Garmin G1000 Pilot's Manual page 324

HAZARD AVOIDANCE
If a GDL 69A SXM receiver is installed, the broadcast rate for Cloud Tops is 30 minutes. As with all
NOTE:
SiriusXM Weather products, the product age becomes amber when it reaches half of the expiration time,
which is 60 minutes for Cloud Tops. Therefore, this weather product age may be amber during routine
operation.
SIRIUSXM LIGHTNING
SiriusXM Lightning cannot be displayed together on the same map as lightning data from an optional
NOTE:
on-board lightning detection system.
SiriusXM Lightning data (Figure 6-18) shows the approximate location of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.
A strike icon represents a strike that has occurred within a two-kilometer region. The strike symbols on the
maps are only estimates and do not indicate exact position of strikes.
Lightning
Strikes
Displaying SiriusXM Lightning information:
1) Press the MAP Softkey (for the PFD Inset Map, press the INSET Softkey). This step is not necessary on the
Weather Data Link (XM) Page.
2) Press the XM LTNG Softkey..
To display the SiriusXM Lightning legend on the Weather Data Link (XM) Page (Figure 6-19), press the
LEGEND Softkey when SiriusXM Lightning is selected for display.
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Figure 6-18 SiriusXM Lightning Data
Figure 6-19 SiriusXM Lightning Legend
Garmin G1000 Pilot's Guide for the Diamond DA42NG
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