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XM WX Satellite Weather
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Introduction Introduction WARNING See the Important Safety and Product Information guide in the product box for product warnings and other important information. The weather information provided through this product is subject to service interruptions and may contain errors, inaccuracies or outdated information, and consequently should not be relied upon exclusively. Always use common sense while driving or navigating, and check alternate weather information sources prior to making safety-
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Introduction Table of Contents Introduction ...............................................i Contact Garmin .................................................i XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio ..........................................1 XM WX Satellite Weather .................................1 Viewing XM WX Satellite Weather Subscription Information ...................................................11 XM Satellite Radio ..........................................11 Appendix .....
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Using XM WX Satellite Weather and Audio To use XM WX Satellite Weather on your chartplotter, you must connect a compatible Garmin XM antenna and activate an XM WX weather subscription. To use XM Radio, you must connect a compatible Garmin XM antenna and activate an XM WX Radio subscription. Notes: • XM service is available only in the lower 48 United States and southern Canada. • You must purchase and activate your XM service before you can use t
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Changing from One Weather Chart to a Different Weather Chart 1. From the Home screen, select Weather. 2. Select a weather chart. 3. Select Menu > Change Weather. 4. Select a different weather chart. Storm Cell and Lightning Information Storm cell icons ➊ on the precipitation screen indicate both the present position of a storm and the projected path of that storm in the immediate future. Red cones appear with a storm cell icon, and the widest part
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Weather Warnings and Weather Bulletins When a marine weather warning is issued, shading ➊ indicates the area to which the warning applies. To view information about the warning, select the shaded area. The cyan lines ➋ on the chart indicate the boundaries of marine weather warning zones. ➋ ➊ County Warnings When the National Weather Service issues a weather warning for a county, the county is highlighted with the color corresponding to the warnin
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Viewing a Coastal Forecast or an Offshore Forecast 1. From the Home screen, select Weather > Forecast. 2. Pan the map to an offshore location, and select Local Weather. 3. Complete an action for the selected location: • Select Current Cond. to display the current weather conditions. • Select Forecast to display the forecast. • Select Sea Surface to displace the sea surface condition at the selected location. Weather Fronts and Pressure Centers: Surf
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Weather Symbols Symbol Weather Symbol Weather Fair (sunny, hot, Rain (drizzle, sleet, showers) clear) Partly Cloudy Cloudy Thunderstorms Snow (snow showers, flurries, blizzard, blowing snow, sleet, freezing rain, freezing drizzle) Foggy Smoke (dusty, hazy) Windy Viewing Sea Conditions The sea conditions screen shows information about surface conditions, including winds, wave height, wave period, and wave direction. From the Home screen, select W
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Wave Height, Wave Period, and Wave Direction Wave heights for an area appear as variations in color. Different colors indicate different wave heights ➊, as shown in the legend ➋ on the left of the screen. The wave period indicates the time (in seconds) between successive waves. Wave period lines ➌ indicate areas that have the same wave period. Wave directions appear on the chart using red arrows ➍. The direction of each arrow pointer indicates th
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Viewing Fishing Information The fishing screen shows present water temperature, present surface pressure conditions, and fishing forecasts. From the Home screen, select Weather > Fishing. Surface Pressure and Water Temperature Data Surface-pressure information appears using pressure isobars and pressure centers. Isobars ➊ connect points of equal pressure. Pressure readings can help to determine weather and wind conditions. High-pressure areas are
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Visibility Information Visibility is the forecast maximum horizontal distance that can be seen at the surface, as shown in the legend ➊ on the left of the screen. Variations in the visibility shading ➋ show the forecast change in surface visibility. ➊ ➋ Viewing Visibility Information From the Home screen, select Weather > Visibility. Viewing Forecast Visibility Information for Another Time Period 1. From the Home screen, select Weather > Visibil
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Viewing Local Weather Information Forecast information appears when an area near a buoy is selected. 1. From the Home screen, select Weather > Forecast. 2. Complete an action: • Select a location on the chart. • Pan to a new location, and select a location on the chart. 3. Select Local Weather. 4. Complete an action: • Select Current Cond. to view present weather conditions from a local weather service. • Select Forecast to view a local weather fore
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Showing NEXRAD Precipitation Data on a Chart NEXRAD shows very light rain and snow up to strong thunderstorms in varying shades and colors. Before you can show NEXRAD information on a chart, you must turn on the weather overlay (page 9). 1. From the Home screen, select Charts. 2. Select Navigation Chart or Fishing Chart. 3. Select Menu > Chart Setup > Weather > NeXRAD > on. Showing Weather Buoys on a Chart Before you can show weather buoys on a char
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Weather Alarms Setting Weather Alarms You can set an alarm to sound when certain weather conditions occur. 1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Alarms > Weather. 2. Complete one or more actions: • Select Marine > on. • Select t ornado > on. • Select Severe Storm > on. • Select Flood > on. • Select Flash Flood > on. Viewing XM WX Satellite Weather Subscription Information If you have an active XM WX Radio subscription and are connected to a co
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio XM Presets The XM presets list is a customizable channel category. You can save your favorite channels to the presets list. Saving an XM Channel to the Presets List 1. From the Home screen, select Configure > XM Audio. 2. Complete an action: • Select Channel Guide to select a specific XM channel within the selected category. Select a channel. Select Back. • Select Channel entry to enter an XM channel number manually. Enter a channel number. Select
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XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Displaying the XM Radio Data Bar on the Combination Screen You can display the XM Radio data bar along the bottom of the Combinations screen on a chartplotter. 1. From the Home screen, select Combinations. 2. Select a combination. 3. Select Menu > Change Combination > XM Bar > on > Done. ® ® XM WX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio Supplement 13
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Appendix Appendix Weather Data Warranty THE WEATHER DATA SOFTWARE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR OF NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. USER SAFETY If you use XM Services it is your responsibility to exercise prudent discretion and observe all safety measures required by law and your own common sense. You assume the entire risk related to your use of the Services. XM a
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Appendix Intelligence Agency. The user’s sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using the DAFIF product. This product was developed using DAFIF, a product of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Software License Agreement BY USING THE CHARTPLOTTER, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. Garmin Ltd. and its subsidiaries (“Garmin”) grant you a limited license to use the software embedded in this
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Index Index W Index warnings county 3 A marine 3 alarms water temperature 6 flash flood 10 wave flood 10 direction 5 marine 10 height 5 severe storm 10 period 5 tornado 10 weather alarms 10 animated NEXRAD loop 1 weather fronts 4 B X buoy reports 8 XM Satellite Radio i, 11 C XM Satellite Radio bar 12 channel guide 11 XM WX Satellite Weather 1 cloud cover 1 county warnings 3 F fish location 6 forecasts 3 city 4 future 3 marine 4 offshore 4 past 3 present 3 weather 3
