Flight instruments – Garmin G1000 King Air C90GT User Manual

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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Hawker Beechcraft C90A/GT

190-00663-01 Rev. A

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Displaying altitude in meters:

1)

Press the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.

2)

Press the ALT UNIT Softkey.

3)

Press the METERS Softkey to turn on metric altitude readouts.

4)

Press the BACK Softkey to return to the top-level softkeys.

The barometric pressure setting is displayed below the Altimeter in inches of mercury (in Hg) or hectopascals

(hPa). Adjusting the altimeter barometric setting creates discontinuities in VNV vertical deviation, moving
the descent path. For large adjustments, it may take several minutes for the aircraft to re-establish on the
descent path. If the change is made while nearing a waypoint with a VNV Target Altitude, the aircraft may not
re-establish on the descent path in time to meet the vertical constraint.

Selecting the altimeter barometric pressure setting:

Turn the BARO Knob to select the desired setting.

Selecting standard barometric pressure:

Press the BARO Knob to select standard pressure; STD BARO is displayed in barometric setting box.

Or

:

1)

Press the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.

2)

Press the STD BARO Softkey; STD BARO is displayed in barometric setting box.

Figure 2-13 Standard Barometric Altimeter Setting

Changing altimeter barometric pressure setting units:

1)

Press the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.

2)

Press the ALT UNIT Softkey.

3)

Press the IN Softkey to display the barometric pressure setting in inches of mercury (in Hg).

Or, press the HPA Softkey to display the barometric pressure setting in hectopascals (hPa; see Figure 2-12).

4)

Press the BACK Softkey to return to the top-level softkeys.

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