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.
XMWX SatelliteWeatheris providedthroughthe GDL69A, aremote-mounted data-linksatellite receiver.
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SatelliteRadio entertainment
services.Bothweatherdata andentertainmentprogrammingoperateinthe S-bandfrequencyrangetoprovide
continuousreceptioncapabilitiesatanyaltitudethroughoutNorthAmerica.
ServicesfromSiriusXMaresubscription-based.Formoreinformationonspecicservicepackages,visitwww.
siriusxm.com.
ACTIVATING SERVICES
BeforeXMWXSatellite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 XMWX
SatelliteWeather(data)services eachhave codedIDs. TheData andAudioRadio IDsmust beprovidedto
XMSatelliteRadio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displayweatherdataand/
orentertainmentprogrammingprovidedthroughtheGDL69A.
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.