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