190-00355-04 september 2005 rev. F gdl 69/69a xm ™ satellite radio activation instructions.
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Xm activation procedures page iii 190-00355-04 rev. F table of contents 1 overview ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 introduction ........................................................
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Xm activation procedures page 1 190-00355-04 rev. F 1 overview 1.1 introduction before the gdl 69/69a can be used, the unit must have services subscribed to and be activated by xm satellite radio. This document will take you through the process. Please note that the gdl 69 is a weather data link. Th...
Page 2 xm activation procedures 190-00355-04 rev. F 8. For gdl 69a units, the audio portion is activated independently from the weather. The activations will not be simultaneous. Once the data channel is activated, bring up the xm radio page on the mx20. This can be accomplished by pressing the fn k...
Xm activation procedures page 3 190-00355-04 rev. F 2.2 refreshing if the unit is not activated after one hour a ‘refresh’ maybe needed. To accomplish this go to the website www.Xmradio.Com/refresh as pictured below. Follow the instructions as described on the website. If you are refreshing both the...
Page 4 xm activation procedures 190-00355-04 rev. F 2.3 test the gdl69/69a with the mx20 after activation with xm, you will have a certain amount of time to turn on the gdl 69/69a to let the unit acquire its activation status. You will be informed of this time duration during the activation process ...
Xm activation procedures page 5 190-00355-04 rev. F page mode - default mode info figure 3-2. Xm information page 3.1 verify the radios are ready to be activated the aux - xm page has two modes, radio information and radio operation. The page should default to info mode (if the radio is not activate...
Page 6 xm activation procedures 190-00355-04 rev. F all your information. During activation the info page will show the various weather products being activated. Once activation has been completed, verify that the service class and weather products shown are the services that you purchased. If you a...
Xm activation procedures page 7 190-00355-04 rev. F 4 gns 430/530 – gdl69 activation for activation you will need your xm data radio id and your billing information. If your unit is a gdl 69a, which comes with a data radio id and an audio radio id, only the data radio id is needed, since the gns 430...
Page 8 xm activation procedures 190-00355-04 rev. F 6. Verify radio ids and signal quality is between 1 – 3. If signal quality is zero, check the antenna and wiring. Table 4-1. Data link status sat id field ‘- -‘ gdl 69/69a – 430/530 series interface communications not yet established. ‘xm’ gdl 69/6...
Xm activation procedures page 9 190-00355-04 rev. F 3. Turn small right knob and select ‘metar’. 4. Press crsr . Graphical metar data is displayed on the screen similar to figure 4-4, if available . Figure 4-4. Graphical metar page 4.3.3 verify textual metar to select the metars text page: 1. Select...
Page 10 xm activation procedures 190-00355-04 rev. F 4.3.4 verify wind to display wind data on the nav weather page: 1. Select the nav weather page. 2. Press crsr . The upper left hand corner data field flashes. 3. Turn the small right knob and select ‘winds’. 4. Press crsr . The wind icons are disp...
Important ! Contains gdl 69/69a information required for xm satellite radio activation this document must be given to the aircraft owner at time of delivery. Important! Contains gdl 69/69a information required for xm satellite radio activation this document must be given to the aircraft owner at tim...
