Xm Satellite Radio; Interface Summary - Garmin GDL 69 Manual

General Description

1.6 XM Satellite Radio

Welcome to the Next Generation of Radio. America's most popular satellite radio service gives you the
power to choose what you want to hear - wherever and whenever you want it around the Continental
United States.
XM Satellite Radio provides commercial-free music channels, channels of news, sports, talk and
entertainment, dedicated channels of instant traffic and weather, the deepest play list in the industry with
access to over 2 million titles, and coast-to-coast coverage. XM features digital quality audio.
Subscriptions to XM Satellite Radio weather and audio entertainment services are required before the
GDL 69/69A can be activated for the first use. Refer to Section 4.8 for instructions for activating your
unit.
It is prohibited to copy, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or manipulate any
technology incorporated in receivers compatible with the XM Satellite Radio system.
Furthermore, the AMBE(R) voice compression software included in this product is
protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights, copyrights, and trade
secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. The user of this or any other software contained in
an XM Satellite Radio is explicitly prohibited from attempting to copy, decompile,
reverse engineer, or disassemble the object code, or in any other way convert the object
code into human-readable form. The software is licensed solely for use within this
product.

1.7 Interface Summary

The following list is an interface summary for the GDL 69/69A units. Note that the GDL 69 does not
have the audio interface.
3 RS-232 Inputs/Outputs
4 Ethernet Inputs/Outputs
5 Audio Discrete Control Inputs (Volume Up, Volume Down, Channel/Preset Up, Channel/Preset
Down, Mute)
6 Audio Suppression Inputs (3 Active High, 3 Active Low)
1 Stereo Audio Output (Left Audio, Right Audio with internal volume control and audio
suppression)
1 Stereo Monitor Output (Line Out Left, Line Out Right with fixed volume level and no audio
suppression)
1 Remote Power On/Off Discrete Input
2 Discrete Inputs (Reserved for Manufacturing Use – Test, Debug Port Enable)
1 Discrete Input (Configures audio channel control inputs)
Configuration Module (for storing aircraft configuration data)
Aircraft Power Input (Power-on controlled by aircraft avionics power bus)
The following list is an interface summary for the GRT 10 Wireless Transceiver:
1 RS-232 Input/Output
1 Discrete Input (Volume Lock Enable)
Aircraft Power Input (Power-on controlled by aircraft avionics power bus)
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GDL 69/69A Installation Manual
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