Garmin DA42-L360, Cockpit Reference Manual

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Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the DA42-L360 190-01062-01 Rev. A
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Flight planning
Flight
Instruments
EIS
Nav/Com/
XPDR/Audio
AFCS
GPS Nav
Flight
Planning
Pr
ocedur
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Hazar
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Avoidance
Additional
Featur
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Abnormal Oper
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Annun/
Alerts
Appendix
Index
Creating a stored flight plan:
1) Press the FPL Key.
2)
Turn the small
FMS
Knob clockwise to display the Flight Plan Catalog Page.
3)
Select the
NEW
Softkey; or press the
MENU
Key, highlight ‘Create New
Flight Plan’, and press the
ENT
Key to display a blank flight plan for the
first empty storage location.
4)
Turn the small
FMS
Knob to display the Waypoint Information Window.
(Turning it clockwise displays a blank Waypoint Information Window,
turning it counter-clockwise displays the Waypoint Information Window
with a waypoint selection submenu allowing selection of active flight plan,
nearest, recent, user, or airway waypoints).
5)
Enter the identifier, facility, or city name of the departure waypoint or select
a waypoint from the submenu of waypoints and press the
ENT
Key.
6)
Repeat step numbers 4 and 5 to enter each additional flight plan waypoint.
7) When all waypoints have been entered, press the FMS Knob to return to
the Flight Plan Catalog Page. The new flight plan is now in the list.
insert A WAYpOint in the ACtive Flight plAn
1)
Press the
FPL
Key to display the active flight plan.
2)
If necessary, press the FMS Knob to activate the cursor.
3) Turn the large FMS Knob to highlight the desired flight plan waypoint. The
new waypoint is inserted before the highlighted waypoint.
4) Turn the small FMS Knob. The Waypoint Information Window is now
displayed.
5) Enter the new flight plan waypoint by one of the following:
a) Enter the user waypoint identifier, facility, or city.
b)
Press the
ENT
Key.
Or:
a)
Turn the small FMS Knob to the left. Initially, a flight plan waypoint list
is displayed.
b)
Turn the small FMS Knob to the right to display the ‘NRST’ airports to
the aircraft’s current position.
c)
Turn the large FMS Knob to select the desired waypoint.
d) Press the ENT Key.