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 July 190-00919-00 Rev. F
Tel 913/397.8200 Fax 913/397.8282
Tel 886/02.2642.9199
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
 March, System Software Version 2.00 2.20 changes
Change Summary
Description
System Software Version 2.20-2.30 changes
 System Software Version 4.70-4.80 changes
Rev Date
March, System Software Version 4.40-4.50 changes
System Software Version 4.80-4.90 changes
 Added GDL 39 support RR-12
July, 2012 System Software Version 4.90-5.00 changes
System Software Version 5.00-6.00 changes
 Table of Contents
 Table of Contents
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 Unit Overview
Unit Overview
 Additional User-replaceable Battery Warnings
Battery Care and Charging
Battery Warnings
Additional Non-user-replaceable Battery Warnings
 Charging the unit’s battery pack
INSERTING/REMOVING the Battery Pack
Charging the Battery Pack
Using charge mode
 Turning the Unit ON/OFF
Press and hold the Power Button to turn the unit on or off
Adjusting Backlighting on Power up
 Data link Weather Advisory
Press the ENT Key to acknowledge this information
Database Initialization
 GPS Receiver Status
2D or 3D fix
 Acquiring Satellites
Satellite Information
 Button
Power Press and hold to turn the unit on or off
Gpsmap 695/696 Controls
FMS
 Key
Selection Keys
 Navigating the Page Menu
Accessing System Functionality
Menus
Navigating the Main Menu
 Data Entry
Main Menu
 Data Entry
Using the FMS Joystick to enter data
Waypoint Entry Waypoint
 Selecting a Main Page using the FMS Joystick
Pages
 Traffic Page TRF
Main Pages
 Selecting the FPL or Nrst Pages
FPL and Nrst Pages
Nearest Pages contain the following information
 Nearest Cities CTY
Nearest Pages Nrst
Nearest Airports APT
Nearest Intersections INT
 Active Flight Plan Actv
Main Menu Pages
Flight Planning Pages FPL
Flight Plan List List
 Selecting the system setup pages
System Setup Pages
System Setup pages are accessed from the Main Menu
Main page Softkeys
 MAP page Softkeys
IFR MAP Softkey selected
 Waypoint page Softkeys
Terrain page Softkeys
 Above and 9900 feet below the aircraft
ALT Mode Softkey selected
Select to view Data Link and Weather info
Stations
 Displays SiriusXM Information
Siriusxm Audio page Softkeys Optional
Info page Softkey
Highlights the Category field
 Flight Planning Softkeys
Active Flight Plan page Softkeys
 Exits the Nearest Pages
Nearest page Softkeys
Nearest Airport page Softkeys
Displays/removes the nearest heliports
 Restoring system setting defaults
System Settings
Units Alarms Date & Time Power
Display
 Restore Default Window
Manually adjusted
Adjusting display backlighting
Display
 Display Setup
Backlight Timeout
Adjusting backlight timeout
 Screenshots
Aircraft Position on MAP/CHARTS
Sound
 Units Setup
Changing display unit settings
Sound Setup
Units
 Date & Time Setup
Changing date & time settings
Changing position settings
Date & Time
 Changing alarm settings
Alarms
Changing interface settings
Position Setup
 Alarms
Power
Turning the power loss warning on/off
 Nearest Airports Page Menu
Setting Airport Criteria
Entering airport criteria
 Airport Criteria Window
To restore airport criteria defaults
Utilities
 Map Only Map with Panel Data Bar Fields
Introduction
Layout
Data Bar Fields and HSI
 Data Bar Fields
Data BAR Fields
Changing the information shown in the data bar fields
Data Bar Field Selection
 Time
Flight Timer FLT Timer
Estimated Time of Arrival
Glide Ratio Glide Ratio Ground Speed GS Ground Track TRK
 Layout Window Map
Compass ARC
Changing page layout
 Removing the Compass Arc from the Map
Compass Arc Map
 Panel
 CDI scale can be set from the Map Page Menu
Changing the CDI Scale
CDI scale = 5.0 if the previous two conditions do not exist
Changing the CDI scale
 Bug Indicator can be set from the Map Page Menu
Setting the BUG Indicator
Manually Setting a Course
Setting the Bug Indicator
 Vertical Navigation Vnav
Returning to automatic sequencing of route waypoints
 Visual Representation of Vnav
Using the Vnav Feature
Configuring a Vnav profile
 Profile-Enter the descent rate
Enabling/disabling the Vnav indicator
Capturing/cancelling Vnav profile
Enter a valid Vnav profile and begin navigation
 Using MAP Displays
Vnav Indicator Panel
 MAP Orientation
Changing the Navigation Map orientation
 MAP Range
 Enabling/disabling autozoom
MAP Panning
Auto Zoom
Map Range/Overzoom
 Panning the map
Map Panning Map
 Measuring bearing and distance between any two points
Reviewing information for a map or weather feature
Measuring Bearing and Distance
 Topographic Data Map
Topography
Displaying/removing topographic data
 Displaying/removing satellite imagery on the map
Satellite View
Satellite View displays satellite imagery above 20nm
Satellite View Map
 MAP Declutter
MAP Symbols
Adjusting the map detail
MAP Detail
 Runway Extensions and Numbers Map
Setting up and customizing airports and NAVAIDs for the map
Airports & Navaids
 Cities & Roads
Setting up and customizing cities and roads for the map
Map Setup Page City Category
 Airways
Setting up and customizing airspace for the map
Airspace
 Reviewing information for an airway
Displaying/removing airways
Select the MAP Softkey on the Map
 Low Altitude Airway Review
Press the ENT Key to display the review page for the airway
Reviewing Airway Information Map
 Waypoints
Waypoint WPT Page provides airport and waypoint information
 Press the ENT Key
Waypoint Page Info Softkey Selected
 Runways Box Waypoint
Selecting a runway
Waypoint Information Window-Duplicate Identifier
 Frequencies
Viewing additional information for a frequency
 Viewing nearest information
Nearest Information
Press the ENT Key to view the Additional Information Window
 Nearest Airports
Setting nearest airport criteria
Nearest Airport Criteria
 Selecting airport weather information
Restoring nearest airport criteria defaults
Weather Information
 Press the Nrst Key
Nearest Airport Weather
 Select an intersection
Intersections
Ndbs
Select an NDB
 Vors
Select an VOR
 Main Menu User Waypoints Selected
User Waypoints
Creating user waypoints
 New Waypoint Window Symbol Selected
 Editing or renaming a user waypoint
With ‘Done’ highlighted, press the ENT Key
Selecting and viewing nearest user waypoints
 Highlight ‘Yes’ and press the ENT Key
Deleting user waypoints
Select ‘Delete Waypoint’ or ‘Delete All’
User Waypoints Page Menu
 Press the ENT Key to display the Airspace Information
Airspace
Selecting and viewing nearest airspaces
Nearest Airspace
 There are four types of status information
Airspace Alert Messages
Smart Airspace
Inside Airspace-Within the boundaries of the airspace
 DIRECT-TO Navigation
Direct-to Window
 Selecting a nearby airport as a direct-to destination
Flight Plan Waypoints Direct-to Window
 Cancelling a direct-to
 Data Fields
Changing the information shown in the data fields
 Data Field Selection Active Flight Plan
 Flight Plan Creation
Active Flight Plan
 Insert Waypoint Window
Creating an active flight plan
Creating a stored flight plan
 Adding Waypoints to AN Existing Flight Plan
Adding a waypoint to a stored flight plan
 Loading an approach procedure into a stored flight plan
Adding a waypoint to the active flight plan
 Graphical Flight Plan Window
Graphical Flight Planning
Graphical Flight Plan Creation
 Removing Flight Plan Waypoints Graphically
Adding Flight Plan Waypoints Graphically
Press the FPL Key
Graphical Flight Plan Editing
 Flight Plan Page Waypoint Selected with Map Pointer
 Flight Plan List
Flight Plan Storage
Viewing information about a stored flight plan
 Activating a stored flight plan
Flight Plan Activation
Storing an active flight plan from the Active Flight Plan
Activating a Flight Plan Leg
 Select the desired aircraft or create a new one
Adjusting the Active Flight Plan fuel flow
Editing Speed and Fuel Flow
Activate Leg Window
 Fuel Flow Active Flight Plan
Adjusting the Saved Flight Plan speed and fuel flow
Move the FMS Joystick to the ‘Plan Speed’ field
 Copying a stored flight plan
Copying Flight Plans
Deleting Flight Plans
Deleting a stored flight plan
 Active Flight Plan Page Menu
Deleting all stored flight plans
Deleting the Active Flight Plan
 Press the FPL Key to display the Active Flight Plan
Inverting a Flight Plan
Deleting an individual waypoint from the active flight plan
Deleting an individual waypoint from a saved flight plan
 Importing flight plans
IMPORTING/EXPORTING Flight Plans
Inverting a saved flight plan
Exporting flight plans
 Approaches
Select Approach Window
 Loading an approach from the active or saved flight plan
Viewing a chart for the selected approach
Selecting AN Approach
Select Approach Menu
 Activating an approach on the Active Flight Plan
With ‘Yes’ highlighted, press the ENT Key
 Removing an approach
 Activating VECTORS-TO-FINAL
Vectors-to-Final Active Flight Plan
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Cancelling Vectors-to-Final
Trip Planning
 Blank
 Weather Source
Switching Weather Sources
Weather Information
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 Accessing SiriusXM Weather information
Activating Services
From the Weather Page press Setup Softkey
Siriusxm Weather 696 only
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Nexrad
Nexrad Abnormalities
 Nexrad Limitations
Radar Legend
 Echo Tops Data
Satellite Mosaic
Echo Tops
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 Winds Aloft
 Lightning Data
Surface Pressure
Other Legend
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 Storm Cells
Storm Cell Data
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Changing Metar and TAF text
Metar Legend
 Airmets
Sigmets
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Temporary Flight Restrictions TFR
TFR Data
 Freezing Level Data
Freezing Levels
Pirep Data on Weather
 Turbulence Data and Legend
Turbulence Forecast
Icing Forecast CIP & SLD
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 Icing Forecast Data and Legend
 Fronts Legend
Forecast
Forecast Data
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 SEA Surface Temperature
Sea Temperature Data and Legend
 SIGMETs TFRs AIRMETs
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 Viewing SiriusXM Weather products on the Weather WX
Forecast
Viewing SiriusXM Weather products on the Map
 Setting up and customizing weather data for the Map
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 Restoring default weather data for the Map
Viewing legends for displayed weather products
 Animating SiriusXM Weather
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 Data Link Weather FIS-B
 Viewing Ground Station Status
FIS-B Weather Products
Viewing FIS-B Product Status
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 Broadcast
Update Interval
Expiration
 Including TFRs
Temperatures Aloft
Winds
Weather Product Timing
 Nexrad Abnormalities
 FIS-B Radar Products
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 FIS-B Radar Conus
FIS-B Radar Combined
 Winds Aloft
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 Temperatures Aloft
Temperatures Aloft
 Metars and Tafs
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 AIRMET/SIGMET Legend
 Temporary Flight Restrictions TFR
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 Pireps
Pirep Data
 Using FIS-B Weather Products
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 Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Map
Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Weather WX
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 Animating FIS-B weather
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Viewing FIS-B NOTAMs
Notams Information
 Terrain
Will change as ground track changes
 Terrain Information
Obstacle Information
 Enabling/Disabling Terrain Shading on the Map
Terrain Settings
Terrain and Obstacle Color Code
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Accessing the terrain settings
Terrain Setup
 Setting up the Terrain
 Aural Alerts
From the Terrain Page, press the Disable Softkey
Terrain Alerts
Enabling/Disabling terrain alerts
 Severity
Alert Terrain
Enabling/Disabling Terrain Audio
Pull up
 Traffic Source
Traffic Information
Traffic Source
Transponder
 System Status
Traffic Information Service TIS-A
TIS-A Symbology
System Status
 TIS-A Alerts
TIS-A Symbol
Adjusting alert volume
Traffic-TIS-A traffic alert received
 Traffic Ground Track
Setting up and customizing TIS-A traffic on the map
Traffic Warning Window
TIS-A traffic can be displayed on the Map
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Displaying TIS-A information using the Map Pointer
TIS-A Map
 Data Link Traffic GDL
ADS-B System
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 Viewing GDL 39 Traffic and Weather Status
 Operating TIS-A/TAS No Traffic Data Available from TIS-A
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 Symbol Description
Traffic Description
 Altitude Look Ahead Vertical Horizontal Geodetic
 Disabling/Enabling the traffic alerts
Traffic Alerts ADS-B TIS-B
Traffic-TIS-B/ADS-B traffic alert received
 Enabling/disabling traffic data on the Map
Displaying Traffic information using the map pointer
Displaying Traffic Data
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 Traffic Map
Dedicated Traffic page TRF
Displaying/Removing the Traffic
 Enabling/Disabling Flight ID Display
Example ADS-B Traffic Symbol
Flight ID Display and Ground Track
Changing the altitude range
 Traffic
 Additional Features
Unit Feature
ChartView FliteCharts SafeTaxi SiriusXM
Safetaxi
 Enabling/disabling SafeTaxi
SafeTaxi Depiction on the Map
 Chartview Optional
Safetaxi Cycle Number and Revision
 Move the FMS Joystick to highlight the Chart Field
Departure Procedures DP NOTAMs Approaches
Displaying ChartView
 Chart Not Available Banner
Aircraft Symbol
Showing/Hiding the aircraft symbol on the chart
Aircraft Symbol Displayed on Chart Waypoint
 Drop-down Chart Menu
Chart Range
Changing the chart range
Jeppesen DATABASE-PUBLISHED Notams
 Airport Diagrams
Flitecharts
Departure Procedures DP
Displaying FliteCharts
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 FliteCharts Waypoint WPT
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 Aircraft Not Shown Icon Waypoint
 Flitecharts Cycle Number and Expiration Date
FliteCharts Zoomed Out
 Press the Aopa or Directory Softkey
Airport Directory Data
Viewing Airport Directory information
Icon
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 Accessing the Radio ID
From the XM Audio Page press the Info Softkey
 Selecting the XM Audio
XM Information
 Turn the FMS Joystick to highlight the desired category. Or
Category
Selecting a category
Category Field
 Active Channel
Active Channel and Channel List
Selecting a channel
Now Playing Box
 Selecting Favorites
Using Favorites
To add a channel to Favorites
Adding a Channel to Favorites
 Adjusting the volume
Volume
Radio volume is shown in the Now Playing Box
To delete a channel from Favorites
 XM Audio and WX Pages can be hidden from view
Electronic Checklists
SHOW/HIDE the XM Audio
Showing/Hiding the XM Audio
 Flight Data Logging
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 MESSAGES, Alerts & Data Field Options System Messages
 Message Comments Next DTK
No XM Signal
SiriusXM signal
Proximity Memory Full
 Traffic
Terrain
 Data Field Options
 Estimated Time En Route
Flight Timer FLT Timer
Data Field Option Definition
Destination ETE Dest
 Time UTC
Sunrise
Sunset
Time of Day Time
 Remove the power source and restart the unit
Resetting the Unit
To reset the unit
Abnormal Operation
 Hazard Display with Loss of GPS Position
Terrain Page Red
 SD Card USE
Installing and Removing SD Cards
SD Card USE and Databases
Mapsource Detailed Maps
 Removing an SD Card
Installing an SD Card
Gpsmap 695/696 Databases
 Airport Directory Databases
FliteCharts SafeTaxi Obstacle Terrain
Basemap
Database
 ARTCC-Air Route Traffic Control Centers
Navigation Database
 Safetaxi
Flitecharts
Chartview Optional
Obstacle
 Obtaining the Unit ID
System Setup
Updating Gpsmap 695/696 Databases
Select ‘Database Information’ and press the ENT Key
 Database Information
Equipment required to perform the update
Updating Gpsmap 695/696 Databases
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 Update Databases
Update Databases Database Status Updated
 Exporting a track log
Exporting User Waypoints
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 Power/Data Connector on the Gpsmap 695/696 Unit
 Bare Wire Power/Data Cable for the Gpsmap 695/696 Unit
Connecting to a Garmin VHF Comm Radio
Gpsmap 695/696 and Power/Data Connector
 Nearest VOR frequencies SL30 only
Connecting to a Computer
Following features are now available on the radio
 Connecting the GXM 40 antenna
Information about USB Drivers
 GXM 40 Antenna
Connecting to a GDL
GDL 39 Power/Data Cable to Gpsmap 695/696
 GDL 39 Configuration
Connection
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Configuring Gpsmap 695/696 for GDL
GDL 39 Interface Setup
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 Garmin GDL 39, or another Garmin Gpsmap 695/696
General Interface Setup
Interface Setup Main Menu Serial Data Formats
Selecting an interface
 Nmea Sentence Output
Setting Nmea output mode
Advanced Nmea Output Setup
 TIS-A Interface Setup
Pgrmh Fast Mode GPRMB, GPRMC, PGRMZ, and Pgrmh
Configuring TIS-A input
Gpsmap 695/696 MCX Connector
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 General TIS-A Information
TIS-A VS. TAS/TCAS
 Terminal Mode S radar site map
TIS-A Limitations
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 Viewing the Flight LOG
Utilities
Flight LOG
Viewing details for a flight
 Flight Log List Flight Log Review
 Deleting flight records
Track LOG
Deleting Flight Records
Track Log Map
 Displaying/removing the track log on the Map
Save feature allows storage of up to 15 track logs
Changing track log settings
 Track Log Window
Clearing the track log
Saving a track log
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 Heading Line
Editing a track log
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Changing the heading line settings on the Map
Heading Line Map Setup Page Menu
 Press the Menu Key twice to open the Main Menu
Accessing the E6B calculator
E6B Calculator
E6B Calculator
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Calculating true airspeed and density altitude
Calculating winds aloft
 Aircraft Profile
Restoring E6B calculator defaults
Accessing the aircraft profile
 Renaming a saved aircraft profile
Entering an aircraft profile
Selecting a saved aircraft profile
Deleting a saved aircraft profile
 Weight & Balance
To perform weight and balance calculations
 EPE Circle
Setting up and customizing the EPE circle for the map
Weight & Balance
 Proximity Waypoints
Setting up and customizing proximity waypoints for the map
Proximity Waypoint Alarm
Defining proximity waypoints
 Deleting proximity waypoints
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 Americas/Pacific Database Airports
Display Symbols
VFR Symbols
 IFR Symbols
 Unknown Intersection
Beacon VFR Airport, Serviced
IFR Airport, Serviced
VFR, Paved, Private
 Airspace Symbols
 Prohibited, or Training Area
Symbol
Training Area Restricted
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 MAP Datums
Location Formats
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 Glossary
 Direction, left or right
Course to Steer
Along the flight plan
DBZ Decibels ‘Z’ radar return Deg Degree Desired Track
 Final Approach Fix
Federal Aviation Administration
Flight Service Station
Federal Communication Commission
 Hour
Horizontal Situation Indicator
Indicated Air Temperature
Hertz
 Altitude Miles of the aircraft present position
Outside Air Temperature
MHz Megahertz Minimum Safe
Military Operations Area
 Terminal Radar Service Area
Traffic Information Service
Traffic Information Service-Broadcast
Volume
 Limited Warranty
Contact Garmin Software License Agreement
 Aopa Airport Directory Notice
AC-U-KWIK License Agreement
 Weather Data Warranty
User Safety
 FCC Compliance
Industry Canada Compliance
 170 1090 MHz Compass Arc
Chart Not Available 169
978 MHz
AC-U-KWIK 176, 196
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Map Symbols
155 Map
Orientation
 Symbols
217-218 Power
Reset
Weight & Balance
 Index-4
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