Garmin G1000 Piper PA32 User Manual

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190-00692-00 Rev. B

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Piper PA32

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SYSTEM OVERVIEW

PFD SOFTKEYS

The

CDI

,

IDENT

,

TMR/REF

,

NRST,

and

ALERTS

softkeys undergo a momentary change to black text on

gray background and automatically switch back to white text on black background when selected.

The PFD softkeys provide control over flight management functions, including GPS, NAV, terrain, traffic,

and lightning (optional). Each softkey sublevel has a BACK Softkey which can be selected to return to
the previous level. The ALERTS Softkey is visible at all softkey levels. The label changes if messages are
issued.

INSET

Displays Inset Map in PFD lower left corner

OFF

Removes Inset Map

DCLTR (3)

Selects desired amount of map detail; cycles through declutter levels:
DCLTR (No Declutter): All map features visible
DCLTR-1: Declutters land data
DCLTR-2: Declutters land and SUA data
DCLTR-3: Removes everything except for the active flight plan

TRAFFIC

Displays traffic information on Inset Map

TOPO

Displays topographical data (e.g., coastlines, terrain, rivers, lakes) and

elevation scale on Inset Map

TERRAIN

Displays terrain information on Inset Map

STRMSCP

Displays Stormscope information on Inset Map (optional)

NEXRAD

Displays NEXRAD weather and coverage information on Inset Map

(optional)

XM LTNG

Displays XM lightning information on Inset Map (optional)

PFD

Displays second-level softkeys for additional PFD configurations

DFLTS

Resets PFD to default settings, including changing units to standard

WIND

Displays softkeys to select wind data parameters

OPTN 1

Longitudinal and lateral components

OPTN 2

Total direction and speed

OPTN 3

Total direction with headwind and crosswind speed components

OFF

Information not displayed

DME

Displays/removes DME Information Window (optional)

BRG1

Cycles the Bearing 1 Information Window through:
NAV1 – NAV 1 waypoint frequency or identifier and GPS-derived distance
GPS – GPS waypoint identifier and GPS-derived distance
ADF – ADF

BRG2

Cycles the Bearing 2 Information Window through:
NAV2 – NAV 2 waypoint frequency or identifier and GPS-derived distance
GPS – GPS waypoint identifier and GPS-derived distance
ADF – ADF

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