Garmin GDL 30A - Manual (Page 3)

GDL 30A Owner’s Manual
Introduction
Introduction
The GDL ™ 30A Marine Weather/Audio Satellite Receiver provides
graphical and textual marine XM WX Weather ™ information to
your Garmin® Marine Network chartplotters as well as XM music,
news, and talk programming. Operation of the GDL 30A requires a
subscription to either the XM WX Satellite Weather service, the XM
Radio service, or both.
This manual covers the XM weather and audio features of the
GDL 30A when viewed on a GPSMAP ® 3000 Series Garmin Marine
Network chartplotter. To understand the XM weather and audio
features of the GDL 30A when viewed on a GPSMAP 4000 or 5000
series chartplotter, see the GPSMAP 4000 or 5000 series Owner's
Manual.
Product Registration
Help us better support you by completing our online registration
today! Connect to our Web site at http://my.garmin.com . Keep the
original sales receipt, or a photocopy, in a safe place.
Contact Garmin
Contact Garmin if you have any questions while using your
GDL 30A. In the USA, contact Garmin Product Support by phone:
(913) 397-8200 or (800) 800-1020, or go to www.garmin.com/
support .
Contact XM
To set up your XM account call (800) 800-9200. For XM weather
information, visit www.xmwxweather.com .
Important Numbers
For future reference, write down the important numbers associated
with your GDL 30A.
Serial Number (located on the bottom of the unit)
Unique XM IDs are associated with your GDL 30A. XM Satellite
Radio uses these ID numbers to activate and deactivate your XM
weather and XM audio. To locate the ID numbers on your unit,
see page 25 .
XM WX Weather ID
XM Radio ID