Garmin aera 500 - Manual (Page 111)

Garmin aera 500 Series Pilot’s Guide 190-01117-02 Rev. A
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hazard avoidance
Overview
GPS Navigation
Flight Planning
Hazar
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Avoidance
Additional F
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Appendices
Index
Accessing terrain/obstacle settings:
1) From the ‘Home’ Screen touch the Terrain Icon.
2) Touch the menu Icon.
3) Touch the 'Set Up Terrain' menu option.
4) Touch the
buttons to cycle through the list of available settings.
Terrain, Obstacle, and Descent Rate Alerts are issued when flight conditions meet
parameters that are set within the software algorithms. Terrain alerts typically employ
a CAUTION or a WARNING alert severity level, or both. When an alert is issued, visual
annunciations are displayed and aural alerts are simultaneously issued. When the
aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destination airport an audible “Five
Hundred” altitude reminder occurs.
The Terrain Alert Annunciation is shown to the lower left corner of the screen. If the
Terrain Map is not displayed, a pop-up alert appears. The Range Rings on the pop-
up alert are spaced every whole mile/kilometer/nautical mile. Touch the Terrain Alert
Annunciation to acknowledge the pop-up and/or aural alert.
Pop-up
Alert
Pop-up Alert (Navigation map With Terrain Shading)
Range
Rings
AURAl AlERTS
“Five Hundred”—when the aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destina- •
tion airport.
The following aural terrain alerts are issued when flight conditions meet
parameters that are set within the software algorithms, and are dependant on
the sensitivity level set in the Terrain Setup Menu.