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Garmin aera 500 Series Pilot’s Guide 190-01117-02 Rev. C
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Hazard Avoidance
Overview
GPS Navigation
Flight Planning
Hazar
d A
voidance
Additional F
eatur
es
Appendices
Index
Pop-up
Alert
Pop-up Alert (Navigation Map With Terrain Shading)
Range
Rings
AURAL ALERTS
• “Five Hundred”—when the aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destina-
tion airport.
The following aural terrain alerts are issued when flight conditions meet
parameters that are set within the software algorithms, and are dependant on
the sensitivity level set in the Terrain Setup Menu.
Alert Severity Terrain Obstacle Descent Rate
Caution
“caution, terrain”
“caution, terrain
ahead”
“caution, obstacle”
“caution, obstacle
ahead”
“caution, sink
rate”
Warning
“terrain ahead! pull
up!”
“terrain! terrain! pull
up! pull up!”
“obstacle ahead! pull
up!”
“obstacle! obstacle!
pull up! pull up!”
“sink rate, pull
up!”
“pull up!”
Aural Alerts Summary
Adjusting terrain alert audio:
1)
From the ‘
Home
’ Screen, touch
Tools
>
Setup
>
Sound.
2)
Touch the Terrain Audio On / Off Button to toggle the terrain audio on/off,
or touch the Alerts Icon to mute both Terrain and TIS alerts.
Or
:
Touch the Alerts buttons to select an alert volume (0-10).