G500h cockpit reference guide.
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I g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f aviation limited warranty all garmin avionics products are warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for: two years from the date of purchase for new remote-mount and panel-mount products; one year from the date of purchase for n...
Ii g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f warnings, cautions, and notes w arnings , ca utions , and no tes warnings, cautions, & notes warning: navigation and terrain separation must not be predicated upon the use of the terrain function. The g500h terrain proximity feature is not intended...
Iii g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f warnings, cautions, and notes w arnings , ca utions , and no tes warning: do not use basemap (land and water data) information for primary navigation. Basemap data is intended only to supplement other approved navigation data sources and should be...
Iv g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f warnings, cautions, and notes w arnings , ca utions , and no tes warning: because of anomalies in the earth’s magnetic field, operating the g500h within the following areas could result in loss of reliable attitude and heading indications. North of...
V g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f warnings, cautions, and notes w arnings , ca utions , and no tes - to cue the pilot to communicate with the air traffic control controller, flight service station specialist, operator dispatch, or airline operations control center for general and mi...
Vi g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f note: terrain-hsvt is standard when the synthetic vision technology (svt) option is installed. The htaws option will take precedence over terrain-hsvt. Note: do not use safetaxi or chartview functions as the basis for ground maneuvering. Safetaxi a...
Vii g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f table of contents table of contents contents warnings, cautions, & notes ............................................................................ Ii introduction ....................................................................................
Viii g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f table of contents table of contents displaying winds aloft ............................................................................................................... 40 garmin flight data services (gfds) map pages ..............................
1 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y introduction this reference guide covers the operation of the gdu 620 as integrated in the g500h avionics display system. The g500h avionics display system is an avionics suite that combines prim...
2 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y primary flight display (pfd) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3 2 1 18 19 17 16 15 14 5 4 20 21 primary flight display (pfd) 1 nav status bar: displays which gps is selected as the active source, active waypo...
3 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y 4 outside air temperature (sat, tat, or isa): displays the current outside air temperature. 5 attitude sync soft key: allows the synchronization of the aircraft to the horizon in level flight. 6 ...
4 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y airspeed tape the upper left portion of the pfd display provides groundspeed, airspeed trend, current airspeed, and true airspeed information. Current airspeed is normally shown in white on the b...
5 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y altitude tape the upper right portion of the pfd displays the altitude bug setting, current altitude, altitude trend, altitude minimums bug, and the current baro setting. The altitude trend indic...
6 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y minimums bug (barometric or radar altimeter) for altitude awareness, an altitude minimums bug commonly referred to as the minimums bug, can be set. The source of data for minimums alerting can be...
7 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y to set the altitude for the minimums bug: 1) while viewing the active flight plan page of the fpl group, press the small mfd knob to activate the cursor and turn the large mfd knob to the source ...
8 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y altitude bug the altitude bug is displayed on the altitude tape at the selected altitude bug setting. A portion of the altitude bug will be displayed at the top or bottom of the altitude tape if ...
9 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y wind vectors the pfd will display a wind vector field to the left of the hsi when configured by the user. There are four different styles of wind vector displays available. Refer to the system se...
10 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y vertical deviation indicator (vdi) the vertical deviation indicator is displayed for gps and ils approaches with vertical guidance. The gps approach glidepath is shown in magenta (g and indicato...
11 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y dme indication dme information is displayed in a window in the lower left corner of the pfd. The distance to the station and the nav source used are shown. Selected dme dme information set hold ...
12 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y attitude indicator the standby mechanical attitude indicator in your aircraft is either a ground pointer or a roll pointer configuration. The gdu 620 attitude indicator has been configured in ei...
13 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y slip/skid indicator roll pointer slip/skid indicator roll scale zero horizontal situation indicator (hsi): aircraft heading the top of the hsi displays current heading, current gps track (magent...
14 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y adjusting the course pointer press the crs key and turn the pfd knob to select a course for a vor/ils or obs mode course. Hsi bearing pointers note: the bearing pointer for navigation source 1 (...
15 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y cdi source gps mode gps advisory loi suspend msg loi obs susp gps1 gps2 vor1 vor2 loc1 loc2 ocn enr term apr lnav lnav+ lpv lnav/vnav lp lp +v 1.00nm 0.30nm pfd hsi annunciations cdi source the ...
16 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y switching between navigation sources gps navigator 2 vloc navigator 2 gps navigator 1 vloc navigator 1 cdi sources the course deviation indicator (cdi) can display two sources of navigation: gps...
17 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y additional features garmin terrain-hsvt ™ (optional) garmin terrain-hsvt is offered as an optional feature to the g500h. Hsvt is primarily comprised of a computer-generated forward-looking, atti...
18 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f primary flight display (pfd) primar y flight displa y the following features are part of the terrain-hsvt system. For more details refer to the latest revision of the g500h pilot’s guide, 190-01150-02. • flight path marker • airport signs • horizon...
19 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f multi-function display (mfd) mul ti-function displa y multi-function display (mfd) 2 3 4 7 5 6 1 multi-function display (mfd) 1 menu: displays configuration items for each page of the page groups. 2 clear: erases information, cancels entries, or re...
20 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f multi-function display (mfd) mul ti-function displa y page navigation - moving between pages page group turn large mfd knob page turn small mfd knob 1) turn the large mfd knob to move between page groups. 2) turn the small mfd knob to change pages ...
21 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: na v p a ges mfd soft key map the soft keys available depend on the page displayed and the features available. The soft key “alerts” is present on the far right position on all mfd pages. System setup default unit ra test dflt ...
22 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: na v p a ges map group navigation map 1 and navigation map 2 pages soft keys found on navigation map pages moving the map pointer around the map (panning) note: panning can be used in terrain pages to view elevation levels. 1) ...
23 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: setup options decluttering (dcltr) the map pages there are four levels of decluttering, dcltr, dcltr-1, dcltr-2, and dcltr-3. Dcltr shows the most detail while dcltr-3 removes most detail. While viewing navigation map 1 or navi...
24 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: setup options customizing maps 1) while viewing navigation map 1 or navigation map 2 of the map page group, press the menu key. The option, “map setup” option will flash. Map setup option menu 2) press the ent key to enter the ...
25 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: setup options map setup options group selections map • orientation (north up, track up, dtk up, hdg up) • north up at (off to 500 nm) • auto zoom (on or off) • land data (on or off) • track vector length (off to 20 mins) • wind...
26 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: setup options safetaxi ® (optional) safetaxi is an enhanced feature that gives greater map detail when zooming in on airports at close range. The airport display on the map reveals runways with numbers, taxiways with identifyin...
27 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: traffic p a ge map group map group: split screen split screen page (optional) soft keys found on split screen page external video is an optional function that displays video provided by an externally mounted video source on the...
28 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: traffic p a ge traffic map page (optional) soft keys found on traffic map page operate standby motion alt mode deselect standby absolute relative off duration back below normal above unrstd opr/stby traffic display when a traff...
29 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: traffic p a ge displaying and operating traffic advisory systems (tas) traffic advisory, off scale aircraft is out of range, 1200 ft above and climbing operating mode traffic advisory, aircraft is 5000 ft above and descending r...
30 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: traffic p a ge press the alt mode soft key to change what traffic is displayed. Pressing the below, normal, above or unrstd soft keys will determine what traffic is displayed. The selection is shown in the altitude mode field. ...
31 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: traffic p a ge tis traffic the traffic map page is configured to show surrounding tis traffic data in relation to the aircraft’s current position and altitude, without clutter from the basemap. Aircraft orientation on this map ...
32 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: traffic p a ge ads-b traffic (optional) the ads-b traffic page provides an enhanced display of traffic from a compatible ads-b in system. Available ads-b traffic features may include individual target selection and other detail...
33 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: traffic p a ge ads-b target selection traffic targets displayed on the dedicated traffic page may be selected in order to obtain additional information about a traffic target. 1) press the small mfd knob to start target selecti...
34 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: terrain p a ge terrain page garmin provides the following g500h terrain selections, based upon your system configuration. Soft keys found on terrain proximity page soft keys found on terrain-hsvt page warning: do not use terrai...
35 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group: terrain p a ge map group viewing terrain (without terrain-hsvt) note: obstacles will be removed from the terrain pages when range (rng) exceeds 10 nm . While viewing the terrain page of the map page group, press the 360 or arc soft key t...
36 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group map group: terrain p a ge viewing terrain (with terrain-hsvt) press menu for selections to cofigure the terrain-hsvt page. Turn the small mfd knob to move through the selections. Press ent to confirm and exit. Menu option description inhi...
37 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f map group: terrain p a ge map group terrain pop-up alerts terrain-hsvt pop-up alert on mfd terrain-hsvt™ pop-up alert terrain-hsvt alerts typically employ a caution or a warning alert severity level, or both. When an alert is issued, visual annunci...
38 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f wx group wx group: xm wea ther p a ges wx group xm weather map pages soft keys found on xm weather map pages legend fcst time wx alt dn wx alt up note: the preferences set on xm weather map pages are unique to each page. Customizing the weather map...
39 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f wx group wx group: xm wea ther p a ges weather items wx page menu - weather setup menu item adjustment map orientation north up, track up nexrad data viewing range off, 10 nm to 500 nm nexrad legend on/off source us, canada echo top data viewing ra...
40 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f wx group wx group: xm wea ther p a ges weather legend a mini-legend can be displayed on the xm weather map page upper right hand corner for the weather products you selected in the setup menu. To view a full page legend: 1) while viewing any of xm ...
41 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f wx group: gfds p a ges garmin flight data services (gfds) map pages soft key found on gfds weather map pages requesting garmin flight data services (gfds) prior to requesting gfds information, an access code and system id will need to be assigned. ...
42 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f wx group: gfds p a ges coverage area coverage area distances: remaining fpl, next 50 nm - next 500 nm width of coverage: 50 nm - 500 nm update rate: off - 60 minutes cancel manual request status of request manual request gfds data request page conf...
43 g500/600 cockpit reference guide 190-00601-03 rev g wx group wx group: fis-b wea ther p a ges fis-b weather map pages soft keys found on fis-b weather map pages legend fcst time wx alt dn wx alt up note: the preferences set on fis-b weather map pages are unique to each page. Customizing the weath...
44 g500/600 cockpit reference guide 190-00601-03 rev g wx group wx group: fis-b wea ther p a ges fis-b weather items wx page menu - weather setup menu item adjustment map orientation north up, track up nexrad data viewing range off, 10 nm to 500 nm nexrad legend on/off source conus, regional, combin...
45 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f aux group a ux group: external video p a ge aux group external video page (optional) soft key found on external video page setting brightness, contrast, and saturation levels the following steps can be applied to either video 1 or video 2. 1) while...
46 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f aux group a ux group: sy stem setup p a ge system setup page soft keys found on system setup page setting brightness and mode 1) while viewing the system setup page of the aux page group, press the small mfd knob. The level in the display brightnes...
47 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f a ux group: sy stem setup p a ge aux group selecting wind vector styles 1) while viewing the system setup page of the aux page group, press the small mfd knob and turn the large mfd knob to move to the field in the pfd options box. 2) turn the smal...
48 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f aux group a ux group: sy stem setup p a ge selecting temperature reference 1) while viewing the system setup page of the aux page group, press the small mfd knob to activate the cursor. Turn the large mfd knob to highlight the desired temp referenc...
49 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f a ux group: sy stem setup p a ge aux group setting time format 1) while viewing the system setup page of the aux page group, press the small mfd knob. Turn the large mfd knob to the desired field in the date/time box. The only items that are able t...
50 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f aux group a ux group: sy stem setup p a ge mfd display units note: at any time during the setting of your preferences, pressing the dflt unit soft key will restore the settings for brightness, synchronization, time format, time offset and display u...
51 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f a ux group: sy stem setup p a ge aux group 2) turn the small mfd knob to display your choices of inches( in ) or hectopascals ( hpa ) for your barometric pressure units. Press ent to confirm your selection and move to the next preference or press t...
52 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f aux group a ux group: xm radio p a ge xm ® information page (optional) soft key found on xm information page while viewing the xm information page of the aux group, turn the small mfd knob to display the xm information screen. This page contains th...
53 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f a ux group: xm radio p a ge aux group xm ® radio page (optional) soft keys found on xm radio page to selecting a channel 1) while viewing the xm radio page of the aux page group, press the small mfd knob and then turn the small mfd knob to highligh...
54 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f aux group a ux group: xm radio p a ge volume while viewing the xm radio page of the aux group, press the vol soft key. Press the vol+ or vol- soft keys or turn the small mfd knob to increase or decrease radio volume. Press the small mfd knob when d...
55 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f a ux group: position reporting position reporting page soft key found on position reporting page position reporting page position reporting status the status window shows the time until the next data transmission and the status of the reporting sys...
56 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f a ux group: iridium phone iridium® phone page soft keys found on iridium phone page volume level status window phonebook catalog icon iridium phone page for detailed use of the iridium phone system, see the latest revision of the g600 pilot’s guide...
57 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f a ux group: iridium phone creating entries into phonebook 1) while viewing the iridium phone page of the aux group, press the small mfd knob to activate the cursor. 2) turn the large mfd knob to highlight the phonebook catalog icon. Turn the small ...
58 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f aux group a ux group: sy stem st atus p a ge system status page soft keys found on system status page the system status page of the aux page group shows the status, serial number, and version of lrus as well as the effectivity information. There ar...
59 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f fpl group fpl group: a ctive flight plan flight plan group active flight plan page soft keys found on active flight plan page viewing your active flight plan the active flight plan (as received from the selected gps unit) is shown on the first page...
60 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f fpl group fpl group: w aypoint info p a ge waypoint information page soft keys found on waypoint information page wx/notam facility type map window map region lat/lon map orientation bearing & distance to wpt from present position info/map soft key...
61 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f fpl group fpl group: charts p a ge charts page (optional) soft keys found on charts page chart information flitecharts ® flitecharts resemble the paper version of faa published terminal procedures charts. The charts are displayed with high-resoluti...
62 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f fpl group fpl group: charts p a ge selecting other charts you are able to choose other charts to display based on your flight plan (fpl), charts of the nearest airport (nrst) or recently selected airports (recent). 1) while viewing the charts page ...
63 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f fpl group fpl group: charts p a ge viewing details of chartview™ charts 1) while viewing the charts page of the fpl page group, press the detail soft key. 2) press the header, plan, profile, or minimums soft keys to view detailed sections for the c...
64 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f fpl group fpl group: charts p a ge viewing notams (chartview only) in the event there is an active notam (notice to airmen) for a particular chart, the notam soft key will be available. To view the information press the notam soft key. Charts page.
65 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f alerts alerts alerts note: contact your garmin dealer for service if any of the following alerts appear. On screen alerts alert description adc1 alt ec adc altitude error correction is unavailable. Gdc is reporting that altitude correction is unava...
66 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f alerts alerts alert description datalink • gdl 88 ads-b failure. Unable to transmit ads-b messages. • gdl 88 ads-b fault. • ads-b fault: uat receiver. • ads-b fault: 1090 receiver. • gdl 88 needs service. • gdl 88 ads-b is not transmitting position...
67 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f alerts alerts alert description etm fault adas+ engine trend monitor is reporting a system fault. Fan 1/2 fail • cooling fan 1/2 has failed. • unit may operate at extreme temperatures • extended operation at high temperatures is not recommended as ...
68 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f alerts alerts alert description geo limits ahrs too far north/south, no magnetic compass. Gps1/2 fail no gps1 or gps2 data is available. Gps(1/2) pps fail the pps signal has not been received in more than 5 seconds. Gsr fail the gsr 56 has failed. ...
69 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f alerts alerts alert description rs-485 config rs-485 configuration error. Simulator sim mode is active. Do not use for navigation. Stormscope stormscope ® either reports a failure or has timed out. Svt disabled out of available terrain region. Terr...
70 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f alerts alerts taws-b alerts alert type pfd/mfd alert annunciation aural message excessive descent rate warning (edr-w) “pull up” flta terrain warning (rtc-w, iti-w) “terrain ahead, pull up; terrain ahead, pull up”* or “terrain, terrain; pull up, pu...
71 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f alerts alerts \ terrain-svt ™ alerts alert type pfd/mfd alert annunciation aural message gps signal re-established none “terrain system available” terrain system test successful none “terrain system test ok” terrain system test in progress none ter...
72 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f symbols symbols symbols map page symbols symbol description unknown airport non-towered, non-serviced airport towered, non-serviced airport non-towered, serviced airport towered, serviced airport soft surface, serviced airport soft surface, non-ser...
73 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f symbols symbols safetaxi ® symbols symbol description helipad airport beacon under construction zones designated water areas traffic symbols tas symbol description other traffic proximity advisory (pa) traffic advisory (ta) traffic advisory off sca...
74 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f symbols symbols symbol description , basic non-directional traffic (white in air, brown on ground) , basic directional traffic (white in air, brown on ground) basic off-scale selected traffic proximate non-directional traffic proximate directional ...
75 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f symbols symbols terrain obstacle symbols note: obstacles will be removed from the terrain pages at ranges (rng) greater than 10 nm . Terrain altitude/color correlation unlighted obstacle (height is less than 1000 ft agl) lighted obstacle (height is...
76 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f symbols symbols map toolbar symbols symbol description terrain proximity enabled and available indicator terrain proximity enabled and not available indicator point obstacle enabled and available indicator point obstacle enabled and not available i...
77 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f symbols symbols xm ® weather toolbar symbols symbol description nexrad echo top cloud top xm lightning cell movement sigmets / airmets metars city forecast surface analysis freezing levels winds aloft county warnings cyclone warnings.
78 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f symbols symbols xm ® wx weather symbols and product age the broadcast rate represents the interval at which xm wx satellite radio broadcasts new signals that may or may not contain new weather data. It does not represent the rate at which weather d...
79 g500h cockpit reference guide 190-01150-03 rev f symbols symbols miscellaneous symbols symbol description low wing prop high wing prop jet piston rotorcraft turbine rotorcraft piston helicopter turbine helicopter default map cursor measuring cursor mfd wind vector (w/ valid gps solution) parallel...
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