Garmin GDL30A User Manual

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. 

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original sales receipt, or a photocopy, in a safe place.

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 

To set up your XM account call (800) 800-9200. For XM weather 

information, visit 

.

For future reference, write down the important numbers associated 

with your GDL 30A.

(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