190-00498-07 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS EIS AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE AFCS ADDITIONAL
FEATURES APPENDICES INDEX
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
6.6 PROFILE VIEW TERRAIN
WARNING: Do not use Profile View Terrain data for primary terrain avoidance. Profile View Terrain is intended
only to enhance situational awareness.
NOTE: Terrain data is not displayed when the aircraft is outside of the installed terrain database coverage
area.
TheG1000offersaProleViewofterrainandobstaclesrelativetotheaircraft’scurrentightpathandaltitude
ontheNavigationMapPage oftheMFD.Prole Viewdoesnotprovideterrainor obstaclecautionorwarning
annunciationsorvoice alerts,nor doesitdisplay potentialimpact pointsinsidethe ProleView. Thecolors
andsymbolsusedto representterrainandobstacles arethesameas thoseusedin TerrainProximitydiscussed
previously.
Accessing Profile View:
1) Select the Navigation Map Page.
2) Press the MAP Softkey.
3) Press the PROFILE Softkey to enable or disable Profile View.
Or:
1) Press the MENU Key.
2) Select ‘Show Profile View’ or ‘Hide Profile View’ (choice dependent on current state) and press the ENT Key.
Enabling/Disabling Profile View Terrain on the Navigation Map (when Profile View is enabled):
1) Select the Navigation Map Page.
2) Press the MAP Softkey.
3) Press the TERRAIN Softkey.
PROFILE VIEW DISPLAY
WhentheProleViewisenabled,itisdisplayedinawindowbelowtheNavigationMap.Altitudeisshown
alongaverticalscale,withanaircrafticonpositionedatthecurrentaltitude.Distanceisrepresentedhorizontally
alongthebottomoftheProleView,andincreasesfromleft(presentposition)toright.
Whenthe NavigationMap rangeisadjusted withthe RANGE Knob,the horizontaldistance ofthe Prole
Viewisadjustedproportionatelytobe1/2oftheNavigationMaprangedistancedownto1nm,atwhichpoint
ProleViewisno longeravailable(‘PROFILENOT AVAILABLE’isdisplayed).When NavigationMaprange
isadjustedto removealtitude-correlated coloredterraindata (asshown inthe TerrainLegend)or obstacles
fromtheNavigationMap, theseitemsare alsoremovedfrom theProleView;only anoutlineof theterrain
willbedisplayedinblackintheProleViewwindow.RefertotheTerrainProximity,Terrain-SVS,orTAWS-B
discussionsformoreinformationaboutdisplayingterrainorobstaclesontheNavigationMapPage.