Garmin GPSMAP 527 Weather Supplement - Page 18

Selecting a Cellular or XM Antenna, Selecting an External Cellular Antenna - when will be available for purchase

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XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather Selecting a Cellular or XM Antenna If your chartplotter is connected to both a cellular and an XM antenna, you must select which antenna you want to provide weather service. If you are connected to only one antenna, that antenna is selected automatically. If you have both a cellular antenna and an XM antenna connected to your chartplotter and you select the cellular antenna, XM weather data does not appear, but your XM radio is still available (if you have a paid subscription). If you select the XM antenna, cellular weather data does not appear. 1. From the Home screen, select Configure > Communications > NMEA 2000 Setup > Preferred Devices > Weather Antenna. 2. Select an antenna. Selecting an External Cellular Antenna If your chartplotter is connected to an external cellular antenna, you must select that antenna on your chartplotter. From the Home screen, select Configure > Communication > NMEA 2000 Setup > Device List > GDL 40 > Configure > GSM Antenna > External. Viewing Weather Subscription Information You can view information about the weather services you have subscribed to and how many minutes have passed since the data for each service was updated. The time elapsed since the last weather download will be displayed for cellular weather data. If you have purchased a day pass, the time of the purchase and the time when the day pass expired is also shown. From the Home screen, select Information > Weather > Weather Subscription. 14 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement

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XM WX Satellite Weather and Cellular Weather
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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Weather Supplement
Selecting a Cellular or XM Antenna
If your chartplotter is connected to both a cellular and an XM antenna, you
must select which antenna you want to provide weather service. If you are
connected to only one antenna, that antenna is selected automatically.
If you have both a cellular antenna and an XM antenna connected to your
chartplotter and you select the cellular antenna, XM weather data does not
appear, but your XM radio is still available (if you have a paid subscription).
If you select the XM antenna, cellular weather data does not appear.
1. From the Home screen, select
ConfigurE
>
Communications
>
NMeA
2000 SEtup
>
PrEfErrEd DEvicEs
>
WEathEr AntEnna
.
2. Select an antenna.
Selecting an External Cellular Antenna
If your chartplotter is connected to an external cellular antenna, you must
select that antenna on your chartplotter.
From the Home screen, select
ConfigurE
>
Communication
>
NMeA
2000 SEtup
>
DEvicE List
>
GDL 40
>
ConfigurE
>
GSM AntEnna
>
extErnal
.
Viewing Weather Subscription Information
You can view information about the weather services you have subscribed
to and how many minutes have passed since the data for each service was
updated. The time elapsed since the last weather download will be displayed
for cellular weather data. If you have purchased a day pass, the time of the
purchase and the time when the day pass expired is also shown.
From the Home screen, select
Information
>
WEathEr
>
WEathEr
Subscription
.