Embraer Prodigy® Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
6.1 SIRIUSXM WEATHER
NOTE: SiriusXM Weather data provides information for avoiding hazardous weather. Do not use SiriusXM
Weather information to penetrate hazardous weather.
TheGDL69Aisaremote-mounteddatalinksatellite receiverwhichprovidesSiriusXMWeatherinformation.
Receivedgraphicalweather informationandassociatedtext isdisplayedon theMultiFunction Display(MFD)
andthePrimaryFlightDisplay(PFD)Inset Map.TheGDL69Acanalso receiveSiriusXMRadioentertainment
services.Both weatherdata andaudioentertainment programmingoperate intheS-band frequencyrange to
providecontinuousreceptioncapabilitiesatanyaltitudethroughoutNorthAmerica.
Bothservicesaresubscription-based.Formore informationonspecicservicepackages,visitwww.siriusxm.
com.
ACTIVATING SERVICES
BeforeSiriusXM Weather can be used, the service must be activated.  Service is activated by providing
SiriusXMwithcoded IDsunique totheinstalled GDL69A. SiriusXMSatellite Radio(audio) andSiriusXM
Weather(data)serviceseachhavecodedIDs.TheDataandAudioRadioIDsmustbeprovidedtoSiriusXMto
activatetheweatherserviceandentertainmentsubscriptions,respectively.TheseIDsarelocatedon:
•ThelabelonthebackoftheDataLinkReceiver
•TheXMInformationPageontheMFD(Figure6-1)
•TheXM SatelliteRadioActivation Instructionsincluded withtheunit (availableatwww.garmin.com,P/N
190-00355-04)
ContacttheinstalleriftheAudioandDataRadioIDscannotbelocated.
SiriusXMusesthecodedIDstosendanactivationsignalthatallowsthesystemtoprovideweatherdataand/
oraudioentertainmentprogrammingprovidedthroughtheGDL69A.
Activating SiriusXM Weather and SiriusXM Radio services:
1) Contact SiriusXM using the customer service phone number listed on the website. Follow the instructions
provided by SiriusXM customer service.
2) Select the XM Radio page in the Auxiliary Page Group.
3) Select the INFO Softkey to display the XM Information Page.
4) Verify that the desired services are activated.
5) Select the LOCK Softkey.
6) Turn the large FMS Knob to highlight ‘YES’.
7) To complete activation, press the ENT Key.