Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Citation Mustang
190-00494-04 Rev. A300
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
6.1 XM WX SATELLITE WEATHER
NOTE: XM WX Satellite Weather data provides information for avoiding hazardous weather. It is not meant
to be used for penetrating hazardous weather.
XMWXSatelliteWeatherisprovidedthroughtheGDL69/69A,aremote-mounteddatalink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.
XMWX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andSiriusXMSatelliteRadiocanbeused,theservicemustbeactivated.
Service isactivatedby providingcoded IDsunique to theinstalledGDL 69/69A.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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69/69A.
Activating XM WX Satellite Weather and SiriusXM Satellite Radio services:
1) Contact SiriusXM by e-mail (address listed on their website, www.siriusxm.com) or by the customer service
phone number listed on the website. Follow the instructions provided by SiriusXM.
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.