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400W / 500W Series

Garmin Optional Displays
Pilot’s Guide Addendum For:

• GDL 69/69A XM Satellite Datalink
• GTX 330/330D TIS
• Garmin TAWS (GPS 500W & GNS 530W)

Summary of Contents for GNC 420W

Page 1: ...400W 500W Series Garmin Optional Displays Pilot s Guide Addendum For GDL 69 69A XM Satellite Datalink GTX 330 330D TIS Garmin TAWS GPS 500W GNS 530W...

Page 2: ...f Garmin Garmin hereby grants permis sion to download a single copy of this manual and of any revision to this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print one...

Page 3: ...ft Never use GPS altitude to determine aircraft altitude CAUTION The Jeppesen database incorporated in the Garmin 400W 500W Series Units must be updated regularly in order to ensure that its informati...

Page 4: ...t 25 Enable Mute Audio Output 26 Change Volume 26 Part Three TAWS Interface 27 Section 1 Introduction 27 Overview 27 Operating Criteria 27 GPS Position and GPS MSL Altitude 27 TAWS Alerting using the...

Page 5: ...om 3000 feet below to 3500 feet above the requesting aircraft The TIS is a ground based service that displays nearby aircraft on your 400W 500W series display For the TIS feature to inform you of a ne...

Page 6: ...dar similar to the ATCRBS TIS operation may be intermittent during turns or other maneuvering TIS is dependent on two way line of sight communication between the aircraft and the Mode S radar Whenever...

Page 7: ...ans once the course has stabilized Improving TIS Users of TIS can render valuable assistance in the correction of malfunctions by reporting their observations of undesirable performance Reporters shou...

Page 8: ...c meets the advisory criteria described in TIS Operational Proce dures Traf c Ground Track is indicated on the 400W 500W display by a target track vector a short line displayed in 45 degree increments...

Page 9: ...after twelve seconds the TRFC RMVD banner will indicate that traf c has been removed from the display due to the age of the data being too old to coast for the time period after 12 seconds from the l...

Page 10: ...the aircraft ground speed is less than 30 knots or when an approach is active Traf c Page TIS Traf c data is displayed on two 400W 500W Series unit pages the Traf c Page and the Map Page The 500W Ser...

Page 11: ...ing All trfc All traf c is displayed on the Map Page TA PA Only traf c advisories and proximity advisories are displayed on the Map Page TA only Only traf c advisories are displayed on the Map Page Fr...

Page 12: ...nter plus the bearing and distance to the pointer from your present position Displaying traf c range and altitude separa tion using the Map Panning feature To activate the panning feature and pan the...

Page 13: ...of installation see your installer for detailed criteria information traf c is displayable on the Traf c Page in oper ating mode If the system fails the power up test the NO DATA DATA FAIL or FAILED...

Page 14: ...ght Procedures Once the aircraft is airborne determined by system con guration at the time of installation the system switches from standby mode to operating mode The 400W 500W Series unit displays OP...

Page 15: ...ded by XM Satellite Radio a company separate and independent from Garmin Corporation Have your radio hardware IDs ready before contact ing XM Satellite Radio During the process you can select services...

Page 16: ...ther and METARs symbols are displayed on the NAV pages The types of products available depend on the sub scription service with XM Satellite Radio Once you have activated an aviation weather ser vice...

Page 17: ...NEXRAD for Next Generation Radar has greatly improved the detection of meteorological events such as thunderstorms tornados and hurricanes An exten sive network of NEXRAD weather radars provides almo...

Page 18: ...e strength of the signal returned to the radar increases There are seven gradations for rain two gradations for mixed rain and snow and two gradations for snow To display the Nexrad Intensity Legend 1...

Page 19: ...page rather than NEXRAD air ports with METAR information above a certain severity level are marked with colored ags on the display Refer to the XM Weather legend for a description of the color code T...

Page 20: ...is installed a Textual METAR page is added among the APT airport pages of the WPT page group This page can be accessed from the XM Weather page as well as from the WPT page group To display Textual M...

Page 21: ...TAF page too use a rather cryptic format originally devised for teleprinters You can nd information about this format in an FAA publication Aviation Weather Formats METAR TAF which can be down loaded...

Page 22: ...ring up the map pointer 2 Turn the large and small right knobs to move the map pointer to the yellow boundary of a TFR region When the map pointer is within theTFR region its boundary will be highligh...

Page 23: ...ages are inserted into the 500W 500W s AUX page group Here we discuss the two pages that are inserted regardless of whether the XM receiver is a GDL 69 or GDL 69A XM Information Page This page contain...

Page 24: ...r Aviator Currently the 400W and 500W series only support a subset of the Avia tor LT service from XM Satellite Radio Standard Aviator LT Supported Aviator LT NEXRAD Yes TFRs Yes City Forecasts No Cou...

Page 25: ...display is composed of four areas the Active channel avail able Channels Category of the highlighted channel and the Volume setting The Active Channel window shows the Channel Name and Number Artist...

Page 26: ...tegory The rst channel in the selected category will now be highlighted and the current song being played in that channel will be shown in the lower window 4 Turn the large right knob counterclockwise...

Page 27: ...p to fteen channels may be saved as presets to easily return to your favorite channels 1 While viewing the XM Audio page selected the desired channel 2 While the desired channel is highlighted press t...

Page 28: ...d the small right knob to select a number 3 Press the ENT key to make a selection The selected channel will now play and is dis played in the window at the bottom of the display Display Channel In Lis...

Page 29: ...NU key Turn the large right knob to highlight Display Artist In List 2 Press the ENT key Display Title In List The Titles of the songs in the range of displayed channels can be shown in the middle pan...

Page 30: ...nableAudio Output or Disable Audio Output 2 Press the ENT key to perform the highlighted action Pressing the CLR key toggles the audio output Change Volume The XM Audio volume may be changed in two wa...

Page 31: ...factors such as satellite geometry but is not subject to variations in pressure and temperature that normally affect pressure altitude devices GPS MSL Altitude does not require local altimeter setting...

Page 32: ...ses comes from government agencies Garmin accurately processes and cross validates the data but cannot guarantee the accuracy and completeness of the data TAWS displays terrain and obstructions relati...

Page 33: ...a database that may contain inaccura cies Terrain information should be used as an aid to situational awareness Never use it for navigation or to maneuver to avoid terrain TAWS uses terrain and obstac...

Page 34: ...WS Page select the NAV group and turn the small right knob until the TAWS Page is displayed Terrain information aircraft ground track and GPS derived MSL altitude are displayed on the page Altitude is...

Page 35: ...se the system to annunciate a nuisance alert Pilots should use discretion when inhibiting the TAWS system and always remember to enable the system when appropriate Only the PDA and FLTA alerts are dis...

Page 36: ...em Failure if the system fail the test NOTE TAWS System Testing is disabled when ground speed exceeds 30 knots so as not to impede TAWS alerting TAWS Symbols The symbols depicted below are used to rep...

Page 37: ...bstacle Potential Impact Points Terrain Color Terrain Obstacle Location Alert Level 1000 ft AGL 1000 ft AGL 1000 ft AGL 1000 ft AGL Obstacle Symbol Red Terrain Obstacle at or within 100 ft below curre...

Page 38: ...of coverage of each ter rain obstacle database is shown on the Terrain Data base Versions Page located in the AUX Page Group Databases are checked for integrity at power up If a database is found to...

Page 39: ...tacles are necessarily charted and therefore may not be contained in the Obstacle Database Navigation Database As explained in the Premature Descent Alerting PDA section Garmin TAWS Premature Descent...

Page 40: ...learance RTC levels at which Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance FLTA alerting occurs TAWS Premature Descent Alerting PDA alerts are also affected by nearest airport list con guration Airports that are...

Page 41: ...endix A Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance The Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance alert or FLTA is used by TAWS and is composed of two elements Reduced Required Terrain Clearance and Reduced Required Ob...

Page 42: ...parture 100 ft 100 ft Minimum TERRAIN Clearance Values for RTC ITI Alerts During the nal approach phase of ight RTC ITI alerts are automatically inhibited when the aircraft is below 200 feet AGL while...

Page 43: ...f the Excessive Descent Rate alert is to provide suitable noti cation when the aircraft is determined to be closing descending upon terrain at an excessive speed The parameters for the alert as de ned...

Page 44: ...d a pop up terrain alert on the display The Don t Sink pop up terrain alert accompanies the aural message for the NCR alert The aural message Don t Sink or Too low terrain is issued also NCR alerting...

Page 45: ...e the aural message TAWS System Failure is issued along with the TER FAIL annunciation TAWS Not Available Alert Garmin TAWS requires a 3 D GPS navigation solu tion along with speci c vertical accuracy...

Page 46: ...l Up Pull Up or Terrain Ahead Pull Up Terrain Ahead Pull Up Imminent Obstacle Impact IOI Caution or Obstacle Ahead Obstacle Ahead or Caution Obstacle Caution Obstacle Imminent Terrain Impact ITI Warni...

Page 47: ...tacle Ahead Pull Up Obstacle Ahead Pull Up or Obstacle Obstacle Pull Up Pull Up Premature Descent Alert PDA Caution Too Low Terrain Negative Climb Rate NCR Caution or Don t Sink or Too Low Terrain Alt...

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