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SiriusXM Weather
FEATURE REQUIREMENTS
• SiriusXM receiver (GDL 69 or GDL 69A)
• Active SiriusXM Aviation Weather subscription
FEATURE LIMITATIONS
• For Icing Potential, Winds Aloft (U.S.), and Turbulence, the valid time displays instead
of product age
• For Freezing Level and Winds Aloft (Canada), the generation time displays instead of
valid time
Activate SiriusXM Services
Before you can access SiriusXM Weather, you must contact SiriusXM customer
service and provide them with ei
ther one or two coded IDs:
• Data Radio ID (Weather)
• Audio Radio ID (Entertainment).
These coded IDs are used to send an activation signal, which allows the use of
weather and entertainment products received by the GDL 69/69A.
SiriusXM satellites deliver high bandwidth (S-band) data to
provide high-resolution images. Available data is received
within a few minutes after the aircraft satellite receiver comes
into view of the SiriusXM satellite network.
When SiriusXM weather
services are not activated:
• All weather product boxes
are cleared on the
GDL 69 Status page
• A yellow “Activation
Required” message appears
at the center of the page
Service Class refers to the groupings of
weather products available for
subscription.
SiriusXM Customer Service:
https://www.siriusxm.com/sxmaviation
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