Garmin G900X Pilot's Manual - page 9

190-00726-00  Rev. A

Garmin G900X Pilot’s Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1  SYSTEM OVERVIEW

1.1  Line Replaceable Units

 ........................................1-2

1.2  Secure Digital (SD) Cards

 ....................................1-7

1.3  System Power-up

 ..................................................1-8

1.4  System Operation

 .................................................1-9

Display Operation

 ......................................................1-9

G900X System Annunciations

 ...................................1-10

System Status

 ..........................................................1-11

AHRS Operation

 ......................................................1-13

GPS Receiver Operation

 ...........................................1-14

1.5  G900X Controls

 ..................................................1-18

PFD/MFD Controls

 ...................................................1-18

MFD/PFD Control Unit (Optional)

 ..............................1-20

Softkey Function

 ......................................................1-22

1.6  Accessing G900X Functionality

 ........................1-28

Menus

 ....................................................................1-28

Data Entry

 ..............................................................1-28

Page Groups

 ...........................................................1-30

System Settings

 .......................................................1-34

System Utilities

 ........................................................1-42

Electronic Checklists (Optional)

 .................................1-46

1.7  Display Backlighting

 ..........................................1-48

SECTION 2  FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS

2.1  Flight Instruments

 ................................................2-4

Airspeed Indicator

 .....................................................2-4

Attitude Indicator

 ......................................................2-6

Altimeter

 ..................................................................2-7

Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)

 ......................................2-8

Vertical Deviation, Glideslope, and Glidepath Indicators

 2-9

Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI)

 ...........................2-10

Course Deviation Indicator (CDI)

 ...............................2-15

2.2  Supplemental Flight Data

 .................................2-22

Generic Timer

 ..........................................................2-22

Outside Air Temperature

 ...........................................2-23

Wind Data

 ..............................................................2-23

System Time

 ............................................................2-24

Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications

 ........................2-25

2.4  PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions

 .....2-26

System Alerting

 .......................................................2-26

Traffic Annunciation

 .................................................2-27

TAWS Annunciations (Optional)

 ................................2-27

Marker Beacon Annunciations

 ..................................2-28

Altitude Alerting

 ......................................................2-28

Low Altitude Annunciation

 .......................................2-29

Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting

 ...2-29

2.5  Abnormal Operations

 ........................................2-31

Abnormal GPS Conditions

 ........................................2-31

Unusual Attitudes

 ....................................................2-32

SECTION 3  ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM

3.1  EIS Display

 .............................................................3-3

3.2  Engine Page

 ..........................................................3-8

Electrical

 .................................................................3-13

Temperatures

 ..........................................................3-14

CO Alert Reset (Optional)

 .........................................3-14

Fuel Calculations

 .....................................................3-15

3.3  Leaning Assist Mode

 ..........................................3-17

Turbocharged

 ..........................................................3-17

Normally-aspirated

 ..................................................3-18

3.4  EIS Display in Reversionary Mode

 ....................3-19

Lean Display

 ...........................................................3-21

System Display

 ........................................................3-26

SECTION 4  AUDIO PANEL AND CNS

4.1  Overview

 ...............................................................4-1

PFD/MFD Controls and Frequency Display

 ....................4-2

Audio Panel Controls

 .................................................4-4

4.2  COM Operation

 .....................................................4-6

COM Transceiver Selection and Activation

 ....................4-6

COM Transceiver Manual Tuning

 .................................4-7

Quick-Tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz

 ...................4-8

Auto-Tuning the COM Frequency

 .................................4-9

Frequency Spacing

 ...................................................4-13

Automatic Squelch

 ...................................................4-14

Volume

 ...................................................................4-14

4.3  NAV Operation

 ....................................................4-15

NAV Radio Selection and Activation

 ..........................4-15

NAV Receiver Manual Tuning

 ....................................4-16

Auto-Tuning the NAV Frequency

 ................................4-18

Marker Beacon Receiver

 ...........................................4-23

4.4  GTX 33 Mode S Transponder

 .............................4-24

Transponder Controls

 ...............................................4-24

Transponder Mode Selection

 .....................................4-25