Appendices Additional Features Hazard Avoidance Flight Planning GPS Navigation Overview

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Hazard Avoidance

The setup menu for the Map Page controls the map range settings above which weather products are decluttered from the display. If a map range larger than the weather product map range setting is selected, the weather product data is removed from the map. The menu also provides a means for enabling/disabling display of ‘Airmets’, ‘Sigmets’, ‘Weather Data’, and/or ‘NEXRAD’ on the Map Page.

Additional information about the following can be displayed by panning over the display on the Weather Page or the Map Page:

• SIGMETs

• METARs

• AIRMETs

• TFRs

Additional information is also available for PIREPs on the Weather Page (not displayed on the Map Page):

Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Map Page:

1)Select the Map Page.

2)Select the WEATHER Softkey to display the FIS-B weather products. Or:

a)Press the MENU Key.

b)Select ‘Show Weather’ and press the ENT Key.

3)Press the FMS Joystick to activate the Map Pointer.

4)Use the FMS Joystick to highlight the desired weather product with the Map Pointer.

5)With the desired weather product highlighted, press the ENT Key to get detailed information (if available).

Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Weather (WX) Page:

1)From the WX Page press the FMS Joystick to highlight the weather product field.

2)Turn the FMS Joystick to select and automatically display the desired weather product.

3)If necessary, move the FMS Joystick to highlight the type field and turn the FMS Joystick to scroll through a list of available options.

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Garmin 695, 696 owner manual Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Map, Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Weather WX