Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
190-00498-07 Rev. A
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
6.1 XM WX SATELLITE WEATHER
NOTE: XM WX Satellite Weather data provides information for avoiding hazardous weather. Do not use XM
WX information to penetrate hazardous weather.
XMWXSatelliteWeather isprovidedthroughthe GDL69A,aremote-mounteddata-link satellitereceiver.
ReceivedgraphicalweatherinformationandassociatedtextisdisplayedontheMultiFunctionDisplay(MFD)and
thePrimaryFlightDisplay(PFD)InsetMap.TheGDL69AcanalsoreceiveSiriusXMSatelliteRadio
entertainment
services.BothweatherdataandentertainmentprogrammingoperateintheS-bandfrequencyrangetoprovide
continuousreceptioncapabilitiesatanyaltitudethroughoutNorthAmerica.
ServicesfromSiriusXMaresubscription-based.Formoreinformationonspecicservicepackages,visitwww.
siriusxm.com.
ACTIVATING SERVICES
BeforeXMWXSatelliteWeathercanbeused,theservicemustbeactivated.Serviceisactivatedbyproviding
SiriusXMwithcodedIDsuniquetothe installedGDL 69A. SiriusXMSatellite Radio(audio) andXM WX
SatelliteWeather(data)serviceseachhavecodedIDs.TheDataandAudioRadioIDsmustbeprovidedto
XMSatelliteRadiotoactivatetheweatherserviceandentertainmentsubscriptions,respectively.TheseIDsare
located on:
•ThelabelonthebackoftheDataLinkReceiver
•TheXMInformationPageontheMFD(Figure6-1)
•TheXMSatelliteRadioActivationInstructionsincludedwiththeunit(availableatwww.garmin.com,P/N
190-00355-04)
ContacttheinstalleriftheAudioandDataRadioIDscannotbelocated.
SiriusXMusesthecodedIDstosendanactivationsignalthatallowsthesystemtodisplayweatherdataand/
orentertainmentprogrammingprovidedthroughtheGDL69A.
Activating XM WX Satellite Weather and SiriusXM Satellite Radio services:
1) Contact SiriusXM Satellite Radio customer service using the phone number listed on the website. Follow the
instructions provided by SiriusXM customer service.
2) Select the XM page in the Auxiliary Page Group.
3) Press the INFO Softkey to display the XM Information Page.
4) Verify that the desired services are activated.
5) Press the LOCK Softkey.
6) Turn the large FMS Knob to highlight ‘YES’.
7) To complete activation, press the ENT Key.