190-00498-07 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 System Description .................................................1
1.2 Line Replaceable Units (LRU) .................................2
1.3 G1000 Controls ........................................................7
PFD/MFD Controls ........................................................7
Audio Panel Controls ..................................................10
1.4 Secure Digital (SD) Cards .....................................12
1.5 System Power-up ...................................................13
1.6 System Operation ..................................................14
Normal Display Operation ...........................................14
Reversionary Display Operation ...................................14
AHRS Operation .........................................................15
G1000 System Annunciations ......................................17
Softkey Function .........................................................17
GPS Receiver Operation ..............................................25
1.7 Accessing G1000 Functionality............................29
Menus .......................................................................29
MFD Page Groups .......................................................30
MFD System Pages......................................................34
1.8 Display Backlighting .............................................44
Automatic Adjustment ................................................44
Manual Adjustment ....................................................44
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments .................................................50
Airspeed Indicator ......................................................50
Attitude Indicator .......................................................52
Altimeter ...................................................................53
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) .......................................55
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) ..............................57
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) ..................................62
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data ....................................69
Outside Air Temperature ..............................................69
Wind Data .................................................................71
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications ...........................72
2.3 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions ........ 73
System Alerting ..........................................................73
Marker Beacon Annunciations......................................74
Traffic Annunciation ....................................................74
TAWS Annunciations ...................................................75
Altitude Alerting .........................................................76
Low Altitude Annunciation ..........................................76
Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting ...... 77
2.4 Abnormal Operations ...........................................78
Abnormal GPS Conditions ...........................................78
Unusual Attitudes .......................................................79
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM (EIS)
3.1 Engine Display .......................................................83
Normally-Aspirated and Turbocharged Aircraft ..............83
3.2 Lean Display ...........................................................86
Normally-Aspirated Aircraft .........................................88
Turbocharged Aircraft ..................................................89
3.3 System Display ......................................................90
Normally-Aspirated and Turbocharged Aircraft ..............90
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview ................................................................95
MFD/PFD Controls and Frequency Display .....................96
Audio Panel Controls ..................................................98
4.2 COM Operation ....................................................100
COM Transceiver Selection and Activation ...................100
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning ................................101
Quick-tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz ..................102
Auto-tuning the COM Frequency ................................103
Frequency Spacing ....................................................107
Automatic Squelch ....................................................108
Volume ....................................................................108
4.3 NAV Operation .....................................................109
NAV Radio Selection and Activation ...........................109
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning .....................................110
Auto-tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD ...............112
Marker Beacon Receiver ............................................117
DME Tuning .............................................................118
4.4 GTX 33 Mode S Transponder ..............................119
Transponder Controls ................................................119
Transponder Mode Selection ......................................120
Entering a Transponder Code .....................................123
IDENT Function ........................................................124
4.5 Additional Audio Panel Functions .....................125
Power-up .................................................................125
Mono/Stereo Headsets ..............................................125
Speaker ...................................................................125
Intercom ..................................................................126
Passenger Address (PA) System ..................................128
Clearance Recorder and Player ...................................128
Entertainment Inputs ................................................129