Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GDL30A Garmin
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GDL ™ 30A owner ’ s manual.
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GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 1 Introduction Introduction The GDL ™ 30A Marine W eather/Audio Satellite Receiver provides graphical and textual marine XM WX W eather ™ information to your Garmin® Marine Network chartplotters as well as XM music, news, and talk programming.
2 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Introduction Introduction .......................................................................... 1 Product Registration .................................................................. 1 Contact Garmin ...............
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 3 Unit Overview Unit Overview Power/Data Connector LED Status Indicator Mounting Holes Weather Cap Network Port Antenna Connector Audio Connector Packing List and Accessories Before installing your unit, please check to see that your package includes the following items.
4 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Unit Overview Installing and Activating the GDL 30A Step 1: Install the unit Use the GDL 30A Installation Instructions to complete the appropriate wiring connections. Step 2: Set up the XM account Ensure that your XM W eather ID and your XM Radio ID are readily available.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 5 Using XM WX Weather Using XM WX W eather This manual describes the use of XM WX W eather and XM Audio functions on a GPSMAP 3000 Series chartplotter .
6 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Customizing the Preset Weather Displays Y ou can customize the weather displays. Each preset has three subcategories: Precipitation, Atmosphere, and Sea Surface. Each category contains display settings for that topic. Y ou can also change the name of the presets and customize any of the weather features.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 7 XM WX W eather Features Following is a brief description of each weather feature. The weather featu res are divided into three subcategories: Precipitation, Atmosphere, and Sea State. Precipitation The Precipitation category provides NEXRAD/Cloud T op, Storm Cell, Lightning, and Hurricane data.
8 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Cloud T ops Cloud T ops are shown in shades of gray . Cloud T ops can be displayed independently or with NEXRAD information.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 9 Storm Cells The Storm Cells feature displays storm cells and the projected path of storms in the immediate future. The direction the red cone is pointing (from the narrow end to the wide end) indicates the projected path of the storm cell.
10 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Lightning Lightning strikes are represented by lightning-bolt icons, as shown in the images below . Lightning strikes appear on the map if they have been detected within the last seven minutes. The ground-based detection network only detects clo ud-to-ground lightning.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 1 1 Hurricanes The Hurricanes feature shows the current position of a hurricane, tropical storm, or tropical depression, as well as its projected path (indicated by a red line). The darkened squares that appear along the red line indicate th e projected locations received from the National Hurricane Center .
12 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Atmosphere The Atmosphere category provides W ind, Pressure, V isibility , Front, and City Condition data. Each feature can be turned on or off, or set to appear at a selected zoom range. Wind The W ind feature displays wind speed and wind direction.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 13 Pressure The pressure feature displays pressure isobars and pressure centers on the map. The isobars connect points of equal pressure. Pressure readings can help determine weather and wind conditions in an area. High-pressure areas are generally associated with fair weather .
14 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Visibility V isibility is the maximum horizontal distance that can be seen. Isobars on the V isibility feature show a change in visibility . Distance can be displayed in nautical miles (nm), miles (mi.), or kilometers (km).
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 15 Fronts The Fronts feature displays the lines indicating the leading edge of an air mass that is replacing an existing air mass. This feature also displays pressure centers. Pressure centers are represented by a large red “L” for low-pressure centers or a lar ge blue “H” for high-pressure centers.
16 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual City Conditions This feature displays the current weather conditions at selected cities throughout North America. The current weather condition for an area is depicted by an icon.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 17 Sea Surface The Sea Surface category contains T emperature, W ave Height, W ave Period, and W ave Direction. Each feature can be turned on or off, or set to display at a selected zoom range. For more information on conguring units of measure for T emperature and W ave Height, see the chartplotter Owner ’ s Manual.
18 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual W ave Period The W ave Period feature provides the time (in seconds) between successive waves. W ave Direction The W ave Direction feature shows the direction in which waves are moving, as indicated by the direction of the red arrows.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 19 Main Menu Main Menu The Main Menu allows you to customize the weather data that appears on your GPSMAP 3000 Series chartplotter . For information on conguring weather on a GPSMAP 4000 Series or a GPSMAP 5000 Series chartplotter , consult your GPSMAP 4000 Series or GPSMAP 5000 Series chartplotter Owner ’ s Manual.
20 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Main Menu Forecast The Forecast sub tab includes two panels that display forecast information for the location selected in the Current sub tab. The top panel displays the high/low temperature, chance of precipitation, and weather condition (cloudy , sunny , thunderstorms).
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 21 Main Menu Sea Surface The Sea Surface sub tab provides weather data of specic importance to mariners. This data comes from a variety of data sources that are nearest to your current or selected location. If a condition eld is empty , data for that condition is not currently available.
22 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Main Menu Forecast Map The Forecast Map sub tab displays Fronts, High-Pressure and Low-Pressure Centers, and City Conditions. The map zoom range can be changed using the Range keys. The three buttons at the top of the map are used to control the display of the forecast co nditions for the next 48 hours.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 23 Main Menu Setup The Setup sub tab provides access to the three preset weather displays: General, Sea State, and Storms. The preset weath er displays can be customized from this tab. The Setup tab contains a map that displays an y changes that are made.
24 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Main Menu XM T ab T o display the XM tab, press and hold the ADJ/MeNU key to display the Menu Menu. Using the RoCKeR , scroll through the tabs and highlight the XM tab. The XM tab contains two sub tabs, Audio and Information.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 25 Main Menu Information The Information sub tab contains the W eather Radio ID and Audio Radio ID numbers that are needed to subscribe to XM Service. Y our XM W eather Service Level and a list of W eather Products that are being received appear here as well.
26 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Appendix Appendix Blink Codes The GDL 30A powers on and off with the Garmin Marine Network. The two-color (Green/Red) Status LED on the GDL 30A indicates the operational status of the module.
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 27 Appendix GDL 30A Specications Physical Size: 4 3 / 4 in. W × 2.00 in. H × 6 3 / 4 in. D (121 mm × 51 mm × 172 mm) W eight: 1.
28 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Appendix W eather and Sea Surface Information The GDL 30A receives XM W eather Radio data and shows it on your chartplotter . The weather data for each feature comes from reputable weather data centers such as the National W eather Service and the Hydrometerological Prediction Center .
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 29 Appendix accidents resulting from or associated with use of the Services. Y our Radio Service includes trafc and weather information, and you acknowledge that such info.
30 GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual Appendix prepared or disseminated by either the former Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
GDL 30A Owner ’s Manual 31 Index Index A atmosphere 12 audio 24 audio radio ID number 25 B broadcast rates (weather-related) 26 C check antenna 24 city conditions 16 cloud tops 8 contact XM satellit.
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