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Garmin G1000 NXi Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna NAV III
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
TAS ALERTS
When the Garmin TAS detects a new TA, the following occur:
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The system issues a single
“Traffic!”
voice alert, followed by additional voice information about the bearing,
relative altitude, and approximate distance from the intruder that triggered the TA. For example, the
announcement
“Traffic! 12 o’clock, high, four miles,”
would indicate the traffic is in front of own aircraft,
above own altitude, and approximately four nautical miles away.
Bearing
Relative Altitude
Approximate Distance (nm)
“One o’clock” through
“Twelve o’clock”
or “No Bearing”
“High”, “Low”, “Same Altitude” (if
within 200 feet of own altitude), or
“Altitude not available”
“Less than one mile”,
“One Mile” through “Ten Miles”, or
“More than ten miles”
Table 6-25 TA Descriptive Voice Announcements
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A TRAFFIC Annunciation appears at the right of the airspeed on the PFD, flashes for five seconds, and
remains displayed until no TAs are detected in the area.
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A PFD map is automatically displayed with TA traffic.
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If the bearing of TA traffic cannot be determined, a yellow text banner will be displayed in the center of the
‘Map - Traffic Map’ Page and in the lower-left of the PFD inset map instead of a TA symbol. The text will
indicate “TA” followed by the distance, relative altitude, and vertical trend arrow for the TA traffic, if known.
A TA will be displayed for at least eight seconds, even if the condition(s) that initially triggered the TA are no
longer present.
Figure 6-78 Traffic Annunciation (PFD)
Traffic Appears
when TA is
Detected
SYSTEM TEST
The traffic system provides a system test mode to verify normal operation. The test takes approximately ten
seconds to complete. When the system test is initiated, a test pattern of traffic symbols appears on the traffic
maps.
