I knew it was going to be problematic to get that bent pin out. I disassembled the back of the audio panel rack and gently pried it back more or less straight with a tiny screwdriver, then had at it with a pin extractor. Unfortunately, either the bending or the straightening damaged the socket and the tiny locking mechanism came out with the pin. No way to come back from that. That position on the connector is toast. Spent some time cleaning the shop, reviewing the pinout diagram, etc. then called my avionics guy Levi for advise. Specifically, I wanted to know if there might be an unused power position somewhere else on that same connector by chance. I also wanted to discuss the Arinc data path fail to get suggestions on what's going on there. Levi talked me through the setup process for the arnic. He also told me that the Audio panel would run just fine with just one power wire hooked up. Specifically, the garmin rack uses pin 8&9 on that connector to power. They are both coming off of the same 3v breaker, wired in parallel, and one by itself could handle 3 amps if need be, but the max draw for the audio panel is around 2.5 amps, and thats if you're using the built in USB power port. I'm a belt and suspenders kind of guy, so I looked it up, and sure enough, I found a spec for that pin that notes the max amperage continuous for one pin is 3 amps. I capped and stowed the power wire from the bent pin socket and put everything back together, and sure enough, the audio panel seems to work just fine. I'll ponder this a little more to decide if I want to go that way or if I want to re-pin with a new connector, just so I can have 2 power pins with a capacity more than double what this unit is capable of pulling. undecided at this point. I also went into the G3x setup and followed levi's suggestions for the arnic issue, but no joy on clearing up that problem. I don't have autopilot servos installed yet so the can bus isn't terminated. I also dont have a VOR antenna attached and this channel is VOR data, so I'm wondering if that is confusing the GAD somehow. I'm going to need to play with this some more, but my main ship battery is getting low and I don't have a bench power supply for avionics yet so I'm going to have to move on to something else for now.