Appendix A

SD Card Use and Databases

The G600 System uses Secure Digital (SD) cards to load and store various types of data. For basic flight operations, SD cards are required for database storage as well as database updates.

Foreword

 

System

Sec 1

Database

Function

Where

Update

 

Provider

Notes

 

Name

 

Stored

Cycle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aviation

Airport, NAVAID,

Internal

28 days (on

 

fly.garmin.com

Updates installed via

 

 

Waypoint, and

GDU 620

Thursdays)

 

 

SD card and copied

 

 

Airspace information

memory

 

 

 

into internal memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IGRF model

AHRS magnetic

Internal

5 years

 

fly.garmin.com

Included with

 

 

variation model

GRS 77

 

 

 

Aviation database

 

 

 

memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SafeTaxi

Airport surface

SD card

56 days (on

 

fly.garmin.com

 

 

 

diagrams

 

Thursdays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terrain

Topographic map,

SD card

As required

 

fly.garmin.com

9 arc-second version

 

 

SVT, Terrain/TAWS

 

 

 

 

required for SVT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airport

Topographic map,

SD card

As required

 

fly.garmin.com

Not required with 9

 

Terrain

SVT, Terrain/TAWS

 

 

 

 

arc-second Terrain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

database

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obstacle

Obstacle information

SD card

56 days (on

 

fly.garmin.com

 

 

 

for map, SVT, and

 

Thursdays)

 

 

 

 

 

TAWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basemap

Boundary and road

Internal

As required

 

fly.garmin.com

 

 

 

information

Memory or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SD card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airport

Airport facility and

SD card

56 days

 

fly.garmin.com

Database may be

 

Directory

FBO information

 

 

 

 

available in different

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

versions. Update

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cycle and content

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may vary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FliteCharts

FAA-published

SD card

28 days (on

 

fly.garmin.com

Disables 180 days

 

 

terminal procedures

 

Thursdays)

 

 

after expiration date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ChartView

Jeppesen terminal

SD card

14 days (on

 

Contact

Optional feature

 

 

procedures

 

Fridays)

 

Jeppesen

that requires Garmin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dealer enablement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disables 70 days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after expiration date.

 

 

 

Table A-1

Database List

 

 

190-00601-02

Rev. E

Garmin G600 Pilot’s Guide

 

A-1

PFD

Sec 2

 

Sec 3 MFD

 

Avoidance

Hazard

Sec 4

Features

Additional

Sec 5

& Alerts

Annun.

Sec 6

Symbols

Sec 7

 

Glossary

Sec 8

 

Appendix A

 

 

Index

Appendix

 

 

B

 

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