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Viewing Airport Information
1. From any page, press and hold
CLR
to
display the Default NAV Page. (You may
skip this step if you are already viewing
any of the main GPS pages.)
2. Rotate the
large right knob
to select
the WPT page group. “WPT” will appear in
the lower right corner of the screen.
3. Rotate the
small right knob
to select
the desired WPT page. Airport information is displayed on the first six WPT
pages: airport location, airport runway, airport frequency, airport approach,
airport arrival and airport departure.
4. Press the
small right knob
to activate the cursor.
5. Use the
small
and
large right knobs
to enter the identifier of the
desired airport.
6. Once the identifier is entered, the information for that airport will appear
on the page. Press
ENT
to accept the selected identifier.
7. To view the other airport information pages, press the
small right knob
to remove the cursor, then rotate the
small right knob
to select the
desired page.
Viewing Airport Information by Facility Name or City
1. Select the Airport Location Page. (See
page 5.)
2. Press the
small right knob
to activate
the on-screen cursor.
3. Rotate the
large right knob
to
highlight the facility name (second line) or
the city (third line) field.
4. Use the
small
and
large right knobs
to enter the facility name or city
location of the desired airport. As you spell the facility name or city, the
GNS 530’s Spell’N’Find feature will select the first entry in the database
based upon the characters you have entered up to that point.
5. Once the name is entered, the information for that airport will appear on
the page. Press
ENT
to accept the selected airport.
6. To view the other airport information pages, press the
small right knob
to remove the cursor, then rotate the
small right knob
to select the
desired page.
Auto-Tuning a Frequency from a List
The GNS 530’s auto-tune feature allows you to quickly select any displayed
database frequency as your standby frequency. With a minimum of keystrokes, any
frequency listed on the Airport Frequency Page can be transferred to the standby field
of the COM or VLOC window.
1. Select the Airport Frequencies Page from the WPT page group. (See page 5.)
2. Press the
small right knob
to activate the cursor on the airport identifier
field.
3. Use the
small
and
large right knobs
to enter the identifier of the
desired airport. Press
ENT
when finished.
4. Rotate the
large right knob
to highlight
the desired frequency.
5. Press
ENT
to place the highlighted
frequency in the standby field of the COM
or VLOC window (as appropriate).
6. To activate the selected frequency, press
the
COM
or
VLOC flip-flop key
(as appropriate).
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