Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Corvalis/Corvalis TT
190-00552-05 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 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.
SiriusXMWeatherisprovidedthroughtheGDL69/69A,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SiriusXM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
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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 SiriusXM Weather and SiriusXM Satellite 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 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.