Garmin nuvi 500-Series, Pilot'S Manual

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Garmin aera 500 Series Pilot’s Guide 190-01117-02 Rev. C
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Table of Contents
2.3 Vertical Navigation (VNAV)
........................................................................................... 40
Using the VNAV Feature ..................................................................................................... 41
2.4 Map Display Setup
.......................................................................................................... 43
Map Orientation................................................................................................................. 43
Airports, Navaids, Cities & Roads ........................................................................................ 44
Airways .............................................................................................................................. 45
2.5 Waypoints ......................................................................................................................... 46
Nearest Information ........................................................................................................... 49
Weather and NOTAM Information (Optional) ...................................................................... 51
Accessing Additional information ........................................................................................ 52
2.6 Direct-to Navigation ....................................................................................................... 64
SECTION 3 FLIGHT PLANNING
............................................................................................. 67
3.1 Introduction
...................................................................................................................... 67
Data Fields ......................................................................................................................... 67
3.2 Flight Plan Creation
........................................................................................................ 68
Adding Waypoints to an Existing Flight Plan ........................................................................ 70
3.3 Flight Plan Storage ......................................................................................................... 71
3.4 Flight Plan Activation
..................................................................................................... 72
Editing Speed and Fuel Flow ............................................................................................... 72
Copying Flight Plans ........................................................................................................... 73
Deleting Flight Plans .......................................................................................................... 73
Inverting a Flight Plan ........................................................................................................ 74
3.5 Approaches
....................................................................................................................... 75
Selecting an Approach ........................................................................................................ 76
Activating Vectors-to-Final .................................................................................................. 78
SECTION 4 HAZARD AVOIDANCE
........................................................................................ 79
4.1 Weather ............................................................................................................................. 79
XM
®
Weather (aera 510 & 560) .......................................................................................... 79
XM Satellite Weather Products ............................................................................................ 81
Using XM Satellite Weather Products .................................................................................. 91
Data Link weather (FIS-B) (all models) ................................................................................ 94
4.2 Terrain
.............................................................................................................................. 106
Terrain Information ........................................................................................................... 107
Obstacle Information ........................................................................................................ 107
Terrain and Obstacle Color Code....................................................................................... 108
Terrain Views .................................................................................................................... 108
Terrain Alerts & Setup ....................................................................................................... 110
4.3 Traffic
............................................................................................................................... 112
Traffic Information Service (TIS-A) ..................................................................................... 112
Traffic Ground Track ......................................................................................................... 113
Displaying Traffic Data ...................................................................................................... 113
Data Link Traffic (GDL 39) ................................................................................................. 115