Section 6 Hazard Avoidance; Xm Wx Satellite Weather; Activating Xm Weather And Radio Services - Garmin G1000 Pilot's Manual

SECTION 6 HAZARD AVOIDANCE

The hazard avoidance features available for the G1000 system are designed to aid situational awareness and
provide advisory information with regard to potential hazards to flight safety associated with weather, terrain, and
air traffic.
Hazard avoidance in the G1000 is divided into the following categories:
Weather
• GDL 69/69A XM ® WX Satellite Weather
• L-3 STORMSCOPE ® WX-500 Series II Weather Mapping Sensor
Terrain Avoidance
• Terrain Proximity (non-TSO-C151b-certified)
• TAWS (Terrain Awareness and Warning System - TSO C151b-certified)
Traffic
• TIS (Traffic Information Service)
• L-3 SKYWATCH ® Traffic Advisory System

6.1 XM WX SATELLITE WEATHER

XM WX Satellite Weather data provides information for avoiding hazardous weather. Never use it to
NOTE:
penetrate hazardous weather.
The GDL 69/69A is a remote-mounted data-link satellite receiver that is capable of receiving XM WX Satellite
Weather data and displaying received graphical weather information and associated text on the G1000 Multi
Function Display (MFD) and the Primary Flight Display (PFD) Inset Map. The GDL 69A can receive XM 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 Satellite Radio services are subscription-based. For more information on specific service packages, visit
www.xmradio.com.

ACTIVATING XM WEATHER AND RADIO SERVICES

Before XM WX Satellite Weather can be used, the service must be activated. The service is activated by
providing XM Satellite Radio with either one or two coded IDs, depending on the equipment.
For the GDL 69, the Data Radio ID must be provided to XM Satellite Radio services to activate the weather
service subscription. For the GDL 69A, either the Audio Radio ID or the Data Radio ID - or both - must be
provided to XM Satellite Radio to activate the weather service and/or entertainment subscriptions.
It is not required to activate both the entertainment and weather service subscriptions with the GDL 69A.
Either or both services can be activated. XM Satellite Radio uses one or both of the coded IDs to send an
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