Gpsmap 695/696
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 Tel 886/02.2642.9199
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July 190-00919-00 Rev. F
Fax 886/02.2642.9099
 190-00919-00 Rev. F
 190-00919-00 Rev. F
 190-00919-00 Rev. F
 190-00919-00 Rev. F
 Description
Change Summary
March, System Software Version 2.00 2.20 changes
System Software Version 2.20-2.30 changes
 March, System Software Version 4.40-4.50 changes
Rev Date
System Software Version 4.70-4.80 changes
System Software Version 4.80-4.90 changes
 System Software Version 5.00-6.00 changes
July, 2012 System Software Version 4.90-5.00 changes
Added GDL 39 support RR-12
 Table of Contents
 Table of Contents
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 Unit Overview
Unit Overview
 Battery Warnings
Battery Care and Charging
Additional User-replaceable Battery Warnings
Additional Non-user-replaceable Battery Warnings
 Charging the Battery Pack
INSERTING/REMOVING the Battery Pack
Charging the unit’s battery pack
Using charge mode
 Adjusting Backlighting on Power up
Press and hold the Power Button to turn the unit on or off
Turning the Unit ON/OFF
 Database Initialization
Press the ENT Key to acknowledge this information
Data link Weather Advisory
 2D or 3D fix
GPS Receiver Status
 Satellite Information
Acquiring Satellites
 Gpsmap 695/696 Controls
Power Press and hold to turn the unit on or off
Button
FMS
 Selection Keys
Key
 Menus
Accessing System Functionality
Navigating the Page Menu
Navigating the Main Menu
 Main Menu
Data Entry
 Waypoint Entry Waypoint
Using the FMS Joystick to enter data
Data Entry
 Pages
Selecting a Main Page using the FMS Joystick
 Main Pages
Traffic Page TRF
 Nearest Pages contain the following information
FPL and Nrst Pages
Selecting the FPL or Nrst Pages
 Nearest Airports APT
Nearest Pages Nrst
Nearest Cities CTY
Nearest Intersections INT
 Flight Planning Pages FPL
Main Menu Pages
Active Flight Plan Actv
Flight Plan List List
 System Setup pages are accessed from the Main Menu
System Setup Pages
Selecting the system setup pages
Main page Softkeys
 IFR MAP Softkey selected
MAP page Softkeys
 Terrain page Softkeys
Waypoint page Softkeys
 Select to view Data Link and Weather info
ALT Mode Softkey selected
Above and 9900 feet below the aircraft
Stations
 Info page Softkey
Siriusxm Audio page Softkeys Optional
Displays SiriusXM Information
Highlights the Category field
 Active Flight Plan page Softkeys
Flight Planning Softkeys
 Nearest Airport page Softkeys
Nearest page Softkeys
Exits the Nearest Pages
Displays/removes the nearest heliports
 Units Alarms Date & Time Power
System Settings
Restoring system setting defaults
Display
 Adjusting display backlighting
Manually adjusted
Restore Default Window
Display
 Adjusting backlight timeout
Backlight Timeout
Display Setup
 Sound
Aircraft Position on MAP/CHARTS
Screenshots
 Sound Setup
Changing display unit settings
Units Setup
Units
 Changing position settings
Changing date & time settings
Date & Time Setup
Date & Time
 Changing interface settings
Alarms
Changing alarm settings
Position Setup
 Turning the power loss warning on/off
Power
Alarms
 Entering airport criteria
Setting Airport Criteria
Nearest Airports Page Menu
 Utilities
To restore airport criteria defaults
Airport Criteria Window
 Layout
Introduction
Map Only Map with Panel Data Bar Fields
Data Bar Fields and HSI
 Changing the information shown in the data bar fields
Data BAR Fields
Data Bar Fields
Data Bar Field Selection
 Estimated Time of Arrival
Flight Timer FLT Timer
Time
Glide Ratio Glide Ratio Ground Speed GS Ground Track TRK
 Changing page layout
Compass ARC
Layout Window Map
 Compass Arc Map
Removing the Compass Arc from the Map
 Panel
 CDI scale = 5.0 if the previous two conditions do not exist
Changing the CDI Scale
CDI scale can be set from the Map Page Menu
Changing the CDI scale
 Manually Setting a Course
Setting the BUG Indicator
Bug Indicator can be set from the Map Page Menu
Setting the Bug Indicator
 Returning to automatic sequencing of route waypoints
Vertical Navigation Vnav
 Configuring a Vnav profile
Using the Vnav Feature
Visual Representation of Vnav
 Capturing/cancelling Vnav profile
Enabling/disabling the Vnav indicator
Profile-Enter the descent rate
Enter a valid Vnav profile and begin navigation
 Vnav Indicator Panel
Using MAP Displays
 Changing the Navigation Map orientation
MAP Orientation
 MAP Range
 Auto Zoom
MAP Panning
Enabling/disabling autozoom
Map Range/Overzoom
 Map Panning Map
Panning the map
 Measuring Bearing and Distance
Reviewing information for a map or weather feature
Measuring bearing and distance between any two points
 Displaying/removing topographic data
Topography
Topographic Data Map
 Satellite View displays satellite imagery above 20nm
Satellite View
Displaying/removing satellite imagery on the map
Satellite View Map
 Adjusting the map detail
MAP Symbols
MAP Declutter
MAP Detail
 Airports & Navaids
Setting up and customizing airports and NAVAIDs for the map
Runway Extensions and Numbers Map
 Map Setup Page City Category
Setting up and customizing cities and roads for the map
Cities & Roads
 Airspace
Setting up and customizing airspace for the map
Airways
 Select the MAP Softkey on the Map
Displaying/removing airways
Reviewing information for an airway
 Reviewing Airway Information Map
Press the ENT Key to display the review page for the airway
Low Altitude Airway Review
 Waypoint WPT Page provides airport and waypoint information
Waypoints
 Waypoint Page Info Softkey Selected
Press the ENT Key
 Waypoint Information Window-Duplicate Identifier
Selecting a runway
Runways Box Waypoint
 Viewing additional information for a frequency
Frequencies
 Press the ENT Key to view the Additional Information Window
Nearest Information
Viewing nearest information
 Nearest Airport Criteria
Setting nearest airport criteria
Nearest Airports
 Weather Information
Restoring nearest airport criteria defaults
Selecting airport weather information
 Nearest Airport Weather
Press the Nrst Key
 Ndbs
Intersections
Select an intersection
Select an NDB
 Select an VOR
Vors
 Creating user waypoints
User Waypoints
Main Menu User Waypoints Selected
 New Waypoint Window Symbol Selected
 Selecting and viewing nearest user waypoints
With ‘Done’ highlighted, press the ENT Key
Editing or renaming a user waypoint
 Select ‘Delete Waypoint’ or ‘Delete All’
Deleting user waypoints
Highlight ‘Yes’ and press the ENT Key
User Waypoints Page Menu
 Selecting and viewing nearest airspaces
Airspace
Press the ENT Key to display the Airspace Information
Nearest Airspace
 Smart Airspace
Airspace Alert Messages
There are four types of status information
Inside Airspace-Within the boundaries of the airspace
 Direct-to Window
DIRECT-TO Navigation
 Flight Plan Waypoints Direct-to Window
Selecting a nearby airport as a direct-to destination
 Cancelling a direct-to
 Changing the information shown in the data fields
Data Fields
 Data Field Selection Active Flight Plan
 Active Flight Plan
Flight Plan Creation
 Creating a stored flight plan
Creating an active flight plan
Insert Waypoint Window
 Adding a waypoint to a stored flight plan
Adding Waypoints to AN Existing Flight Plan
 Adding a waypoint to the active flight plan
Loading an approach procedure into a stored flight plan
 Graphical Flight Plan Creation
Graphical Flight Planning
Graphical Flight Plan Window
 Press the FPL Key
Adding Flight Plan Waypoints Graphically
Removing Flight Plan Waypoints Graphically
Graphical Flight Plan Editing
 Flight Plan Page Waypoint Selected with Map Pointer
 Viewing information about a stored flight plan
Flight Plan Storage
Flight Plan List
 Storing an active flight plan from the Active Flight Plan
Flight Plan Activation
Activating a stored flight plan
Activating a Flight Plan Leg
 Editing Speed and Fuel Flow
Adjusting the Active Flight Plan fuel flow
Select the desired aircraft or create a new one
Activate Leg Window
 Move the FMS Joystick to the ‘Plan Speed’ field
Adjusting the Saved Flight Plan speed and fuel flow
Fuel Flow Active Flight Plan
 Deleting Flight Plans
Copying Flight Plans
Copying a stored flight plan
Deleting a stored flight plan
 Deleting the Active Flight Plan
Deleting all stored flight plans
Active Flight Plan Page Menu
 Deleting an individual waypoint from the active flight plan
Inverting a Flight Plan
Press the FPL Key to display the Active Flight Plan
Deleting an individual waypoint from a saved flight plan
 Inverting a saved flight plan
IMPORTING/EXPORTING Flight Plans
Importing flight plans
Exporting flight plans
 Select Approach Window
Approaches
 Selecting AN Approach
Viewing a chart for the selected approach
Loading an approach from the active or saved flight plan
Select Approach Menu
 With ‘Yes’ highlighted, press the ENT Key
Activating an approach on the Active Flight Plan
 Removing an approach
 Vectors-to-Final Active Flight Plan
Activating VECTORS-TO-FINAL
 Trip Planning
Cancelling Vectors-to-Final
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 Blank
 Weather Information
Switching Weather Sources
Weather Source
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 From the Weather Page press Setup Softkey
Activating Services
Accessing SiriusXM Weather information
Siriusxm Weather 696 only
 Nexrad Abnormalities
Nexrad
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 Radar Legend
Nexrad Limitations
 Echo Tops
Satellite Mosaic
Echo Tops Data
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 Winds Aloft
 Other Legend
Surface Pressure
Lightning Data
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 Storm Cell Data
Storm Cells
 Metar Legend
Changing Metar and TAF text
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 Sigmets
Airmets
 TFR Data
Temporary Flight Restrictions TFR
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 Pirep Data on Weather
Freezing Levels
Freezing Level Data
 Icing Forecast CIP & SLD
Turbulence Forecast
Turbulence Data and Legend
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 Icing Forecast Data and Legend
 Forecast Data
Forecast
Fronts Legend
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 Sea Temperature Data and Legend
SEA Surface Temperature
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SIGMETs TFRs AIRMETs
 Viewing SiriusXM Weather products on the Map
Forecast
Viewing SiriusXM Weather products on the Weather WX
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Setting up and customizing weather data for the Map
 Viewing legends for displayed weather products
Restoring default weather data for the Map
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Animating SiriusXM Weather
 Data Link Weather FIS-B
 Viewing FIS-B Product Status
FIS-B Weather Products
Viewing Ground Station Status
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 Expiration
Update Interval
Broadcast
 Winds
Temperatures Aloft
Including TFRs
Weather Product Timing
 Nexrad Abnormalities
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FIS-B Radar Products
 FIS-B Radar Combined
FIS-B Radar Conus
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Winds Aloft
 Temperatures Aloft
Temperatures Aloft
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Metars and Tafs
 AIRMET/SIGMET Legend
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Temporary Flight Restrictions TFR
 Pirep Data
Pireps
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Using FIS-B Weather Products
 Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Weather WX
Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Map
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 Animating FIS-B weather
 Notams Information
Viewing FIS-B NOTAMs
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 Will change as ground track changes
Terrain
 Obstacle Information
Terrain Information
 Terrain and Obstacle Color Code
Terrain Settings
Enabling/Disabling Terrain Shading on the Map
 Terrain Setup
Accessing the terrain settings
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 Setting up the Terrain
 Terrain Alerts
From the Terrain Page, press the Disable Softkey
Aural Alerts
Enabling/Disabling terrain alerts
 Enabling/Disabling Terrain Audio
Alert Terrain
Severity
Pull up
 Traffic Source
Traffic Information
Traffic Source
Transponder
 TIS-A Symbology
Traffic Information Service TIS-A
System Status
System Status
 Adjusting alert volume
TIS-A Symbol
TIS-A Alerts
Traffic-TIS-A traffic alert received
 Traffic Warning Window
Setting up and customizing TIS-A traffic on the map
Traffic Ground Track
TIS-A traffic can be displayed on the Map
 TIS-A Map
Displaying TIS-A information using the Map Pointer
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 ADS-B System
Data Link Traffic GDL
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 Viewing GDL 39 Traffic and Weather Status
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Operating TIS-A/TAS No Traffic Data Available from TIS-A
 Traffic Description
Symbol Description
 Altitude Look Ahead Vertical Horizontal Geodetic
 Traffic-TIS-B/ADS-B traffic alert received
Traffic Alerts ADS-B TIS-B
Disabling/Enabling the traffic alerts
 Displaying Traffic Data
Displaying Traffic information using the map pointer
Enabling/disabling traffic data on the Map
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 Displaying/Removing the Traffic
Dedicated Traffic page TRF
Traffic Map
 Flight ID Display and Ground Track
Example ADS-B Traffic Symbol
Enabling/Disabling Flight ID Display
Changing the altitude range
 Traffic
 ChartView FliteCharts SafeTaxi SiriusXM
Unit Feature
Additional Features
Safetaxi
 SafeTaxi Depiction on the Map
Enabling/disabling SafeTaxi
 Safetaxi Cycle Number and Revision
Chartview Optional
 Displaying ChartView
Departure Procedures DP NOTAMs Approaches
Move the FMS Joystick to highlight the Chart Field
 Showing/Hiding the aircraft symbol on the chart
Aircraft Symbol
Chart Not Available Banner
Aircraft Symbol Displayed on Chart Waypoint
 Changing the chart range
Chart Range
Drop-down Chart Menu
Jeppesen DATABASE-PUBLISHED Notams
 Departure Procedures DP
Flitecharts
Airport Diagrams
Displaying FliteCharts
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FliteCharts Waypoint WPT
 Aircraft Not Shown Icon Waypoint
 FliteCharts Zoomed Out
Flitecharts Cycle Number and Expiration Date
 Viewing Airport Directory information
Airport Directory Data
Press the Aopa or Directory Softkey
Icon
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 From the XM Audio Page press the Info Softkey
Accessing the Radio ID
 XM Information
Selecting the XM Audio
 Selecting a category
Category
Turn the FMS Joystick to highlight the desired category. Or
Category Field
 Selecting a channel
Active Channel and Channel List
Active Channel
Now Playing Box
 To add a channel to Favorites
Using Favorites
Selecting Favorites
Adding a Channel to Favorites
 Radio volume is shown in the Now Playing Box
Volume
Adjusting the volume
To delete a channel from Favorites
 SHOW/HIDE the XM Audio
Electronic Checklists
XM Audio and WX Pages can be hidden from view
Showing/Hiding the XM Audio
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Flight Data Logging
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 MESSAGES, Alerts & Data Field Options System Messages
 SiriusXM signal
No XM Signal
Message Comments Next DTK
Proximity Memory Full
 Terrain
Traffic
 Data Field Options
 Data Field Option Definition
Flight Timer FLT Timer
Estimated Time En Route
Destination ETE Dest
 Sunset
Sunrise
Time UTC
Time of Day Time
 To reset the unit
Resetting the Unit
Remove the power source and restart the unit
Abnormal Operation
 Terrain Page Red
Hazard Display with Loss of GPS Position
 SD Card USE and Databases
Installing and Removing SD Cards
SD Card USE
Mapsource Detailed Maps
 Gpsmap 695/696 Databases
Installing an SD Card
Removing an SD Card
 Basemap
FliteCharts SafeTaxi Obstacle Terrain
Airport Directory Databases
Database
 Navigation Database
ARTCC-Air Route Traffic Control Centers
 Chartview Optional
Flitecharts
Safetaxi
Obstacle
 Updating Gpsmap 695/696 Databases
System Setup
Obtaining the Unit ID
Select ‘Database Information’ and press the ENT Key
 Updating Gpsmap 695/696 Databases
Equipment required to perform the update
Database Information
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 Update Databases Database Status Updated
Update Databases
 Exporting User Waypoints
Exporting a track log
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 Power/Data Connector on the Gpsmap 695/696 Unit
 Gpsmap 695/696 and Power/Data Connector
Connecting to a Garmin VHF Comm Radio
Bare Wire Power/Data Cable for the Gpsmap 695/696 Unit
 Following features are now available on the radio
Connecting to a Computer
Nearest VOR frequencies SL30 only
 Information about USB Drivers
Connecting the GXM 40 antenna
 GDL 39 Power/Data Cable to Gpsmap 695/696
Connecting to a GDL
GXM 40 Antenna
 Connection
GDL 39 Configuration
 GDL 39 Interface Setup
Configuring Gpsmap 695/696 for GDL
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 Interface Setup Main Menu Serial Data Formats
General Interface Setup
Garmin GDL 39, or another Garmin Gpsmap 695/696
Selecting an interface
 Advanced Nmea Output Setup
Setting Nmea output mode
Nmea Sentence Output
 Configuring TIS-A input
Pgrmh Fast Mode GPRMB, GPRMC, PGRMZ, and Pgrmh
TIS-A Interface Setup
Gpsmap 695/696 MCX Connector
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 TIS-A VS. TAS/TCAS
General TIS-A Information
 TIS-A Limitations
Terminal Mode S radar site map
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 Flight LOG
Utilities
Viewing the Flight LOG
Viewing details for a flight
 Flight Log List Flight Log Review
 Deleting Flight Records
Track LOG
Deleting flight records
Track Log Map
 Changing track log settings
Save feature allows storage of up to 15 track logs
Displaying/removing the track log on the Map
 Saving a track log
Clearing the track log
Track Log Window
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 Editing a track log
Heading Line
 Heading Line Map Setup Page Menu
Changing the heading line settings on the Map
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 E6B Calculator
Accessing the E6B calculator
Press the Menu Key twice to open the Main Menu
E6B Calculator
 Calculating winds aloft
Calculating true airspeed and density altitude
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 Accessing the aircraft profile
Restoring E6B calculator defaults
Aircraft Profile
 Selecting a saved aircraft profile
Entering an aircraft profile
Renaming a saved aircraft profile
Deleting a saved aircraft profile
 To perform weight and balance calculations
Weight & Balance
 Weight & Balance
Setting up and customizing the EPE circle for the map
EPE Circle
 Proximity Waypoint Alarm
Setting up and customizing proximity waypoints for the map
Proximity Waypoints
Defining proximity waypoints
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Deleting proximity waypoints
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 VFR Symbols
Display Symbols
Americas/Pacific Database Airports
 IFR Symbols
 IFR Airport, Serviced
Beacon VFR Airport, Serviced
Unknown Intersection
VFR, Paved, Private
 Airspace Symbols
 Training Area Restricted
Symbol
Prohibited, or Training Area
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 Location Formats
MAP Datums
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 Glossary
 Along the flight plan
Course to Steer
Direction, left or right
DBZ Decibels ‘Z’ radar return Deg Degree Desired Track
 Flight Service Station
Federal Aviation Administration
Final Approach Fix
Federal Communication Commission
 Indicated Air Temperature
Horizontal Situation Indicator
Hour
Hertz
 MHz Megahertz Minimum Safe
Outside Air Temperature
Altitude Miles of the aircraft present position
Military Operations Area
 Traffic Information Service-Broadcast
Traffic Information Service
Terminal Radar Service Area
Volume
 Contact Garmin Software License Agreement
Limited Warranty
 AC-U-KWIK License Agreement
Aopa Airport Directory Notice
 User Safety
Weather Data Warranty
 Industry Canada Compliance
FCC Compliance
 978 MHz
Chart Not Available 169
170 1090 MHz Compass Arc
AC-U-KWIK 176, 196
 155 Map
Map Symbols
221 Detail
Orientation
 Reset
217-218 Power
Symbols
Weight & Balance
 Index-4
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