Garmin G1000 NXi, Reference Manual

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Garmin G1000 NXi Cockpit Reference Guide for the Cessna NAV III 190-02178-02 Rev. A
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Flight Management
Flight
Instruments
EIS
Nav/Com/
XPDR/Audio
Flight
Management
Hazar
d
Avoidance
AFCS
Additional
Featur
es
Abnormal
Oper
ation
Annun/Alerts
Appendix
Index
CREATING A USER WAYPOINT FROM THE ‘FPL – ACTIVE FLIGHT PLAN’ PAGE
1)
Press the
FPL
Key.
2)
Push the
FMS
Knob to activate the cursor (not required on the PFD).
3)
Select the point in the flight plan before which to add the new user
waypoint. The new waypoint is placed directly in front of (above) the
highlighted waypoint.
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 name of the new user waypoint (a waypoint that does not match
any existing waypoint in the database) and press the
ENT
Key.
6)
The message ‘AAAAA does not exist. Create User Waypoint?’ is displayed.
Press the
ENT
Key with ‘Yes’ highlighted.
7) The ‘WPT – User WPT Information’ Page is displayed. If desired, define the
type and location of the waypoint in one of the following ways:
Select “RAD/RAD” using the small
FMS
Knob, press the
ENT
Key,
and enter the two reference waypoint identifiers and radials into the
‘Reference Waypoints’ Window using the
FMS
Knobs.
Or :
Select “RAD/DIS” using the small
FMS
Knob, press the
ENT
Key, and
enter the reference waypoint identifier, the radial, and the distance into
the ‘Reference Waypoints’ Window using the
FMS
Knobs.
Or :
Select “LAT/LON” using the small
FMS
Knob, press the
ENT
Key, and
enter the latitude and longitude into the ‘Information’ Window using
the
FMS
Knobs.
8)
Press the
ENT
Key to accept the new waypoint.