Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Hawker Beechcraft C90A/GT/GTi
190-00663-02 Rev. B294
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
6.1 SIRIUSXM WEATHER
WARNING: Do not use data link weather information for maneuvering in, near, or around areas of hazardous
weather. Information contained within data link weather products may not accurately depict current
weather conditions.
TheGDL69Aisaremote-mountedsatellitedatalinkreceiver.ItprovidesSiriusXMWeatherdatatothesystem.
TheMultiFunctionDisplay(MFD)andthePrimaryFlightDisplay(PFD)InsetMapdisplaythegraphicalweather
information and the associated text.  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.
SiriusXMservicesrequiresubscriptions.Formoreinformationonspecicsubscriptionpackages,visitwww.
siriusxm.com.
ACTIVATING SERVICES
BeforeSiriusXMWeatherandSiriusXMSatelliteRadiocanbeused,theservicesmustbeactivatedbyproviding
SiriusXM’scustomerservicewiththecodedIDsuniquetotheinstalledGDL69/69A.SiriusXMSatelliteRadio
(audio)andSiriusXMWeather(data)serviceseachhavecodedIDs.TheDataandAudioRadioIDsmustbe
providedtoactivatetheweatherserviceandentertainmentsubscriptions,respectively.TheseIDsareinthe
following locations:
•ThelabelonthebackoftheGDL69/69A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receiveweatherdataand/
or entertainment programming.
Activating SiriusXM Satellite Weather and SiriusXM Satellite Radio services:
1) Contact SiriusXM by the customer service phone number listed on their website. Follow the instructions provided
by SiriusXM customer service.
2) Select the XM 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.