Subscribing To Xm Wx Weather And Xm Radio - Garmin GDL 30A Owner's Manual

Subscribing to XM WX Weather
and XM Radio
NOTE:
The GDL 30 Marine Weather Satellite
Receiver enables you to receive
XM WX Weather.
The GDL 30A Marine Weather/Audio
Satellite Receiver enables you to
receive both XM WX Weather and XM
Radio.
ARROW UP
ARROW LEFT ARROW RIGHT
ARROW DOWN
Use the ARROW KEYPAD on your Chartplotter to move
the cursor UP, DOWN, LEFT, or RIGHT.
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Subscribing to XM WX Weather and XM Radio

After you have completed installing the GDL 30/30A, you are ready to notify XM Satellite Radio to activate
your XM WX weather subscription service. If you own a GDL 30A, you also can activate the XM Radio sub-
scription service.
Follow the instructions below. Complete Steps 1-3 BEFORE you call XM Satellite Radio:
Step 1: Check the System Setup
Make certain the GDL 30/30A is fully wired and is connected either directly to a Chartplotter or to a
Garmin GMS 10 Network Port Expander. Verify that the GA 31 antenna has been properly installed. If you
own a GDL 30A, verify that the audio cable is connected to your GDL 30A and to your stereo receiver.
Step 2: Turn on your System
Turn on your Chartplotter. This turns on the GDL 30/30A automatically.
Step 3: Identify Radio ID(s)
Press and hold down the ADJ/MENU key on your Chartplotter. The Main Menu page appears. A list of
tabs appear down the left-hand side of the Menu page. Using the ARROW KEYPAD on the Chartplotter,
ARROW DOWN the tabs to the XM tab. (Note: With some Chartplotters, you may have to continue
to ARROW DOWN the list until the XM tab becomes visible.) Then, ARROW RIGHT to display the
Information submenu tab.
If you have a GDL 30 (Weather Satellite Receiver) or a GDL 30A (Weather/Audio Satellite Receiver):
From the Information submenu tab, verify that you have an XM Weather Radio ID. Have this information
handy, as well as your billing address and other billing information, when you contact XM Satellite Radio. handy, as well as your billing address and other billing information, when you contact XM Satellite Radio.
Have this information
Verify that you have an XM Weather Radio ID.
If you have a Weather/Audio Satellite Receiver
(GDL 30A), verify that you also have an XM
Audio Radio ID.
Note: If you have a Weather Satellite
Receiver (GDL 30), you will not see an Audio
submenu tab.
For future reference, record your Radio ID(s) in
the space provided on page 1 of this manual.