GROUND LESSONS

Ground Lesson 7

MULTI FUNCTION DISPLAY (MFD) OPERATION

Objectives

Upon completion of this lesson, the pilot should be able to locate, use and configure data on the MFD during flight opera- tions.

Resources

•G1000 Pilot’s Guide

•G1000 cockpit poster

•G1000 PC-based simulator

Exercise 7.1: MFD Configuration and Controls

1.Which main type of data is presented on the default MFD display?

2.What data types can be overlaid on the moving map? Where are the controls for this data overlay located?

3.Which MFD page group and page must be accessed to verify the status of the two (2) GPS receivers?

4.How do you access the Nearest (NRST) pages?

5.What types of information can be accessed via the Waypoint (WPT) pages?

6.From which page and via which key can the map display be changed between north-up and track-up presentations?

7.When panning on the Map page, where does information appear about the terrain location over which the cursor arrow is?

8.Which page should be accessed in order to change the data field options at the top of the MFD display?

9.Which key should be pressed and held for 2 seconds to automatically and quickly return to the Navigation Map page?

(exercise continued on next page)

14

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Training Guide

190-00368-00 Rev. D