SECTION 3

NAV PAGES

Enabling/disabling the wind vector, all background land data, or all Jeppesen aviation data:

1)From the Map Page Menu, turn the large right knob to highlight ‘Setup Map?’ and press the ENT Key.

2)Turn the small right knob to select ‘Map’ and press the ENT Key.

3)Turn the large right knob to highlight the appropriate field.

4)Turn the small right knob to select ‘On’ or ‘Off’.

5)Press the ENT Key to accept the selected option.

Displaying airports, NAVAIDs, active flight plan waypoints, user-created waypoints, state/provincial boundaries, rivers/lakes, and cities:

1)From the Map Page Menu, turn the large right knob to highlight ‘Setup Map?’ and press the ENT Key.

2)Turn the small right knob to select the appropriate ‘Group’ name (per the table on the preceding page) and press the ENT Key.

3)Turn the large right knob to highlight the zoom field for the desired feature.

4)Turn the small right knob to select the maximum range at which the feature should appear on screen (or select ‘Off’ to never display the selected feature).

5)Press the ENT Key to accept the selected option.

6)Turn the large right knob to highlight the text field for the desired feature.

7)Turn the small right knob to select the desired text size, or select ‘None’ to disable text descriptions.

8)Press the ENT Key to accept the selected option.

For airspace boundaries, highways, roads, railroad lines, track log data, active flight plan course lines, and lat/long grid lines:

1)From the Map Page Menu, turn the large right knob to highlight ‘Setup Map?’ and press the ENT Key.

2)Turn the small right knob to select the appropriate ‘Group’ name (per the table on the preceding page) and press the ENT Key.

3)Turn the large right knob to highlight the zoom field for the desired feature.

4)Turn the small right knob to select the maximum range at which the feature should appear on screen (or select ‘Off’ to never display the selected feature).

5)Press the ENT Key to accept the selected option.

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GNS 530(A) Pilot’s Guide and Reference

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GNS 530(A) specifications

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