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Garmin G900X Pilot's Manual

Manual is about: Integrated Flight Deck

Summary of G900X

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    Garmin international, inc. 1200 east 151st street olathe, ks 66062, u.S.A. P:913.397.8200 f:913.397.8282 garmin at, inc. 2345 turner road se salem, or 97302, u.S.A. P:503.391.3411 f:503.364.2138 garmin (europe) ltd. Liberty house, bulls copse road houndsdown business park southampton, so40 9rb, u.K....

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    System overview flight instruments engine indication system audio panel & cns flight management hazard avoidance automatic flight control system additional features appendices index.

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J copyright © 2007-2009, 2011, 2012 garmin ltd. Or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. This manual reflects the operation of system software version 0718.11 or later. Some differences in operation may be observed when comparing the information in this ...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide i limited warranty limited warranty within the warranty period, garmin will, at its sole discretion, repair or replace any components that fail in normal use. Such repairs or replacement will be made at no charge to the customer for parts and/or labor i...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J ii limited warranty list all garmin products and serial numbers and retain this document for your records. Product serial number.

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide iii warnings, cautions, and notes warning: navigation and terrain separation must not be predicated upon the use of the terrain avoidance feature. The terrain avoidance feature is not intended to be used as a primary reference for terrain avoidance and ...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J iv warnings, cautions, and notes warning: the garmin g900x, as installed in this aircraft, has a very high degree of functional integrity. However, the pilot must recognize that providing monitoring and/or self-test capability for all conceivable system...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide v warnings, cautions, and notes caution: the pfd and mfd displays use a lens coated with a special anti-reflective coating that is very sensitive to skin oils, waxes, and abrasive cleaners. Cleaners containing ammonia will harm the anti-reflective coati...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J vi warnings, cautions, and notes b lank p age.

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide vii revision information record of revisions part number revision date page range description 190-00726-00 a 04/04/07 i – i-6 initial release 190-00726-00 b 11/6/07 i – i-6 update to gdu 8.10, add three display no-eis configuration. 190-00726-00 c 01/25...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J viii table of contents section 1 system overview 1.1 line replaceable units ........................................... 2 1.2 secure digital (sd) cards ....................................... 9 1.3 system power-up ..........................................

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide ix table of contents 4.4 gtx 33 mode s transponder(s) .......................... 161 transponder controls ................................................ 161 transponder mode selection ...................................... 162 entering a transponder c...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J x table of contents gfds weather data requests .................................... 377 garmin connext weather products ............................. 381 abnormal operations ................................................ 397 6.3 airborne color weather...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide xi table of contents section 8 additional features 8.1 synthetic vision system (svs) ........................... 538 svs operation .......................................................... 539 svs features .................................................

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J xii table of contents b lank p age.

  • Page 17: Section 1  System Overview

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 1 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index section 1 system overview the g900x integrated flight deck system presents flight instrumenta...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 2 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1.1 line replaceable units • gdu 1040/1045 (2 or 3) – in a two display configuration, the lef...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 3 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • gea 71 – the engine airframe unit receives and processes signals from the engine and airfra...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 4 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • gdl 69a – (optional) the data link satellite radio receiver provides real-time weather info...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 5 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index gtx 33 transponder reversionary control gea 71 engine/airframe unit gdc 74a air data computer...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 6 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index gtx 33 #1 transponder gea 71 engine/ airframe unit gdc 74a #1 air data computer oat airspeed ...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 7 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index avidyne tas600-series provides traffic information (optional) co guardian carbon monoxide det...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 8 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index avidyne tas600 traffic advisory system (optional) stec/ trutrak/ trio autopilot (optional) el...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 9 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1.2 secure digital (sd) cards note: ensure the g900x system is powered off before inserting a...

  • Page 26: 1.3  System Power-Up

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 10 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1.3 system power-up note: refer to appendix a for system-specific annunciations and alerts. ...

  • Page 27: 1.4  System Operation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 11 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1.4 system operation note: refer to appendix a for detailed descriptions of all annunciation...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 12 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index in the event of a display failure, the g900x system automatically switches to reversionary (...

  • Page 29: G900X System Annunciations

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 13 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index g900x system annunciations when an lru or an lru function fails, a large red ‘x’ is typicall...

  • Page 30: System Status

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 14 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index system status the system status page displays the statuses, serial numbers, and software ver...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 15 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index viewing database information: 1) use the fms knob to select the aux - system status page. 2)...

  • Page 32: Ahrs Operation

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 16 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index ahrs operation note: aggressive maneuvering while ahrs is not operating normally may degrade...

  • Page 33: Gps Receiver Operation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 17 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index loss of gps, magnetometer, or air data inputs is communicated to the pilot by message adviso...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 18 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 1-13 gps status page satellite signal strength bars satellite constellation diagram s...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 19 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index in certain situations, such as when the aircraft is outside or on the fringe of the sbas cov...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 20 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index predicting raim availability: 1) select the gps status page. 2) press the raim softkey. 3) p...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 21 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8) use the fms knob to enter an arrival date and press the ent key. 9) with the cursor highl...

  • Page 38: 1.5 G900X Controls

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 22 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1.5 g900x controls the g900x controls have been designed to simplify operation of the system...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 23 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 nav vol/id knob turn to control nav audio volume (shown in the nav frequency box as a perc...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 24 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 16 fms knob (flight management system knob) press to turn the selection cursor on/off. Data ...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 25 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the nav, crs/baro, com, fms, and alt knobs are concentric dual knobs, each having small (inn...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 26 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index mfd/pfd control unit (optional) the optional mfd/pfd control unit is a pedestal-mounted user...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 27 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 fpl key displays flight plan information 2 direct-to key ( ) activates the direct-to funct...

  • Page 44: Mfd Control Unit (Optional

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 28 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index mfd control unit (optional many of the controls on the control unit (gcu 477) have the same ...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 29 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8 ent key – validates or confirms a menu selection or data entry. 9 dual fms knob – flight m...

  • Page 46: Softkey Function

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 30 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index softkey function the softkeys are located along the bottoms of the displays. The softkeys sh...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 31 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index inset displays inset map in pfd lower left corner off removes inset map dcltr (3) selects de...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 32 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index sensor displays softkeys for selecting the #1 and #2 ahrs and air data computers (optional) ...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 33 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index hsi frmt displays softkeys to select the hsi format 360 hsi displays hsi as a 360° compass r...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 34 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index obs selects obs mode on the cdi when navigating by gps (only available with active leg) cdi ...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 35 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index mfd softkeys mfd softkeys vary depending on the page selected. Eis, navigation map page (def...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 36 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index engine (eis config only) displays eis - engine page and second-level engine softkeys; select...

  • Page 53: Menus

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 37 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1.6 accessing g900x functionality menus the g900x has a dedicated menu key that when pressed...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 38 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index besides character-by-character data entry, the system also provides a shortcut for entering ...

  • Page 55: Page Groups

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 39 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index page groups note: refer to other supporting sections in this pilot’s guide for details on sp...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 40 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 1-28 map pages • map page group (map) navigation map traffic map (tas optional) weath...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 41 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • auxiliary page group (aux) trip planning utility gps status system setup xm satellite page...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 42 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index in addition to the main page groups accessed exclusively using the fms knob, there are pages...

  • Page 59: System Settings

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 43 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index system settings the system setup page allows management of the following system parameters: ...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 44 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1) use the fms knob to select the aux - system setup page. 2) press the menu key. 3) highlig...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 45 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3) turn the large fms knob to highlight ‘rename’ in the pilot profile box. 4) press the ent ...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 46 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6) with ‘import’ highlighted, press the ent key. 7) if the imported profile name is the same...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 47 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6) if the profile name to be exported is the same as an existing profile file name on the sd...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 48 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index display units units in which various quantities are displayed on the g900x screens can be ch...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 49 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index airspace alerts the airspace alert feature provides a message alert when the aircraft is app...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 50 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index audio alerts the gender of the voice used to announce audio alerts may be set to male or fem...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 51 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the navigation status box on the pfd(s) is not affected by these changes; flight plan, dista...

  • Page 68: System Utilities

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 52 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index com configuration the com configuration box on the system setup page allows the pilot to sel...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 53 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 1-38 utility page timers the generic timer can be set to count up or down from a spec...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 54 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the flight timer can be set to count up from zero starting at system power-up or from the ti...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 55 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index trip statistics the odometer and trip odometer record the total mileage traveled from the la...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 56 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 9) for event-based messages: a) use the fms knob to enter the desired date (dd-mmm-yyy) and ...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 57 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index electronic checklists (optional) note: the checklists presented in this section are for exam...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 58 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index accessing and navigating checklists: 1) from any page, press the chklist softkey. 2) turn th...

  • Page 75: 1.7  Display Backlighting

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 59 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1.7 display backlighting backlighting of the pfd(s) and mfd, audio panel keys, and control u...

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    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 60 system overview sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index b lank p age.

  • Page 77

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 61 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index section 2 flight instruments warning: in the event that the airspeed, attitude, altitude,...

  • Page 78

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 62 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 nav frequency box 2 airspeed indicator 3 ground speed 4 true airspeed 5 current heading...

  • Page 79

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 63 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 traffic annunciation 2 selected heading 3 wind data 4 inset map 5 bearing information w...

  • Page 80: 2.1  Flight Instruments

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 64 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 2.1 flight instruments airspeed indicator note: refer to the documentation provided by th...

  • Page 81

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 65 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vspeeds can be changed and their flags turned on/off from the timer/references window (fi...

  • Page 82: Attitude Indicator

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 66 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index attitude indicator attitude information is displayed over a virtual blue sky and brown gr...

  • Page 83: Altimeter

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 67 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index altimeter the altimeter displays 600 feet of barometric altitude values at a time on a ro...

  • Page 84

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 68 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index selected and current altitudes can also be displayed in meters (readouts displayed above ...

  • Page 85

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 69 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index in aircraft equipped with 3 displays, if the barometric altimeter settings differ between...

  • Page 86

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 70 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index a baro transition alert is provided to alert the pilot to change the barometric pressure ...

  • Page 87: Vertical Deviation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 71 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vertical deviation note: the glidepath indicator is only shown for aircraft with gia 63w ...

  • Page 88

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 72 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index horizontal situation indicator (hsi) the horizontal situation indicator (hsi) displays a ...

  • Page 89

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 73 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the arc hsi is a 140˚ expanded section of the compass rose. The arc hsi contains a course...

  • Page 90

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 74 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index navigation angles (track, heading, course, bearing) are corrected to the computed magneti...

  • Page 91

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 75 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index turn rate indicator the turn rate indicator is located directly above the rotating compas...

  • Page 92

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 76 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index when a bearing pointer is displayed, the associated information window is also displayed....

  • Page 93

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 77 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index course deviation indicator (cdi) note: if a heading change of greater than 105˚ with resp...

  • Page 94

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 78 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index changing navigation sources: 1) press the cdi softkey to change from gps to vor1 or loc1....

  • Page 95

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 79 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index in aircraft equipped with 3 displays, if the same vor/loc navigation source is selected o...

  • Page 96

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 80 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index gps cdi scaling when gps is the selected navigation source, the flight plan legs are sequ...

  • Page 97

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 81 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 2-29 automatic cdi scaling 2.0 nm enroute (oceanic if >200 nm from nearest airport...

  • Page 98

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 82 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 2-30 typical lnav and lnav+v approach cdi scaling 1.0 nm 2 nm 350 ft angle set by ...

  • Page 99

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 83 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index obs mode note: vnv is inhibited while automatic waypoint sequencing has been suspended. E...

  • Page 100

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 84 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index as the aircraft crosses the missed approach point (map), automatic approach waypoint sequ...

  • Page 101: Outside Air Temperature

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 85 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 2.2 supplemental flight data note: selecting the dflts softkey (a second-level pfd softke...

  • Page 102: Wind Data

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 86 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index wind data wind direction and speed (relative to the aircraft) in knots can be displayed i...

  • Page 103

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 87 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vertical navigation (vnv) indications when a - flight plan has been activated, vnv indica...

  • Page 104: System Alerting

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 88 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 2.3 pfd annunciations and alerting functions the following annunciations and alerting fun...

  • Page 105: Marker Beacon Annunciations

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 89 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index marker beacon annunciations marker beacon annunciations are displayed on the pfd to the l...

  • Page 106: Terrain Annunciations

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 90 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index terrain annunciations optional terrain awareness and warning system (taws-b) or terrain-s...

  • Page 107: Low Altitude Annunciation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 91 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index low altitude annunciation note: the low altitude annunciation is available only for aircr...

  • Page 108

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 92 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the mda/dh may be set from the pfd. It is synchronized on both pfds in a 3 display system...

  • Page 109: 2.4  Abnormal Operations

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 93 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 2.4 abnormal operations abnormal gps conditions the annunciations listed in table 2-3 can...

  • Page 110: Unusual Attitudes

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 94 flight instruments sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index unusual attitudes when the aircraft enters an unusual pitch attitude, red extreme pitch w...

  • Page 111

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 95 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index section 3 engine indication system note: the g900x engine indication system (eis) i...

  • Page 112

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 96 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index eis indicators shown depend on the engine installed and the aircraft model. The eis...

  • Page 113: 3.1  Piston Aircraft Eis

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  • Page 114

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 98 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 9 carburetor temperature indicator o-540-series, o-360-series, o-320-series display...

  • Page 115

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 99 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 io-540-series 11 10 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 o-540-series figure 3-3 eis...

  • Page 116

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 100 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 3-4 eis displays (rv-7/7a shown) 11 10 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 io-360-series (180 hp)...

  • Page 117

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 101 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 11 5 10 9 7 6 4 3 2 1 o-320-series 11 10 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 o-360-series figure 3-5 e...

  • Page 118: Piston Engine Page

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 102 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index piston engine page the eis - engine page displays all engine, fuel, fuel calculati...

  • Page 119

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 103 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5 fuel calculations group (fuel calc) displays calculated fuel used (gal used), en...

  • Page 120

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 104 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 9 8 3 2 7 10 figure 3-8 engine page (iv/iv-p with io-550-n) 5 4 6 1 9 8 3 2 7 10...

  • Page 121

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 105 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 9 8 3 2 7 10 figure 3-10 engine page (rv-10 with o-540-series) 5 4 6 1 9 8 3 2 7...

  • Page 122

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 106 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 9 8 3 2 7 10 figure 3-12 engine page (rv-9/9a with io-360-series, 200 hp) 5 4 6 ...

  • Page 123

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 107 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 9 8 3 2 7 10 figure 3-14 engine page (rv-9/9a with o-320-series) 5 4 6 electrica...

  • Page 124

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 108 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index temperatures cylinder head (cht) and exhaust gas (egt) temperatures in degrees fah...

  • Page 125

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 109 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 3-17 carbon monoxide alert reset select to reset co guardian co warning iss...

  • Page 126

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 110 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index circle indicates the aircraft range until only reserve fuel remains. Once on reser...

  • Page 127: Piston Leaning Assist Mode

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 111 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index piston leaning assist mode a leaning assist function is available on the engine pa...

  • Page 128

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 112 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index normally-aspirated when the assist softkey is pressed, the system initially highli...

  • Page 129

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 113 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index piston eis display (reversionary mode) in the event of a pfd1, pfd2 (if installed)...

  • Page 130

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 114 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index piston eis softkeys (reversionary mode) in reversionary mode the engine display is...

  • Page 131

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 115 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index piston lean display (reversionary mode) the eis lean display provides information ...

  • Page 132

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 116 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5 exhaust gas temperature bar graph (egt °f) displays exhaust gas temperatures (eg...

  • Page 133

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 117 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 7 6 5 3 2 1 o-540-series 1 2 3 5 6 7 io-540-series figure 3-25 lean displays - rev...

  • Page 134

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 118 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5 7 6 3 2 1 o-320-series 7 6 5 3 2 1 o-360-series 7 6 5 3 2 1 io-360-series figure...

  • Page 135

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 119 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index piston system display (reversionary mode) note: fuel calculations do not use the a...

  • Page 136

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 120 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 10 calculated endurance (endur) displays flight time remaining in hours:minutes (h...

  • Page 137

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 121 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 3-28 system displays - reversionary mode (rv-10) shown) 14 13 9 7 6 5 4 3 2...

  • Page 138

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 122 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 3-29 system displays - reversionary mode (rv-9/9a shown) 14 13 9 8 5 4 3 2 ...

  • Page 139

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 123 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3.2 turboprop aircraft eis 1 torque gauge (trq ft-lb) displays engine torque in fo...

  • Page 140

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 124 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 3-30 interstage turbine temperature gauge status annunciations engine off n...

  • Page 141: Turboprop System Display

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 125 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index turboprop system display the system display (figure 3-32) is accessed by pressing ...

  • Page 142

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 126 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 pt6-series figure 3-32 system display (evolution shown) 9.

  • Page 143: Turboprop Fuel Display

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 127 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index turboprop fuel display note: fuel calculations do not use the aircraft fuel quanti...

  • Page 144

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 128 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 10 set fuel remaining (gal rem) displays current fuel remaining in gallons as set ...

  • Page 145

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 129 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index co alert reset if the optional co guardian carbon monoxide detector issues a warni...

  • Page 146

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 130 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index turboprop eis display (reversionary mode) in the event of a pfd1, pfd2 (if install...

  • Page 147

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 131 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index turboprop eis softkeys (normal/reversionary mode) the engine display is shown by d...

  • Page 148

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 132 engine indication system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index b lank p age.

  • Page 149: 4.1 Overview

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 133 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index section 4 audio panel and cns 4.1 overview the communication/navigation/surveillance (c...

  • Page 150

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 134 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pfd controls and frequency display figure 4-1 pfd controls, nav/com frequency tuning bo...

  • Page 151

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 135 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 nav vol/id knob – controls nav audio volume level. Press to turn the morse code ident...

  • Page 152: Audio Panel Controls

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 136 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index audio panel controls figure 4-2 audio panel controls 17 18 15 13 11 9 20 7 5 3 1 14 2 1...

  • Page 153

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 137 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6 com3 – not used in the g900x 7 com 1/2 – not used in the g900x. 8 tel – turns optiona...

  • Page 154: Mfd/pfd Control Unit

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 138 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index mfd/pfd control unit the optional mfd/pfd control unit is a pedestal-mounted interface ...

  • Page 155

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 139 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 menu key – displays a list of options for accessing additional features or making set...

  • Page 156: Mfd Control Unit

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 140 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index mfd control unit the optional mfd control unit is a pedestal-mounted interface allowing...

  • Page 157

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 141 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1 clr key – erases information, cancels entries, or removes menus. 2 menu key – display...

  • Page 158: 4.2  Com Operation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 142 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4.2 com operation com transceiver selection and activation note: during pa mode, the co...

  • Page 159

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 143 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index transmit/receive indications during com transmission, a white tx appears by the active ...

  • Page 160

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 144 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index manual frequency tuning from the optional control unit 1) press the com key to select t...

  • Page 161

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 145 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index auto-tuning the com frequency tune com frequencies from the following: • nearest airpor...

  • Page 162: Auto-Tuning From The Mfd

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 146 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index auto-tuning from the mfd load frequencies into the com frequency box from pages in the ...

  • Page 163

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 147 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index on the wpt - airport information page, place the cursor on the frequency field by press...

  • Page 164

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 148 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index tune com frequencies from the nrst – nearest airspaces, nrst – nearest frequencies, and...

  • Page 165: Frequency Spacing

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 149 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index frequency spacing the g900x com radios can tune either 25-khz spacing (118.000 to 136.9...

  • Page 166: Automatic Squelch

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 150 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index automatic squelch automatic squelch quiets unwanted static noise when no audio signal i...

  • Page 167: 4.3  Nav Operation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 151 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4.3 nav operation nav radio selection and activation the nav frequency box is composed ...

  • Page 168: Nav Receiver Manual Tuning

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 152 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index select nav radios for listening by pressing the corresponding keys on the audio panel. ...

  • Page 169

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 153 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index manual nav frequency tuning from the control unit 1) press the nav key to enable the fm...

  • Page 170

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 154 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index selecting the radio to be tuned press the small nav knob to transfer the frequency tuni...

  • Page 171

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 155 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index auto-tuning a nav frequency from the mfd select and load nav frequencies from the follo...

  • Page 172

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 156 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 4-30 nearest pages menus nearest airspaces menu nearest airports menu nearest fr...

  • Page 173

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 157 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index while enroute, tune nav frequencies from the nrst – nearest airports, wpt – airport inf...

  • Page 174

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 158 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index auto-tuning nav frequencies on approach activation note: the primary nav frequency is a...

  • Page 175: Marker Beacon Receiver

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 159 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index marker beacon receiver note: the marker beacon indicators operate independently of mark...

  • Page 176: Dme Tuning

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  • Page 177: Transponder Controls

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 161 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4.4 gtx 33 mode s transponder(s) the single or dual gtx 33 mode s transponders provide ...

  • Page 178: Transponder Mode Selection

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 162 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 4-36 transponder softkeys (pfd) (dual transponders shown) pressing the back soft...

  • Page 179

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 163 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index ground mode ground mode is normally selected automatically when the aircraft is on the ...

  • Page 180

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 164 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index altitude mode (automatic or manual) altitude mode is automatically selected when the ai...

  • Page 181: Entering A Transponder Code

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 165 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index entering a transponder code entering a transponder code with softkeys: 1) press the xpd...

  • Page 182: Ident Function

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 166 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index if an error is made during code entry with the numeric keypad, press the bksp key to mo...

  • Page 183: Flight Id Reporting

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 167 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index select the ident softkey to initiate the id function idnt indication figure 4-47 ident ...

  • Page 184: Power-Up

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 168 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4.5 additional audio panel functions power-up the audio panel performs a self-test duri...

  • Page 185: Intercom

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 169 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index intercom the audio panel includes a six-position intercom system (ics) and a stereo mus...

  • Page 186

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 170 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index intercom volume and squelch the pilot/pass knob controls volume or manual squelch adjus...

  • Page 187

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 171 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index passenger address (pa) system a passenger address system is available for delivering vo...

  • Page 188: Entertainment Inputs

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 172 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index entertainment inputs note: audio level for an external music input can be adjusted thro...

  • Page 189

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 173 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4.6 audio panel preflight procedure note: if the pilot and/or copilot are using headset...

  • Page 190: 4.7  Abnormal Operation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 174 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4.7 abnormal operation abnormal operation of the g900x includes equipment failures of t...

  • Page 191

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 175 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index if pfd2 fails, com2 and nav2 display a red x on the remaining pfd display. Nav2 will be...

  • Page 192

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 176 audio panel and cns sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index b lank p age.

  • Page 193: 5.1 Introduction

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 177 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index section 5 flight management 5.1 introduction the g900x is an integrated flight, engine, c...

  • Page 194: Navigation Status Box

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 178 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-1 gps navigation information on the pfd location of: - direct to window - flight...

  • Page 195

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 179 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • active flight plan leg (e.G., ‘d-> kict’ or ‘kixd -> kcos’) or flight plan annunciation...

  • Page 196: 5.2  Using Map Displays

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 180 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.2 using map displays map displays are used extensively in the g900x to provide situatio...

  • Page 197

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 181 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • desired track up (dtk up) aligns the top of the map display to the desired course. • he...

  • Page 198: Map Range

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 182 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index map range there are 28 different map ranges available, from 500 feet to 2000 nm. The curr...

  • Page 199

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 183 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • flight plans that have a combination of long and short legs cause the range to increase...

  • Page 200: Map Panning

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 184 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index map panning map panning allows the pilot to: • view parts of the map outside the displaye...

  • Page 201

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 185 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-9 navigation map - map pointer on point of interest map pointer on poi informati...

  • Page 202

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 186 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index panning the map: 1) press the joystick to display the map pointer. 2) move the joystick t...

  • Page 203

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 187 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index viewing airspace information for a special-use or controlled airspace: 1) place the map p...

  • Page 204

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 188 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index measuring bearing and distance distance and bearing from the aircraft’s present position ...

  • Page 205: Topography

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 189 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index topography all navigation maps can display various shades of topography colors representi...

  • Page 206

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 190 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-15 navigation map setup menu - topo data setup topo data on/off topo data range ...

  • Page 207

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 191 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-16 navigation map - topo scale maximum displayed elevation minimum displayed ele...

  • Page 208: Map Symbols

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 192 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index map symbols this section discusses the types of land and aviation symbols that can be dis...

  • Page 209

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 193 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index aviation symbols the following items are configured on the aviation menu: aviation symbol...

  • Page 210

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 194 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index symbol setup all pages with maps can display land symbols (roads, lakes, borders, etc). L...

  • Page 211

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 195 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8) select the desired range. 9) press the ent key to accept the selected range. 10) press...

  • Page 212

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 196 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index map declutter the declutter feature allows the pilot to progressively step through four l...

  • Page 213

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 197 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index table 5-3 lists the items displayed at each declutter level. The ‘x’ represents map items...

  • Page 214: Airways

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 198 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index airways low altitude airways (or victor airways) primarily serve smaller piston-engine, p...

  • Page 215

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 199 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index airways may be displayed on the map at the pilot’s discretion using either a combination ...

  • Page 216: Track Vector

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 200 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the following range items are configurable on the airways menu: airway type symbol defaul...

  • Page 217: Wind Vector

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 201 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-25 navigation map setup menu -track vector, wind vector, nav range ring, fuel ra...

  • Page 218: Nav Range Ring

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 202 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index nav range ring the nav range ring shows the direction of travel (ground track) on a rotat...

  • Page 219: Fuel Range Ring

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 203 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index fuel range ring the map can display a fuel range ring which shows the remaining flight di...

  • Page 220: Field Of View (Svs)

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 204 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index field of view (svs) the map can display the boundaries of the pfd synthetic vision system...

  • Page 221

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 205 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index selected altitude intercept arc the map can display the location along the current track ...

  • Page 222: No-Eis Option

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 206 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index no-eis option if the g900x is configured with the “no-eis” option, the eis display is rem...

  • Page 223

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 207 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-32 navigation information display modes of operation destination mode, kmci to k...

  • Page 224

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 208 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index nearest airport box the nearest airport box is displayed in automatic and destination mod...

  • Page 225

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 209 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index nearest frequency box the nearest frequency box is displayed in the automatic mode and no...

  • Page 226

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 210 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-35 destination airport box 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 11 1 airport identifier; always ...

  • Page 227

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 211 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index time box the time box is always visible. Figure 5-36 time box 1 3 2 1 estimated time enro...

  • Page 228: 5.3 Waypoints

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 212 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.3 waypoints waypoints are predetermined geographical positions (internal database) or p...

  • Page 229: Airports

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 213 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-38 waypoint information window - duplicate identifier duplicate message identifi...

  • Page 230

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 214 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-39 airport information page airport/ runway diagram navigation map showing selec...

  • Page 231

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 215 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the aopa directory information is viewed on the airport directory page by pressing the in...

  • Page 232

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 216 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the airport frequencies box uses the descriptions and abbreviations listed in the followi...

  • Page 233

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 217 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-42 airport information window on pfd airport information - usage/time/elev - reg...

  • Page 234

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 218 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index viewing information for a nearest airport on the pfd: 1) press the nrst softkey to displa...

  • Page 235

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 219 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index selecting nearest airport minimum runway length matching criteria: 1) use the fms knob to...

  • Page 236: Intersections

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 220 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index intersections note: the vor displayed on the intersection information page is the nearest...

  • Page 237

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 221 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the nearest intersections page can be used to quickly find an intersection close to the f...

  • Page 238: Ndb

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 222 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index ndb s the ndb information page is used to view information about ndbs. In addition to dis...

  • Page 239

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 223 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the nearest ndb page can be used to quickly find a ndb close to the flight path. In addit...

  • Page 240: Vor

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 224 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vor s the vor information page can be used to view information about vor and ils signals ...

  • Page 241

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 225 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1) with the nearest vor page displayed, press the fms knob or press the vor softkey. 2) p...

  • Page 242: User Waypoints

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 226 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index user waypoints the g900x can create and store up to 1,000 user-defined waypoints. User wa...

  • Page 243

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 227 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-52 nearest user waypoint page selected user waypoint navigation map showing sele...

  • Page 244

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 228 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5) press the ent key to accept the new waypoint. 6) if desired, change the storage method...

  • Page 245

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 229 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index creating user waypoints from map pages: 1) press the joystick to activate the panning fun...

  • Page 246

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 230 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index renaming user waypoints: 1) highlight a user waypoint in the user waypoint list. Press th...

  • Page 247

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 231 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index deleting user waypoints deleting a single user waypoint: 1) highlight a user waypoint in ...

  • Page 248: 5.4 Airspaces

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 232 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.4 airspaces the g900x can display the following types of airspaces: class b/tma, class ...

  • Page 249

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 233 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the airspace alerts box allows the pilot to turn the controlled/special-use airspace mess...

  • Page 250

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 234 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index map ranges for the airspace boundaries are selected from the aviation group in the map se...

  • Page 251

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 235 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the pfd alerts softkey displays the message window on the pfd. The following air...

  • Page 252: 5.5 Direct-to-Navigation

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 236 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.5 direct-to-navigation the direct-to method of navigation, initiated by pressing the di...

  • Page 253

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 237 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index any waypoint can be entered as a direct-to destination from the direct-to window. Enterin...

  • Page 254

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 238 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index any nrst, recent, user, or airway waypoint can be selected as a direct-to destination in ...

  • Page 255

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 239 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4) press the direct-to key to display the direct-to window with the selected point entere...

  • Page 256

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 240 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index reselecting the direct course from the current position: 1) press the direct-to key. The ...

  • Page 257

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 241 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index removing a vnv altitude constraint: 1) press the direct-to key to display the direct-to w...

  • Page 258: 5.6  Flight Planning

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 242 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.6 flight planning flight planning on the g900x consists of building a flight plan by en...

  • Page 259: Flight Plan Creation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 243 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the following could cause the airway update to fail: • airway identifier, entry waypoint ...

  • Page 260

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 244 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index active flight plan comment figure 5-63 active flight plan window on pfd active flight pla...

  • Page 261

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 245 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3) turn the small fms knob to display the waypoint information window. (turning it clockw...

  • Page 262

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 246 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index flight plans can be imported from an sd card or exported to an sd card from the stored fl...

  • Page 263

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 247 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index note: if the imported flight plan contains a waypoint with a name that duplicates the nam...

  • Page 264

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 248 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index adding waypoints to an existing flight plan waypoints can be added to the active flight p...

  • Page 265

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 249 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index adding a waypoint to a stored flight plan: 1) on the flight plan catalog page, press the ...

  • Page 266

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 250 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index creating and adding user waypoints to the active flight plan: 1) press the joystick to ac...

  • Page 267

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 251 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4) turn the small fms knob one click clockwise and press the ld airwy softkey, or press t...

  • Page 268

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 252 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-72 active flight plan page - airway inserted inserted airway header - airway ide...

  • Page 269

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 253 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index adding procedures to a stored flight plan the g900x allows the pilot to insert pre-define...

  • Page 270

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 254 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index departure (dp) a departure procedure (dp) is loaded at the departure airport in the fligh...

  • Page 271

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 255 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-75 departure loading page - selecting transition departure airport selected depa...

  • Page 272

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 256 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index arrival (star) a standard terminal arrival (star) is loaded at the destination airport in...

  • Page 273

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 257 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-78 arrival loading page - selecting the transition destination airport selected ...

  • Page 274

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 258 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index approach (appr) an approach procedure (appr) can be loaded at any airport that has an app...

  • Page 275

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 259 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-81 approach loading page - selecting the transition destination airport selected...

  • Page 276: Flight Plan Storage

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 260 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index flight plan storage the g900x can store up to 99 flight plans, numbered 1 through 99. The...

  • Page 277

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 261 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index activate a flight plan activating a stored flight plan erases the active flight plan and ...

  • Page 278: Flight Plan Editing

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 262 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3) press the delete softkey; press the clr key; or press the menu key, highlight ‘delete ...

  • Page 279

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 263 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index deleting an entire airway from the active flight plan: 1) press the fpl key to display th...

  • Page 280

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 264 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index deleting an entire airway from a stored flight plan: 1) press the fpl key to display the ...

  • Page 281: Along Track Offsets

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 265 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index changing flight plan comments (names) the comment field (or name) of each flight plan can...

  • Page 282

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 266 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-84 along track offset along track offset waypoint and distance along track offse...

  • Page 283: Parallel Track

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 267 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index parallel track the parallel track (ptk) feature allows creation of a parallel course offs...

  • Page 284

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 268 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-86 parallel track window offset direction offset distance activation prompt figu...

  • Page 285

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 269 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index results in the message ‘parallel track unavailable invalid route geometry’. If an approac...

  • Page 286

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 270 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index activating a flight plan leg the g900x allows selection of a highlighted leg as the “acti...

  • Page 287: Inverting A Flight Plan

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 271 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-91 active flight plan page - new active leg new active flight plan leg confirmat...

  • Page 288: Flight Plan Views

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 272 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index flight plan views information about flight plans can be viewed in more than one way. The ...

  • Page 289

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 273 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-93 active flight plan - wide vs. Narrow view wide softkey, narrow softkey, leg-l...

  • Page 290: Closest Point of Fpl

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 274 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-94 expanded/collapsed airways q3.Fepot airway collapsed view expanded view colla...

  • Page 291: 5.7  Vertical Navigation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 275 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.7 vertical navigation note: the g900x supports vertical navigation for all lateral leg ...

  • Page 292

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 276 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index canceling vertical navigation results in vertical deviation (v dev), vertical speed requi...

  • Page 293: Altitude Constraints

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 277 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3) press the vnv direct-to softkey; or press the menu key, highlight ‘vnv direct-to’, and...

  • Page 294

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 278 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index white text light blue text light blue subdued text large text altitude calculated by the ...

  • Page 295

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 279 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index an altitude constraint is invalid if: • meeting the constraint requires the aircraft to c...

  • Page 296

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 280 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index reverting a manually entered altitude constraint back to the navigation database value: 1...

  • Page 297: 5.8 Procedures

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 281 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.8 procedures the g900x can access the whole range of instrument procedures available. D...

  • Page 298

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 282 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-98 departure selection departure airport departure preview available procedure a...

  • Page 299

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 283 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index viewing available departures at an airport: 1) from the airport information page (first p...

  • Page 300: Arrivals

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 284 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index arrivals a standard terminal arrival (star) can be loaded at any airport that has one ava...

  • Page 301

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 285 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-101 arrival loading loaded arrival selected arrival procedure loading page selec...

  • Page 302: Approaches

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 286 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index removing an arrival from the active flight plan when plans change while flying ifr, arriv...

  • Page 303

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 287 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the g900x sbas gps allows for flying lnav, lnav/vnav, and lpv approaches according to the...

  • Page 304

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 288 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-102 approach selection destination airport approach preview available procedure ...

  • Page 305

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 289 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index viewing available approaches at an airport: 1) from the airport information page (first p...

  • Page 306

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 290 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index activating an approach a previously loaded approach can be activated from the procedures ...

  • Page 307

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 291 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index missed approach activating a missed approach in the active flight plan: 1) press the proc...

  • Page 308: 5.9  Trip Planning

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 292 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.9 trip planning the g900x allows the pilot to view trip planning information, fuel info...

  • Page 309

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 293 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index trip statistics the trip statistics are calculated based on the selected starting and end...

  • Page 310

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 294 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index fuel statistics the fuel statistics are calculated based on the selected starting and end...

  • Page 311

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 295 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index selecting automatic or manual page mode: press the auto softkey or the manual softkey; or...

  • Page 312: 5.10  Raim Prediction

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 296 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.10 raim prediction raim (receiver autonomous integrity monitoring) is a gps receiver fu...

  • Page 313

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 297 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3) turn the small fms knob to display the waypoint information window. (turning it clockw...

  • Page 314

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 298 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-109 sbas display - active sbas softkey (displays sbas selection) sbas selection ...

  • Page 315

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 299 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-110 sbas display - inactive sbas softkey (displays sbas selection) sbas selectio...

  • Page 316

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 300 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.11 navigating a flight plan the following discussion is an example of navigating a flig...

  • Page 317

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 301 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3) atc now assigns routing to join v4. A heading of 290º is assigned to intercept v4. The...

  • Page 318

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 302 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index b) the desired entry point for v4 (top) must be entered. Turn the large fms knob to highl...

  • Page 319

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 303 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index d) press the ent key. Top is inserted into the flight plan as in figure 5-115. Figure 5-1...

  • Page 320

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 304 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index h) press the ent key. The list of available exits for v4 is now displayed as in figure 5-...

  • Page 321

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 305 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index l) v4 is now loaded into the flight plan as shown in figure 5-119. Figure 5-119 v4 is loa...

  • Page 322

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 306 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index d) verify the displayed leg is the desired leg and press the ent key. Note in figure 5-12...

  • Page 323

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 307 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 7) as the cdi approaches center, the aircraft turns onto the active leg as seen in figure...

  • Page 324

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 308 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 9) as seen in figure 5-124, v244 is now the active flight plan leg. Figure 5-124 v244 now...

  • Page 325

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 309 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 10) at lamar vor (laa) v263 is intercepted. See figure 5-125. Figure 5-125 hys to laa leg...

  • Page 326

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 310 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index d) turn the large fms knob to place the cursor in the vnv altitude field as shown in figu...

  • Page 327

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 311 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index h) press the ent key twice to activate the direct-to. Note, in figure 5-129, the magenta ...

  • Page 328

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 312 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index b) ‘select approach’ should be highlighted as shown in figure 5-130. Figure 5-130 procedu...

  • Page 329

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 313 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index e) press the ent key. A list of available transitions for the selected approach is displa...

  • Page 330

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 314 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index i) with ‘load?’ highlighted, again press the ent key. The selected approach is added to t...

  • Page 331

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 315 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 13) note the altitude constraints associated with each of the approach waypoints as seen ...

  • Page 332

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 316 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 14) as the aircraft approaches opshn, it may be desirable to adjust the speed, or steepne...

  • Page 333

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 317 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 15) as seen in figure 5-137, the aircraft is approaching tod. Note the target vertical sp...

  • Page 334

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 318 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 16) upon reaching tod, a descent vertical speed is established by placing the vsi pointer...

  • Page 335

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 319 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 18) the aircraft is approaching opshn. The upcoming turn and next heading are annunciated...

  • Page 336

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 320 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 19) after passing opshn, the next leg of the arrival turns magenta as shown in figure 5-1...

  • Page 337

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 321 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-143 approaching pynon.

  • Page 338

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 322 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 21) upon passing pynon the approach procedure automatically becomes active. The approach ...

  • Page 339

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 323 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 22) the iaf is the next waypoint. At the tod, establish a descent vertical speed as previ...

  • Page 340

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 324 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 23) after crossing falur the next waypoint is the faf. The flight phase changes to lpv on...

  • Page 341

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 325 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 24) after crossing cegix, the aircraft continues following the glidepath to maintain the ...

  • Page 342

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 326 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 25) upon reaching the map, it is decided to execute a missed approach. Automatic waypoint...

  • Page 343

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 327 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 26) the aircraft continues climbing to “at or above” 10,000 feet at mogal. A holding patt...

  • Page 344: 5.12  Abnormal Operation

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 328 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 5.12 abnormal operation this section discusses the dead reckoning mode of operation and t...

  • Page 345

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 329 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 5-152 dead reckoning mode - gps derived data shown in yellow distance & bearing gp...

  • Page 346

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 330 flight management sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index b lank p age.

  • Page 347

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 331 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index section 6 hazard avoidance hazard avoidance features available for the g900x provide situa...

  • Page 348: 6.1  Siriusxm Weather

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 332 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.1 siriusxm weather warning: do not use data link weather information for maneuvering in,...

  • Page 349

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 333 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-1 xm information page audio radio id (for siriusxm satellite radio) weather produ...

  • Page 350

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 334 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-2 weather data link (xm) page nexrad weather product selected for display nexrad ...

  • Page 351

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 335 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index siriusxm weather product symbol expiration time (minutes) broadcast rate (minutes) next-ge...

  • Page 352

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 336 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index table 6-2 shows which siriusxm weather products can be displayed (indicated with a ‘+’ sym...

  • Page 353

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 337 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index softkeys control the display of weather information on most mfd pages and the pfd inset ma...

  • Page 354

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 338 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index setting up and customizing the weather data link (xm) page: 1) select the weather data lin...

  • Page 355

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 339 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index weather products displayed on maps other than the weather data link (xm) page use settings...

  • Page 356

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 340 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index siriusxm weather product gfds connext weather product next-generation radar (nexrad) preci...

  • Page 357

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 341 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index additional information about the following siriusxm weather products can be displayed by p...

  • Page 358

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 342 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index nexrad note: nexrad data cannot be displayed at the same time as terrain, echo tops, turbu...

  • Page 359

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 343 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index displaying nexrad weather information: 1) press the map softkey (for the pfd inset map, pr...

  • Page 360

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 344 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index nexrad l imitations nexrad radar images may have certain limitations: • nexrad base reflec...

  • Page 361

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 345 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index nexrad l imitations (c anada ) • radar coverage extends to 55ºn. • any precipitation displ...

  • Page 362

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 346 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index echo tops note: echo tops data cannot be displayed simultaneously with cloud tops or nexra...

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    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 347 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the display of no radar coverage is always active when either nexrad or echo tops is selec...

  • Page 364

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 348 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index siriusxm lightning note: siriusxm lightning data cannot be displayed at the same time as o...

  • Page 365

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 349 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index cell movement cell movement data (figure 6-20) shows the location and movement of storm ce...

  • Page 366

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 350 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index sigmets and airmets the national weather service (nws) issues sigmets (significant meteoro...

  • Page 367

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 351 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index metars and tafs note: atmospheric pressure as reported for metars is given in hectopascals...

  • Page 368

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 352 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4) use the fms knob or the ent key to scroll through the metar and taf text. Metar text mu...

  • Page 369

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 353 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index displaying raw metar text on the active flight plan page: 1) select the active flight plan...

  • Page 370

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 354 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index surface analysis and city forecast note: surface analysis and city forecast data are displ...

  • Page 371

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 355 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index freezing levels freezing level data shows the color-coded contour lines for the altitude a...

  • Page 372

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 356 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index winds aloft winds aloft data (figure 6-32) shows the forecasted wind speed and direction a...

  • Page 373

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 357 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-34 winds aloft data inside profile view (navigation map page) wind component velo...

  • Page 374

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 358 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index winds aloft data inside the profile view is enabled by default when the profile view is di...

  • Page 375

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 359 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index county warnings county data (figure 6-38) provides specific public awareness and protectio...

  • Page 376

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 360 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index cyclone the cyclone weather product shows the current location of cyclones (hurricanes), t...

  • Page 377

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 361 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index icing (cip & sld) note: icing data cannot be displayed at the same time as the nexrad weat...

  • Page 378

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 362 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index turbulence note: turbulence data cannot be displayed at the same time as the nexrad weathe...

  • Page 379

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 363 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pireps and aireps pilot weather reports (pireps) (figure 6-46) are in-flight weather obser...

  • Page 380

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 364 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index decoded pirep text raw pirep text figure 6-47 pirep text on the weather data link (xm) pag...

  • Page 381

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 365 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the age of tfr data is not shown; however, if tfr data is not available or has expired, th...

  • Page 382

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 366 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index maps other than the navigation map page use settings based on those selected for the navig...

  • Page 383

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 367 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.2 garmin connext weather warning: do not use data link weather information for maneuveri...

  • Page 384

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 368 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-54 select register with gfds 4) turn the large fms knob to select ‘register with ...

  • Page 385

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 369 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6) enter the access code provided by garmin flight data services in the ‘access code’ fiel...

  • Page 386

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 370 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index warning: do not use the indicated data link weather product age to determine the age of th...

  • Page 387

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 371 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index garmin connext weather product symbol expiration time (minutes) refresh rate (minutes) rad...

  • Page 388

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 372 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index table 6-6 shows which garmin connext weather products can be displayed (indicated with a ‘...

  • Page 389

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 373 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-57 garmin connext weather product softkeys (mfd) press the back softkey to move u...

  • Page 390

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 374 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-59 weather data link (gfds) page setup menu figure 6-58 weather data link (gfds) ...

  • Page 391

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 375 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index restoring default weather data link (gfds) page settings: 1) select the weather data link ...

  • Page 392

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 376 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index each active weather product has an associated legend which can be displayed on the weather...

  • Page 393: Gfds Weather Data Requests

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 377 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-63 panning on the weather data link (gfds) page instructions for viewing metar an...

  • Page 394

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 378 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • fpl – requests data along an active flight plan, if one exists. Turn the small fms knob ...

  • Page 395

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 379 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-66 gfds weather data request results with precipitation and infrared satellite di...

  • Page 396

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 380 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index at the completion of a successful weather data request, the request status window (if show...

  • Page 397

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 381 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index garmin connext weather products precipitation the precipitation weather product provides r...

  • Page 398

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 382 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index displaying precipitation weather information: 1) select the map softkey (for the pfd inset...

  • Page 399

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 383 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index p recipitation l imitations radar images may have certain limitations: • radar composite r...

  • Page 400

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 384 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index infrared satellite the infrared satellite (ir sat) weather product (figure 6-70) depicts c...

  • Page 401

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 385 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index garmin connext data link lightning the garmin connext data link lightning (dl ltng) weathe...

  • Page 402

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 386 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index sigmets and airmets sigmets (significant meteorological information) and airmets (airmen’s...

  • Page 403

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 387 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index metars and tafs note: metar information is only displayed within the installed navigation ...

  • Page 404

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 388 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index or : 1) select the weather information page. A) turn the large fms knob to select the wayp...

  • Page 405

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 389 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index displaying raw metar text on the active flight plan page: 1) select the active flight plan...

  • Page 406

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 390 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-80 winds aloft at 3,000 feet to display the winds aloft legend (figure 6-81), pre...

  • Page 407

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 391 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-82 navigation map page with winds aloft data on profile view wind component veloc...

  • Page 408

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 392 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index winds aloft data inside the profile view is enabled by default when the profile view is di...

  • Page 409

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 393 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pireps pilot weather reports (pireps) describe in-flight weather encountered by pilots. A ...

  • Page 410

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 394 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-87 pirep text on the weather data link (gfds) page decoded pirep text raw pirep t...

  • Page 411

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 395 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the age of tfr data is not shown; however, if tfr data is not available or has expired, th...

  • Page 412

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 396 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index maps other than the navigation map page use settings based on those selected for the navig...

  • Page 413: Abnormal Operations

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 397 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index abnormal operations if the g900x cannot complete a gfds weather data request, one or more ...

  • Page 414

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 398 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index garmin connext weather in reversionary mode when the g900x is operating in reversionary mo...

  • Page 415: System Description

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 399 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.3 airborne color weather radar system description the garmin gwx 68 airborne color weath...

  • Page 416

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 400 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index nexrad and airborne weather radar both airborne weather radar and nexrad measure weather r...

  • Page 417

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 401 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index radar signal attenuation the phenomenon of radar signal attenuation affects the operation ...

  • Page 418

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 402 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-96 precipitation type and reflectivity g round r eturns the intensity of ground t...

  • Page 419: Safe Operating Distance

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 403 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-97 angle of incidence a smaller incident angle gives the radar a larger detectabl...

  • Page 420: Basic Antenna Tilt Setup

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 404 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index mpel boundary 9.16’ for 10” antenna figure 6-98 mpel boundary basic antenna tilt setup the...

  • Page 421

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 405 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index if the aircraft altitude is 15,000 feet or lower, setting the displayed range to 60 miles ...

  • Page 422

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 406 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index t hunderstorms updrafts and downdrafts in thunderstorms carry water through the cloud. The...

  • Page 423

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 407 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index in areas of multiple heavy cells, use the vertical scan feature along with antenna tilt ma...

  • Page 424

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 408 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index or less) and make poor radar targets. In the upper regions of a cell where ice particles a...

  • Page 425

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 409 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index displaying weather on the weather radar page: 1) select the weather radar page in the map ...

  • Page 426

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 410 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vertically scanning a storm cell: note: vertical scanning of a storm cell should be done w...

  • Page 427

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 411 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index a djusting a ntenna t ilt a ngle in order to make an accurate interpretation of a storm ce...

  • Page 428

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 412 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index adjusting antenna tilt on the vertical scan display: 1) press the tilt softkey to activate...

  • Page 429

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 413 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index adjusting gain: warning: changing the gain in weather mode causes precipitation intensity ...

  • Page 430

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 414 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index sector scan: 1) while in horizontal scan mode, press the brg softkey to display the bearin...

  • Page 431

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 415 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-110 40˚ sector scan a ntenna s tabilization 1) to activate or deactivate the ante...

  • Page 432

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 416 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index areas of attenuated signal displayed intensity is questionable. Potentially stronger than ...

  • Page 433

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 417 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index to activate or deactivate weather alerts, press the wx alrt softkey. Activating and deacti...

  • Page 434: System Status

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 418 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index system status the radar mode is annunciated in the upper left corner of the weather radar ...

  • Page 435: 6.4  Stormscope Lightning

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 419 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.4 stormscope lightning warning: do not rely on information from the lightning detection ...

  • Page 436

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 420 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the following options are available (figure 6-115): • strmscp ltng – turns the display of ...

  • Page 437

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 421 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index cell and strike mode on the navigation map on the navigation map, cell mode identifies cel...

  • Page 438

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 422 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index manually clearing stormscope data on the navigation map: 1) press the menu key. 2) select ...

  • Page 439

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 423 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index selecting the stormscope page the map - stormscope page is the principal map page for view...

  • Page 440: 6.5  Terrain Proximity

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 424 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.5 terrain proximity warning: do not use terrain proximity information for primary terrai...

  • Page 441

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 425 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 1000 ft aircraft altitude 1 00 ft threshold terrain above aircraft altitude red terrain is...

  • Page 442

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 426 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index maps besides the terrain proximity page use settings based on those selected for the navig...

  • Page 443

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 427 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-123 terrain information on the navigation map page additional information on obst...

  • Page 444

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 428 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index showing/hiding aviation information on the terrain proximity page: 1) press the menu key. ...

  • Page 445: 6.6  Profile View Terrain

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 429 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.6 profile view terrain the g900x offers a profile view of terrain and obstacles relative...

  • Page 446: Profile View Display

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 430 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index enabling/disabling profile view terrain on the navigation map (when profile view is enable...

  • Page 447

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 431 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index flight phase total profile view width approach 0.6 nm departure 0.6 nm terminal 2.0 nm enr...

  • Page 448

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 432 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-129 navigation map page setup menu figure 6-128 navigation map page menu figure 6...

  • Page 449: 6.7  Terrain-Svs

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 433 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.7 terrain-svs warning: do not use terrain-svs information for primary terrain avoidance....

  • Page 450: Displaying Terrain-Svs Data

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 434 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index normally affect pressure altitude sensors. Gsl altitude does not require local altimeter s...

  • Page 451

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 435 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index table 6-20 terrain-svs potential impact point symbols with alert types the map - terrain-s...

  • Page 452

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 436 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index customizing terrain and obstacle display on the navigation map page: 1) select the navigat...

  • Page 453: Terrain-Svs Page

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 437 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index terrain-svs page the terrain-svs page (figures 6-135 and 6-136) is specialized to show ter...

  • Page 454

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 438 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-135 terrain-svs page yellow terrain (between 100’ and 1000’ below the aircraft al...

  • Page 455: Terrain-Svs Alerts

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 439 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index terrain-svs alerts alerts are issued when flight conditions meet parameters that are set w...

  • Page 456

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 440 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index alert type pfd/mfd* alert annunciation mfd pop-up alert (except terrain-svs page) aural me...

  • Page 457

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 441 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 r eq ui re d te rr ai n c le ar an ce...

  • Page 458

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 442 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index system status during power-up, terrain-svs conducts a self-test of its aural and visual an...

  • Page 459: 6.8  Taws-B

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 443 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.8 taws-b warning: do not use taws information for primary terrain avoidance. Taws is int...

  • Page 460: Displaying Taws-B Data

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 444 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index from the altimeter) to differ from the gsl altitude. This variation results in the aircraf...

  • Page 461

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 445 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the map - taws-b page (figures 6-146 and 6-147) on the mfd is the principal map page for v...

  • Page 462

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 446 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index customizing terrain and obstacle display on the navigation map page: 1) select the navigat...

  • Page 463: Taws-B Page

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 447 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index taws-b page the taws-b page is specialized to show terrain, obstacle, and potential impact...

  • Page 464

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 448 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-146 taws-b page yellow terrain (between 100’ and 1000’ below the aircraft altitud...

  • Page 465: Taws-B Alerts

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 449 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index taws-b alerts alerts are issued when flight conditions meet parameters that are set within...

  • Page 466

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 450 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index alert type pfd/mfd** alert annunciation mfd pop-up alert (except taws-b page) aural messag...

  • Page 467

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 451 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index excessive descent rate alert the purpose of the excessive descent rate (edr) alert is to p...

  • Page 468

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 452 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index accompanied by a potential impact point displayed on the taws-b page. The alert is annunci...

  • Page 469

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 453 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the pilot can inhibit pda and flta aural and visual alerts. Discretion should be used when...

  • Page 470

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 454 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index five-hundred aural alert the purpose of the aural alert message “five-hundred” is to provi...

  • Page 471: System Status

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 455 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-155 negative climb rate (ncr) sink rate 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 100...

  • Page 472

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 456 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index alert type pfd/mfd* alert annunciation taws-b page center banner annunciation aural messag...

  • Page 473

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 457 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.9 traffic information service (tis) warning: the traffic information service (tis) is in...

  • Page 474: Displaying Traffic Data

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 458 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index displaying traffic data the map - traffic map page is the principal map page for viewing t...

  • Page 475

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 459 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 2) press the traffic softkey to display traffic data on the inset map (trfc-1). 3) press t...

  • Page 476: Traffic Map Page

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 460 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-159 navigation map page setup menu figure 6-158 navigation map page menu figure 6...

  • Page 477: Tis Alerts

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 461 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index “non-bearing” traffic (system unable to determine bearing) distance is 4.0 nm, 500’ above,...

  • Page 478

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 462 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-162 traffic annunciation (pfd) inset map displays when ta is detected a “tis not ...

  • Page 479: System Status

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 463 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index system status the g900x performs an automatic test of tis during power-up. If tis passes t...

  • Page 480

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 464 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index mode traffic mode annunciation (traffic map page) traffic display status icon (other maps)...

  • Page 481: 6.10  Gts 800/820 Traffic

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 465 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6.10 gts 800/820 traffic warning: the gts 800/820 traffic advisory system (tas) is intende...

  • Page 482

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 466 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index note: do not confuse this functionality with full ads-b capability, which can provide traf...

  • Page 483

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 467 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index relative altitude, when available, is displayed above or below the corresponding intruder ...

  • Page 484

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 468 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index ta alerting conditions the traffic system automatically adjusts its ta sensitivity level t...

  • Page 485: Tas Alerts

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 469 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index tas alerts note: in retractable-gear installations, aural traffic alerts do not occur when...

  • Page 486: System Test

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 470 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index system test note: traffic surveillance is not available during the system test. Use cautio...

  • Page 487: Operation

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 471 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index operation note: the gts 800/820 automatically changes from standby to operate mode eight s...

  • Page 488

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 472 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index traffic map page the traffic map page shows surrounding tas traffic data in relation to th...

  • Page 489

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 473 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index a ltitude d isplay the pilot can select the volume of airspace in which non-threat and pro...

  • Page 490

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 474 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index f light id d isplay the flight ids of other aircraft (when available) can be enabled for d...

  • Page 491

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 475 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index t raffic m ap p age d isplay r ange the display range on the traffic map page can be chang...

  • Page 492

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 476 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index non-threat traffic traffic advisory ta off scale banner annunciation “no bearing” traffic ...

  • Page 493

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 477 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 6-173 navigation map page setup menu figure 6-172 navigation map page menu figure 6...

  • Page 494

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 478 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index system status the traffic mode is annunciated in the upper left corner of the traffic map ...

  • Page 495: 6.11  Tas600 Traffic

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  • Page 496: Displaying Traffic Data

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 480 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index displaying traffic data traffic information can be displayed on the following maps: • pfd ...

  • Page 497: Altitude Display

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 481 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index displaying traffic information (maps other than the traffic map page): 1) press the map so...

  • Page 498

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 482 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index or : 1) press the menu key. 2) turn the small fms knob to select one of the following: • b...

  • Page 499: Tas Alerts

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 483 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • traffic smbl – selects the maximum range at which traffic symbols are shown • traffic lb...

  • Page 500: Tas Voice Alerts

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  • Page 501

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 485 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index if the unit fails, an annunciation as to the cause of the failure is shown in the center o...

  • Page 502

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 486 hazard avoidance sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index b lank p age.

  • Page 503

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 487 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index section 7 automatic flight control system the g900x is capable of interfaci...

  • Page 504

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 488 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index • flight director (fd) — flight director operation takes place within the p...

  • Page 505: 7.2  Afcs Controls

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 489 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 7.2 afcs controls the following dedicated afcs keys are located on the beze...

  • Page 506

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 490 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the following afcs controls are located in the cockpit separately from the ...

  • Page 507

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 491 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 7.3 flight director operation the flight director function provides pitch a...

  • Page 508: Afcs Status Box

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  • Page 509: Command Bars

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  • Page 510: 7.3  Vertical Modes

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 494 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 7.3 vertical modes table 7-2 lists the vertical modes with their correspond...

  • Page 511: Pitch Hold Mode (Pit)

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  • Page 512

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 496 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index selected altitude capture mode (alts) selected altitude capture mode is aut...

  • Page 513: Altitude Hold Mode (Alt)

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 497 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index altitude hold mode (alt) altitude hold mode can be activated by pressing th...

  • Page 514: Vertical Speed Mode (Vs)

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 498 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vertical speed mode (vs) in vertical speed mode, the flight director acquir...

  • Page 515

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 499 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index flight level change mode (flc) note: the selected altitude should be set be...

  • Page 516

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 500 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 7-9 flight level change mode (ias) airspeed reference airspeed refer...

  • Page 517

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 501 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vertical navigation modes (vpth, altv) note: vnv is disabled when parallel ...

  • Page 518

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 502 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index prior to descent path interception, the selected altitude must be set below...

  • Page 519

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 503 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index when a descent leg is captured (i.E., vertical deviation becomes valid), ve...

  • Page 520

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 504 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index a utomatic r eversion to p itch h old m ode several situations can occur wh...

  • Page 521

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 505 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vnv target altitude capture mode (altv) note: armed vnv target altitude and...

  • Page 522

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 506 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index glidepath mode (gp) (sbas only) note: refer to the aircraft flight manual (...

  • Page 523

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 507 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 7-16 glidepath mode glidepath mode active gps approach mode active c...

  • Page 524: Glideslope Mode (Gs)

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  • Page 525: Go Around Mode (Ga)

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 509 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index go around mode (ga) pushing the ga switch engages the flight director in a ...

  • Page 526: 7.4  Lateral Modes

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  • Page 527: Roll Hold Mode (Rol)

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  • Page 528: Heading Select Mode (Hdg)

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  • Page 529

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 513 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index navigation modes (gps, vor, loc, bc) note: the selected navigation receiver...

  • Page 530

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 514 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index changing the selected course the selected course is controlled using the cr...

  • Page 531

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 515 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 7-24 backcourse mode loc2 is selected navigation source command bars...

  • Page 532

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 516 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index approach modes (gps, vapp, loc) note: the selected navigation receiver must...

  • Page 533

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  • Page 534: Flight Control

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  • Page 535: Control Wheel Steering

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 519 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index engaging the autopilot and yaw damper note: autopilot engagement/disengagem...

  • Page 536

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 520 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index disengaging the autopilot and yaw damper the autopilot is manually disengag...

  • Page 537: 7.6  Example Flight Plan

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  • Page 538

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 522 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3) use the hdg knob to set the selected heading, complying with atc vectors...

  • Page 539: Intercepting A Vor Radial

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 523 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index intercepting a vor radial during climb-out, the autopilot continues to fly ...

  • Page 540

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  • Page 541: Descent

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  • Page 542

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 526 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index vertical path tracking descent to vnv target altitude: 1) select vnv flight...

  • Page 543

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 527 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 7-35 vpth descent opshn 3 nm cruise altitude of 12,000 msl vnav targ...

  • Page 544

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 528 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index non-path descent using flight level change mode: 1) using flight level chan...

  • Page 545: Approach

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 529 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 7-36 non-path descent habuk vnav target altitude of 10,000 msl vnav ...

  • Page 546

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 530 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 7-37 ils approach to kcos hdg mode loc apr/ gs mode petey 1 2 3 gps ...

  • Page 547

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 531 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4 gps apr/ gp mode falur 1 2 3 gps na v mode kcos habuk pynon cegix figure ...

  • Page 548: Go Around/missed Approach

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 532 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index go around/missed approach note: as a result of calculations performed by th...

  • Page 549

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 533 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 7-39 go around/missed approach 3 4 1 2 kcos mogal ga mode gps na v m...

  • Page 550: Afcs Status Alerts

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 534 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 7.7 afcs annunciations and alerts afcs status alerts the annunciations in t...

  • Page 551: Overspeed Protection

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide 535 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index overspeed protection note: overspeed protection is not active in altitude h...

  • Page 552

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 536 automatic flight control system sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index blank page.

  • Page 553

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 537 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index section 8 additional features note: with the availability of safetaxi ® , chartview, or...

  • Page 554

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 538 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.1 synthetic vision system (svs) note: svs requires a terrain database that has a reso...

  • Page 555: Svs Operation

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 539 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-1 synthetic vision imagery svs operation svs is activated from the pfd using t...

  • Page 556

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 540 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-2 svs softkeys pressing the back softkey returns to the top-level softkeys. Ba...

  • Page 557: Svs Features

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 541 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index svs features figure 8-3 svs on the primary flight display svs softkeys synthetic terrai...

  • Page 558

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 542 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-4 programmed and selected altitude selected altitude programmed altitudes path...

  • Page 559

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 543 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index d escent and a pproach pathways are shown descending only for a programmed descent (fig...

  • Page 560

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 544 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index m issed a pproach upon activating the missed approach, pathways lead to the missed appr...

  • Page 561

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 545 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index flight path marker the flight path marker (fpm), also known as a velocity vector, is di...

  • Page 562

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 546 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index horizon heading the horizon heading is synchronized with the hsi and shows approximatel...

  • Page 563

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 547 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index runways warning: do not use svs runway depiction as the sole means for determining the ...

  • Page 564

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 548 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index terrain-svs and taws alerting terrain alerting on the synthetic terrain display is trig...

  • Page 565

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 549 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index obstacles are represented on the synthetic terrain display by standard two-dimensional ...

  • Page 566: Field Of View

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 550 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index field of view the pfd field of view can be represented on the mfd navigation map page. ...

  • Page 567

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 551 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the following figure compares the pfd forward looking depiction with the mfd plan view ...

  • Page 568: 8.2 Safetaxi

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 552 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.2 safetaxi safetaxi is an enhanced feature that gives greater map detail when viewing...

  • Page 569

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 553 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-14 safetaxi depiction on the navigation map page dcltr softkey removes taxiway...

  • Page 570

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 554 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index configuring safetaxi range: 1) while viewing the navigation map page, press the menu ke...

  • Page 571

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 555 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index safetaxi cycle number and revision safetaxi database is revised every 56 days. Safetaxi...

  • Page 572

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 556 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index press the mfd1 db softkey to place the cursor in the database window. Scroll through th...

  • Page 573

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 557 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-19 illustrates possible safetaxi database conditions that may appear on the au...

  • Page 574: 8.3 Chartview

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 558 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.3 chartview chartview resembles the paper version of jeppesen terminal procedures cha...

  • Page 575: Chartview Softkeys

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 559 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index chartview softkeys chartview functions are displayed on three levels of softkeys. While...

  • Page 576: Terminal Procedures Charts

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 560 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index terminal procedures charts selecting terminal procedures charts: while viewing the navi...

  • Page 577

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 561 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index when a chart is not available by pressing the shw chrt softkey or selecting a page menu...

  • Page 578

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 562 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index while the approach box is selected using the fms knob, the g900x softkeys are blank. On...

  • Page 579

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 563 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the info-1 or info-2 softkey returns to the airport diagram chart when the vie...

  • Page 580

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 564 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index in the example shown in figure 8-27, the class b chart is selected. Pressing the ent ke...

  • Page 581

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 565 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the star softkey displays the standard terminal arrival chart if available. Ch...

  • Page 582

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 566 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the wx softkey shows the airport weather frequency information, and includes w...

  • Page 583

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 567 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-33 notam softkey available notam softkey appears for selected airports figure ...

  • Page 584: Chart Options

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 568 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index chart options pressing the chrt opt softkey displays the next level of softkeys, the ch...

  • Page 585

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 569 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the plan softkey shows the approach chart two dimensional plan view. Figure 8-...

  • Page 586

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 570 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the minimums softkey displays the minimum descent altitude/visibility strip at...

  • Page 587

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 571 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index press fit wdth softkey to show full chart width figure 8-40 airport information page, f...

  • Page 588

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 572 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the full scn softkey alternates between removing and replacing the data window...

  • Page 589

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 573 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the full screen view can also be selected by using the page menu option. Selecting full...

  • Page 590: Day/night View

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 574 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index day/night view chartview can be displayed on a white or black background for day or nig...

  • Page 591

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 575 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-44 arrival information page, day view figure 8-45 arrival information page, ni...

  • Page 592

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 576 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index chartview cycle number and expiration date chartview database is revised every 14 days....

  • Page 593

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 577 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the chartview time critical information can also be found on the aux - system status pa...

  • Page 594

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 578 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index other possible aux - system status page conditions are shown in figure 8-48. The expire...

  • Page 595: 8.4 Flitecharts

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 579 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.4 flitecharts flitecharts resemble the paper version of aeronav services terminal pro...

  • Page 596: Terminal Procedures Charts

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 580 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index terminal procedures charts selecting terminal procedures charts: while viewing the navi...

  • Page 597

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 581 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index when a chart is not available by pressing the shw chrt softkey or selecting a page menu...

  • Page 598

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 582 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index while the approach box is selected using the fms knob, the g900x softkeys are blank. On...

  • Page 599

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 583 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the info-1 or info-2 softkey returns to the airport diagram chart when the vie...

  • Page 600

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 584 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index in the example shown in figure 8-55, take off minimums is selected. Pressing the ent ke...

  • Page 601

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 585 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the star softkey displays the standard terminal arrival chart if available. Fi...

  • Page 602

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 586 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the wx softkey shows the airport weather frequency information, when available...

  • Page 603: Chart Options

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 587 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index chart options pressing the chrt opt softkey displays the next level of softkeys, the ch...

  • Page 604

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 588 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the fit width softkey fits the width of the chart in the display viewing area....

  • Page 605

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 589 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index pressing the full scn softkey alternates between removing and replacing the data window...

  • Page 606

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 590 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the full screen view can also be selected by using the page menu option. Selecting full...

  • Page 607: Day/night View

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 591 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index day/night view flitecharts can be displayed on a white or black background for day or n...

  • Page 608

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 592 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-66 approach information page, day view figure 8-67 approach information page, ...

  • Page 609

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 593 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index flitecharts cycle number and expiration date flitecharts data is revised every 28 days....

  • Page 610

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 594 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index when the 180 day grace period has expired, ‘chart data is disabled.’ in yellow indicate...

  • Page 611

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 595 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the flitecharts database is provided from garmin. Refer to updating garmin databases in...

  • Page 612: 8.5  Airport Directory

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 596 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.5 airport directory the aircraft owners and pilots association (aopa) and optional ac...

  • Page 613

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 597 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index airport directory database cycle number and revision the airport directory databases ar...

  • Page 614

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 598 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index press the mfd1 db softkey to place the cursor in the database window. Scroll through th...

  • Page 615: Registering The System

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 599 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.6 satellite telephone services the optional gsr 56 iridium transceiver provides airbo...

  • Page 616

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 600 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the phone status display, as shown in figure 8-75, gives a graphical representation of ...

  • Page 617

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 601 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index internal phone external phone description phone is idle phone is ringing phone has a di...

  • Page 618

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 602 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index incoming calls note: outside callers should dial 00 + 8816 or 8817 + aircraft phone num...

  • Page 619

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 603 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index outgoing calls voice calls can be made from the cockpit to an external phone through th...

  • Page 620

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 604 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 4) press the ent key. ‘ok’ is highlighted as in figure 8-79. Figure 8-79 make the call ...

  • Page 621

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 605 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index when the phone is answered, the connection is established as shown in figure 8-81. To e...

  • Page 622: Text Messaging (Sms)

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 606 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index text messaging (sms) the pilot or copilot can send and receive text messages on the iri...

  • Page 623

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 607 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index message symbol description received text message that has not been opened received text...

  • Page 624

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 608 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-84 text message displayed from pop-up alert the pop-up alerts may be enabled o...

  • Page 625

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 609 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index reply to a text message after reading a text message, a reply may be sent. Replying to ...

  • Page 626

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 610 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 2) the text message draft window is now displayed with the cursor in the ‘to’ field. En...

  • Page 627

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 611 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index figure 8-88 composing a predefined message 5) the cursor is displayed in the ‘title’ fi...

  • Page 628

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 612 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 3) press the ent key. The cursor is now displayed in the ‘message’ field (figure 8-89)....

  • Page 629

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 613 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index text message boxes received text messages reside in the inbox as ‘read’ or ‘unread’ mes...

  • Page 630

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 614 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index show draft messages: while viewing the aux-text messaging page, press the arrange softk...

  • Page 631

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 615 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index viewing the content of a text message: 1) while viewing the aux-text messaging page, se...

  • Page 632

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 616 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index marking selected message as read: 1) while viewing the inbox on the aux-text messaging ...

  • Page 633

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 617 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.7 siriusxm satellite radio entertainment note: refer to the hazard avoidance section ...

  • Page 634

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 618 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 6) press the lock softkey. 7) turn the large fms knob to highlight yes. 8) to complete ...

  • Page 635: Using Siriusxm Radio

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 619 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index using siriusxm radio the xm radio page provides information and control of the audio en...

  • Page 636

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 620 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index selecting a channel directly: 1) while on the xm radio page, press the chnl softkey. 2)...

  • Page 637

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 621 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index setting a preset channel number: 1) on the xm radio page, while listening to an active ...

  • Page 638: 8.8 Scheduler

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 622 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.8 scheduler the scheduler feature can be used to enter and display reminder messages ...

  • Page 639

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 623 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 9) for event-based messages: a) use the fms knob to enter the desired date (dd-mm-yy) a...

  • Page 640: 8.9  Flight Data Logging

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 624 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.9 flight data logging note: some aircraft installations may not provide all aircraft/...

  • Page 641: Log_120210_104506_Kixd.Csv

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 625 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index the file containing the recorded data will appear in the format shown in figure 8-100. ...

  • Page 642: 8.10  Abnormal Operation

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 626 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 8.10 abnormal operation svs troubleshooting svs is intended to be used with traditional...

  • Page 643: Unusual Attitudes

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 627 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index unusual attitudes unusual attitudes are displayed with red chevrons overlaid on the dis...

  • Page 644

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 628 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index gdl 69/69a data link receiver troubleshooting some quick troubleshooting steps listed b...

  • Page 645

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 629 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index if a failure still exists, the following messages may provide insight as to the possibl...

  • Page 646

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J 630 additional features sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index b lank p age.

  • Page 647: Annunciations and Alerts

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 631 appendix a annunciations and alerts note: kitplane builder should establish appropriate pilot actions in re...

  • Page 648

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 632 appendix a • audio alerting system: the g900x system issues audio alert tones when specific system conditio...

  • Page 649: Alert Level Definitions

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 633 appendix a alert level definitions the g900x alerting system uses three alert levels. • warning: this level...

  • Page 650: Aircraft Alerts

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 634 appendix a aircraft alerts red annunciation window text signifies warnings; yellow, cautions; white, annunc...

  • Page 651

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 635 appendix a comparator annunciations (3 display only) the comparator monitors critical values generated by r...

  • Page 652

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 636 appendix a reversionary sensor annunciations (3 display only) reversionary sensor selection is annunciated ...

  • Page 653: G900X System Annunciations

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 637 appendix a g900x system annunciations note: upon power-up, certain windows remain invalid as g900x equipmen...

  • Page 654

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 638 appendix a system annunciation comment attitude and heading reference system is aligning. Display system is...

  • Page 655

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 639 appendix a g900x system message advisories this section describes various g900x system message advisories. ...

  • Page 656

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 640 appendix a message comments pfd1 keystk – pfd1 [key name] key is stuck. A key is stuck on the pfd and/or mf...

  • Page 657

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 641 appendix a message comments mfd1 db err – mfd1 obstacle database error exists. The mfd and/or pfd detected ...

  • Page 658

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 642 appendix a message comments db mismatch – navigation database mismatch. Xtalk is off. The pfds and mfd have...

  • Page 659

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 643 appendix a gia 63w message advisories message comments gia1 config – gia1 config error. Config service req’...

  • Page 660

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 644 appendix a message comments com1 ptt – com1 push-to-talk key is stuck. The com1 and/or com2 external push-t...

  • Page 661

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 645 appendix a message comments nav1 manifest – nav1 software mismatch. Nav1 and/or nav2 software mismatch, com...

  • Page 662

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 646 appendix a grs 77 message advisories message comments ahrs1 tas – ahrs1 not receiving airspeed. The #1 ahrs...

  • Page 663

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 647 appendix a gmu 44 message advisories message comments hdg fault – ahrs1 magnetometer fault has occurred. A ...

  • Page 664

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 648 appendix a manifest – gcu software mismatch, ommunication halted. The gcu 476/477 has incorrect software in...

  • Page 665

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 649 appendix a message comments db change – database changed. Verify user modified procedures. This occurs when...

  • Page 666

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 650 appendix a message comments vnv – unavailable. Excessive crosstrack error. The current crosstrack exceeds t...

  • Page 667

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 651 appendix a aural alerts the following aural alerts are announced by the system using a voice of male or fem...

  • Page 668: Afcs Alerts

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 652 appendix a afcs alerts figure a-6 afcs system status field system status field the following alert annuncia...

  • Page 669: Terrain-Svs Alerts

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 653 appendix a terrain-svs alerts alert type pfd/mfd * alert annunciation mfd pop-up alert (except terrain-svs ...

  • Page 670: Taws-B Alerts

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 654 appendix a taws-b alerts annunciations appear on the pfd and the mfd. Pop-up alerts appear only on the mfd....

  • Page 671

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 655 appendix a taws-b system status annunciations alert type pfd/mfd* alert annunciation taws-b page center ban...

  • Page 672

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 656 appendix a flight plan import/export messages in some circumstances, some messages may appear in conjunctio...

  • Page 673: Database Management

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 657 appendix b database management caution: never disconnect power to the system when loading a database. Power...

  • Page 674

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 658 appendix b figure b-1: standby navigation database prompt 3) press the no softkey to proceed to the active ...

  • Page 675

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 659 appendix b be stored on the bottom sd card as the standby database. If the user responds affirmatively, the...

  • Page 676

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 660 appendix b 6) as instructed on the display, press any key to continue. The display will now appear as shown...

  • Page 677: Garmin Databases

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 661 appendix b garmin databases the following databases are stored on supplemental data cards provided by garmi...

  • Page 678

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 662 appendix b the safetaxi database contains detailed airport diagrams for selected airports. These diagrams a...

  • Page 679

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 663 appendix b the display database softkey (figure b-11) is used to place the cursor in the database window. U...

  • Page 680

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 664 appendix b in some cases it may be necessary to obtain an unlock code from garmin in order to make the data...

  • Page 681

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 665 appendix b magnetic field variation database update a copy of the current magnetic field variation database...

  • Page 682

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 666 appendix b 3) with ‘ok’ highlighted, press the ent key on the mfd. A progress monitor is displayed as shown...

  • Page 683: Glossary

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 667 appendix c acc accuracy act, actv active, activate adc air data computer adf automatic direction finder adi...

  • Page 684

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 668 appendix c course the line between two points to be followed by the aircraft. Course to steer the recommend...

  • Page 685

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 669 appendix c ent enter epe estimated position error epu estimated position uncertainty err error esa enroute ...

  • Page 686

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 670 appendix c grs garmin reference system gs ground speed gtx garmin transponder ha hold terminating at altitu...

  • Page 687

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 671 appendix c lnav lateral navigation lo low loc localizer loi loss of integrity (gps) lon longitude lpv local...

  • Page 688

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 672 appendix c ptk parallel track ptt push-to-talk pwr power qty quantity r right, right runway rad radial raim...

  • Page 689

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 673 appendix c term terminal tf track between two fixes tfr temporary flight restriction t hdg true heading tis...

  • Page 690

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 674 appendix c b lank p age.

  • Page 691: Frequently Asked Questions

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 675 appendix d frequently asked questions if a particular aspect of g900x operational capability is not address...

  • Page 692

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 676 appendix d for raim to work correctly, the gps receiver must track at least five satellites. A minimum of s...

  • Page 693

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 677 appendix d normal (obs not activated) obs • automatic sequencing of waypoints • manual sequencing - ‘holds’...

  • Page 694

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 678 appendix d w hen does the cdi scale change ? Once a departure is activated, the g900x course deviation indi...

  • Page 695: General Tis Information

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 679 appendix e general tis information note: aircraft without an operating transponder are invisible to tis. No...

  • Page 696

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 680 appendix e warning: garmin is not responsible for mode s geographical coverage. Operation of the ground sta...

  • Page 697: Map Symbols

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 681 appendix f map symbols airports item symbol unknown airport non-towered, non-serviced airport towered, non-...

  • Page 698

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 682 appendix f hazard avoidance features this table identifies the symbols displayed in the lower right corner ...

  • Page 699

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 683 appendix f traffic item symbol non-threat traffic (hollow diamond) proximity advisory (tas only) traffic ad...

  • Page 700

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index 684 appendix f terrain-svs & taws potential impact points unlighted obstacle lighted obstacle obstacle color ob...

  • Page 701

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide i-1 index sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index a access code ------------------------------------------ 368, 369 activate a flight plan ------------...

  • Page 702

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J i-2 index sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index chart setup box ------------------------------------- 574, 591 chartview ----------------------------...

  • Page 703

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide i-3 index sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index frequency spacing -----------------------------------------149 frequently asked questions -----------...

  • Page 704

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J i-4 index sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index mkr/mute -------------------------------------------------159 mode s --------------------------------...

  • Page 705

    190-00726-00 rev. J garmin g900x pilot’s guide i-5 index sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index secure digital (sd) card ---------------------------9, 57, 657 selected altitude --------62, 90, 496,...

  • Page 706

    Garmin g900x pilot’s guide 190-00726-00 rev. J i-6 index sy stem o ver view flight instruments eis audio p anel & cns flight mana gement hazard av oid ance afcs additional fea tures appendices index trend vector turn rate -------------------------------------------------- 75 trim -------------------...

  • Page 708: G900X

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