Deactivating Unit Registration With Gfds; Using Gfds Satellite Weather Products; Customizing The Gfds Weather Map - Garmin G500 Pilot's Manual

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4.9.1.2

Deactivating Unit Registration With GFDS

Registration of the GDU unit with GFDS can be deactivated so that the unit can
no longer make requests to GFDS. This does not cancel the subscription.
1. While viewing a WX Map page of the WX page group, press the MENU key to
display the Page Menu Options .
2. Turn the large MFD knob to highlight "Register With GFDS." Press ENT
3. With the Access Code field highlighted, press CLR to remove the access code.
4. Any weather requests will now fail and the system will no longer be linked to the
GFDS account.
4.9.2

Using GFDS Satellite Weather Products

When a weather product is active on the Weather Data Link Page or the
Navigation Map Page, the age of the data is displayed on the screen. The age of
the product is based on the time difference between when the data was assembled
on the ground and the current GPS time. Weather products are refreshed at
selectable intervals.
If for any reason, a weather product is not refreshed within the 30, 60, 90,
or 120 minute Expiration Time intervals, the data is considered expired and is
removed from the display. This ensures that the displayed data is consistent with
what is currently being broadcast by GFDS Satellite Radio services. If more than
half of the expiration time has elapsed from the time the data is received, the
color of the product age displayed changes to yellow.
4.9.3

Customizing the GFDS Weather Map

Each Wx Map page may be customized individually. The Wx Map pages are
customized by selecting options from the Page Menu. The Page Menu options
include choices for Weather Setup and displaying the Weather Legends. The
Weather Setup choice covers selections for adjusting the viewing ranges of the
weather products.
NOTE: If multiple weather sources are installed, then the weather
source must first be selected on the AUX System Setup page. Refer to
section 3.2.1.10.
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