User Guide

190-00552-00 Rev. A

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Columbia 350/400

8-1

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

SECTION 8 ADDITIONAL FEATURES

NOTE: Refer to the Hazard Avoidance section for more information about XM Weather products.

NOTE

: The DONE Softkey on the XM Information Page (Auxiliary Page Group) is used to save GDL 69(A)

activation data when the XM services are initially set up. It is not used during normal XM Radio operation,

but there should be no adverse effects if inadvertently selected during ﬂight. Refer to the GDL 69/69A XM

Satellite Radio Activation Instructions (190-00355-04, Rev F or later) for further information.

This section describes additional features offered with the G1000 System. The optional XM Radio entertainment

feature of the GDL 69A Data Link Receiver is explained here, along with elementary diagnostic checks of the

system in case of problems. Entertainment audio is not available with the GDL 69 Data Link Receiver.

8.1 GDL 69A DATA LINK RECEIVER – XM DIGITAL AUDIO

ENTERTAINMENT (OPTIONAL)

Digital audio entertainment is available through the XM Satellite Radio Service, received by the GDL 69A

Data Link Receiver. XM Satellite Radio offers a variety of radio programming over long distances without

having to constantly search for new stations. Based on signals from satellites, coverage far exceeds land-based

transmissions.

DATA AND AUDIO RADIO ID

Each Data Link Receiver contains a unique Data Radio ID and Audio Radio IDs that allow XM to communicate

with the radio. The owner must activate XM service by providing the appropriate Radio ID(s) to XM to

authorize the installed services for that radio. If XM services have not been activated, all the weather product

boxes are cleared on the XM Information Page and a yellow ‘Activation Required’ messages shows up in the

center of the Weather Data Link Page (Map Page Group).

SERVICE CLASS

The ‘Service Class’ refers to the groupings of weather products available for subscription.

WEATHER PRODUCTS WINDOW

The Weather Products Window shows the list of available weather products and indicates the selected

products for the current subscription. The boxes for active weather products are ﬁlled. Before activation, all

boxes are clear.