comes from the earphone/line-out plug. To test the audio from each I used two small ear plugs in my ears and put my headset on over them. I will connect them to seperate inputs on my audio panel. I will wait for the 696 bare wire kit to finish the installation.