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Pilot’s Guide for the Cirrus SR2x with Cirrus Perspective by Garmin
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6.8 PROFILE VIEW TERRAIN
The Perspective
®
offers a Profile View of terrain and obstacles relative to the aircraft’s current flight path and
altitude on the Navigation Map Page of the MFD. Profile View does not provide terrain or obstacle caution or
warning annunciations or voice alerts, nor does it display potential impact points inside the Profile View. The
colors and symbols in Figure 6-164 and Table 6-26 are used to represent terrain and obstacles.
1000 ft
Aircraft Altitude
1
00 ft Threshold
Terrain Above Aircraft Altitude
Red terrain is above
or within 100 ft below
the aircraft altitude
Yellow terrain is between 100 ft and 1000 ft below the aircraft altitude
Black terrain is more than 1000 ft below the aircraft altitude
Figure 6-164 Terrain Altitude/Color Correlation for Profile View
Unlighted Obstacle
Lighted Obstacle
Obstacle Location
< 1000’ AGL > 1000’ AGL < 1000’ AGL > 1000’ AGL
Red obstacle is above or within 100 ft
below the aircraft altitude
Yellow obstacle is between 100 ft and
1000 ft below the aircraft altitude
Gray obstacle is more than 1000 ft
below aircraft altitude
Table 6-26 Profile View Obstacle Colors and Symbology
Enabling/Disabling Profile View:
1)
Select the Navigation Map Page.
2)
Select the
MAP
Softkey.
3)
Select the
PROFILE
Softkey to enable or disable Profile View.
Or:
1)
Press the
MENU
Key.
2)
Select ‘Show Profile View’ or ‘Hide Profile View’ (choice dependent on current state) and press the
ENT
Key.
