Garmin Cessna Caravan G1000, Reference Manual

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Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Cessna Citation Mustang 190-00600-02 Rev. A
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Abnormal Oper
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Appendix
Index
Adjusting Antenna bearing
Move the
Joystick
right or left to adjust the azimuth position of the antenna right
or left. Monitor the displayed bearing value in the BEARING field.
When scanning horizontally, a Bearing Line may be displayed to aid in positioning
the antenna for the vertical scan. If the Bearing Line is not displayed, perform the
following steps:
1) Press the MENU Key
2) Turn the large FMS Knob to select ‘Show Bearing Line’.
3) Press the ENT Key.
Vertically Scan a Storm Cell
1)
While in the Horizontal Scan view, move the
Joystick
to place the Bearing
Line on the desired storm cell, or other area, to be vertically scanned.
2)
Select the
VERTICAL
Softkey. A vertical ‘slice’ of the selected area will now
be displayed.
3)
Move the
Joystick
right or left to move the scanned “slice” a few degrees
right or left.
4)
Turn the
Joystick
to adjust the range.
5)
To select a new area to be vertically scanned, select the
HORIZON
Softkey
to return to the Horizontal Scan view and repeat the previous steps.
Adjusting gain
WARNING: Changing the gain in Weather Mode will cause precipitation
intensity to be displayed as a color not representative of the true intensity.
Remember to return the gain setting to ‘Calibrated’ for viewing the actual
intensity of precipitation.
1) Select the GAIN Softkey to activate the cursor in the ‘GAIN’ field.
2) Turn the small FMS Knob to adjust the gain for the desirable level. The
gain setting is visible in the gain field as a movable horizontal bar in
a flashing box. The line pointer is a reference depicting the calibrated
position.
3)
Press the FMS Knob to remove the cursor.
4) Select the GAIN Softkey again to recalibrate the gain. ‘CALIBRATED’ will be
displayed in the ‘GAIN’ field.