Garmin G1000 PDAs & Smartphones User Manual


 
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
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
6.2 GFDS WORLDWIDE WEATHER
NOTE: Garmin Flight Data Services (GFDS) Worldwide Weather provides information for avoiding hazardous
weather. Do not use Worldwide Weather information to penetrate hazardous weather.
NOTE: The availability of specific GFDS weather products varies by region. For GFDS product coverage
information, refer to fly.garmin.com/fly-garmin/gfds-weather.
GarminFlightDataServices(GFDS)providesWorldwideWeatherreceptioncapabilitiestotheG1000through
theoptionalGSR56Iridiumsatellitetransceiver.Graphicalweatherinformationandassociatedtextaredisplayed
ontheMultiFunctionDisplay(MFD)andthePrimaryFlightDisplay(PFD)InsetMap.
Weather data areprovidedafterthe pilot initiateseithera manual orautomaticGFDS data request on the
WeatherDataLink(GFDS)PageontheMFD.
WorldwideWeatherrequiresanactiveIridiumsatellitenetworkaccountandaGFDSweatherservicesubscription.
REGISTERING THE IRIDIUM SATELLITE SYSTEM
BeforesettingupanIridiumaccount,obtaintheserialnumberoftheIridiumTransceiver(GSR1)andtheSystem
IDbyselectingtheAUX-SYSTEMSTATUSPageasshowninFigure6-54.ContactGarminFlightDataServicesat
1-866-739-5687intheUnitedStatesor913-397-8200,ext.1135.
Figure 6-54 Identification Needed for Iridium Registration
Iridium Transceiver Serial Number
System ID Number