Document Outline

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Welcome ... i
  • History of Revisions ii
  • Ordering Information ii
  • Introduction 1
    • SL50 1
    • SL60 2
    • Display 3
    • Annun ciators 3
      • Relative Bearing Indicator 3
    • Controls 4
    • Keys 4
  • Apollo SL50/60 Features 6
  • Getting Started the First Time 9
    • Power Up 9
    • Seed Position 9
    • Entering a Seed Position 10
      • Change Reference Waypoint 10
      • Change Lat/Lon Reference Position 11
    • Checking GPS Signal Strength 13
    • Entering a Destination Waypoint 14
      • Using the Nearest Waypoint Function 14
      • Using the Direct-To Function 15
  • Navigation Basics 17
    • About the Navigation Function 17
    • About the Navigation Function Displays 17
    • Nav Home Page 17
    • Autonav 18
    • Nav Pages 19
      • Nav Display Choices 19
    • Emergency Search 25
      • Starting Emergency Search 25
      • Searching Around a Reference Waypoint 26
      • Setting Runway Limits 27
    • Special Use Airspace 28
    • Parallel Track Offset 29
    • GPS Position 30
    • Countdown Timer 30
    • From/To/Next Waypoint 32
      • Creating From/To/Next Waypoints 32
      • Placing the To Waypoint on Hold 35
    • Using Direct-To 36
    • Direct-To OBS 36
  • Waypoint Functions 37
    • Waypoint Information 37
    • Available Waypoint Information 37
      • ARPT Waypoint Information 37
    • Getting Information about a Waypoint 39
    • Database Update 40
    • Nearest (Emergency Search) Waypoint 41
      • Starting Emergency Search 41
    • Create User Waypoint by Lat/Lon 42
    • Create User Waypoint by Radial/Distance 44
    • Delete User Waypoint 45
    • Modify User Waypoint 46
    • Waypoint Comments 46
  • Flight Plan Functions 47
    • Flight Plan Pages 47
      • Reaching the Flight Plan Function 47
      • Active Flight Plan 48
    • Creating a Flight Plan 48
    • Flight Plan Leg Information 50
    • Manual Leg Activation 53
    • Flight Plan Editing 53
      • Changing Existing Flight Plan Legs 54
      • Inserting a New Waypoint 54
      • Deleting a Waypoint 55
    • Flight Plan Options 56
      • Activate 56
      • Rev Activate 56
      • Reactivate 56
      • Rename 56
      • Copy Plan 57
      • Estimate Ground Speed 57
      • Clear Waypoints 57
      • Reverse Flight Plan 57
      • Estimated Fuel Flow 57
      • Delete Plan 58
      • Hold 58
      • Continue 59
    • Destination Waypoint Information 59
    • Flight Plan Comments 59
    • Copying the Active Flight Plan 60
  • System Functions 61
    • Flight Plans 61
    • Waypoint Database 61
    • Com Radio Information (SL60 Only) 62
      • RF Signal Strength 62
      • Com Noise Level 63
      • Mic 1 and Mic 2 Squelch Level Adjustment 63
      • Transmit Using 63
      • Intercom Level 64
      • Sidetone Level Adjustment 64
      • Headphone Level 65
    • Navigation Information 65
      • Airspace Setup 65
      • Airspace Buffers 66
      • Airspace Selections 66
      • Autonav Time 67
      • Navigation Mode Programmable Pages and Autonav Pages 68
      • Creating a New Custom Nav Page 70
      • Setting Units 71
      • Magnetic Variation 72
      • Flight Timer Trigger 73
      • Direct-To Entry Options 73
      • CDI Scaling 75
    • System Information 76
      • Date and Time 76
      • Software Version 77
      • Fuel Measure Units 78
      • Test Display 78
      • Owner Information 78
    • GPS Sensor 80
      • Satellite Search Status 81
      • GPS Date and Time Page 81
      • GPS Normal Reset Page 81
  • Comm Radio Operation 83
    • Power On/Off 83
    • Volume 83
      • Small and Large Knobs 83
    • Selecting Frequencies 83
    • Frequency Monitoring 84
    • Recalling a Frequency 85
      • TO, FROM, and INFO Frequency Database 85
      • Auto Stored Frequencies (Auto) 87
      • User Stored Frequencies 88
      • Weather Channels 89
      • Emergency Channel 89
    • Intercom Function 90
  • Introduction to GPS Navigation 91
    • GPS Overview 91
    • GPS System Accuracy 92
    • Summary 92
  • Start Up Displays 93
    • Owner Message 93
    • Memory Tests 93
      • Software Memory Test 94
      • Non-Volatile RAM Tests 94
      • User Database Memory Failure 94
      • Miscellaneous NVRAM Memory Failure 95
      • Database Test 95
    • Special Use Airspace Displays 96
    • Database Message 96
    • IFR Output Tests 96
  • Message Function 97
    • New Messages 98
    • Old Messages 98
    • Messages 98
      • Special Use Airspace Messages 98
      • Soon 98
      • Close 99
      • Inside 99
      • Empty To Waypoint: Cannot Compute Nav 99
      • GPS Communications Failure 99
      • GPS Command Failure 99
      • GPS Self Test Failure 100
      • GPS Sensor Lat/Lon Failure 100
      • GPS RAIM Not Available 100
      • GPS RAIM Position Error 100
      • GPS HDOP Position Error 100
      • Arrival At the To Waypoint 101
      • Holding at the To Waypoint 101
      • To Waypoint Sequence 101
      • Auto OBS Crossing Holding Waypoint 101
      • User Database Memory Loss 102
      • Comm Radio Failure (SL60 only) 102
      • Flight Plan Memory Loss 103
      • User Memory Failure 103
      • Database Expired 103
      • Database Invalid 103
      • Manual Magnetic Variation 103
      • Low Internal Battery Voltage 104
      • High Battery Voltage 104
      • Countdown Timer Expired 104
  • Flight Simulator 105
  • Troubleshooting 109
    • Contacting the Factory 109
  • Glossary of Navigation Terms 111
• INDEX
  • A
    • Airspace 96
      • Buffers 66
      • Selections 66
      • Setup 65
    • Airspace 96
      • Close 99
      • Inside 99
      • Soon 98
    • Altitude 92
    • Annunciators 3
    • Arriving at To wpt 101
    • Autonav 18, 67
  • B
    • Bar graph 20
    • Battery voltage 104
    • Bearing 19
  • C
    • CDI 20
      • Scaling 75
      • Sensitivity 20
    • City name 15, 16
    • Com
      • Com noise level 63
      • Info 62
      • Key 4
      • Mic squelch level 63
      • Sidetone level 64
      • Signal strength 62
    • Comm Radio 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90
      • Auto stack list 87
      • Frequency abbreviations 86
      • Intercom 90
      • Monitoring frequencies 84
      • Recalling frequencies 85
      • Remote frequencies 85
      • Selecting frequencies 83
      • Squelch 90
      • Stuc mic 90
      • User frequencies 88
    • Controls 4
    • Countdown timer 30
    • Cross track distance 21
  • D
    • Database message 96
    • Database test 95
    • Database version 77
    • Date and Time 76
    • Description
      • Cross track distance 21
      • Desired track 22
      • Nav display 19
      • Nav terms 18
      • SL50 1
      • SL60 2
      • To-From switching 21
      • Waypoint 11
    • Desired track 22
    • Direct-To 15, 36, 53, 73
      • Key 5
      • OBS 36
    • Direct-To 15, 36, 53, 73
      • May Clear 74
      • Never Clears 74
    • Display 3
      • Test 78
    • Display software version 78
    • Distance off track 20
  • E
    • E-Mail ii
    • Emergency channel 89
    • Emergency search 25, 41
    • Enter key 5
    • Estimate ground speed 57
    • Estimated time enroute 19, 51, 52
    • Estimated time of arrival 25, 51
  • F
    • Facility name 15
    • Factory 109
    • Flight plan 61
      • Active 48
      • Comments 59
      • Continue 59
      • Creating 48
      • Deleting legs 55
      • Editing 53, 54
      • Hold 58
      • Inserting legs 54
      • Leg info 50
      • Manual leg 53
      • Options 56
    • Flight plan 47-61
      • Activate 56
      • Clear waypoints 57
      • Copy plan 57
      • Delete plan 58
      • Estimate ground speed 57
      • Estimated fuel flow 57
      • Pages 47
      • Reactivate 56
      • Rename 56
      • Rev activate 56
      • Reverse flight plan 57
    • Flight Simulation 106
    • Flight simulator 105 - 108
      • Operation 107
      • Starting 106
    • Flight time 24, 73
    • Flip/Flop key 4
    • From/To/Next 32, 35
    • From-To distance 22
    • Fuel 52
    • Fuel measure units 78
  • G
    • Glossary 111-118
    • GPS 80, 81, 91
      • Failure 100
      • Health 13
      • Introduction 91
      • Position 30
      • Reset 81
      • Satellites 13, 81
      • Signal strength 13
    • GPS 79, 80, 89
      • Health 80
      • Time 80
    • GPS software version 77
    • Ground speed 23
  • H
    • Headphone level 65
    • History of Revisions ii
    • Hold 35
    • Holding at To wpt 101
  • K
    • Key 4
  • M
    • Magnetic variation 72
    • Memory test 93
    • Memory test 92 95
    • Message 5, 97-104
    • Minimum enroute safe altitude 24
    • Minimum safe altitude 24
    • Monitor 3
    • Multiple facilities 40
  • N
    • Navigation 17, 65
      • Customizing pages 70
      • Home page 17
      • Pages 19, 71
    • Navigation 17, 64
      • Empty To waypoint 99
      • Programmable pages 68
    • Nearest
      • Key 4
    • Nearest waypoint 14
    • Non-volatile RAM test 94
  • O
    • Ordering Information ii
    • Owner information 78
    • Owner message 93
  • P
    • Pages 19, 70 69
    • Parallel track 29
    • Parallel track 29 30
    • Part numbers ii
    • Password 79
    • Password 77 79
    • PDOP 30
    • Plus sign 15
    • Power Up 9
  • R
    • Range 20
    • Reference Waypoint 10, 26
    • Reference Waypoint 10, 11, 26
    • Relative Bearing Indicator 3
    • Remove unit from aircraft 106
    • Runway length 43
    • Runway limits 27
    • Runway surface 27
  • S
    • Seed Position 9, 10
    • Select key 5
    • Serial number 77
    • Setting units 71
    • Software memory test 94
    • Software version 77
    • Special use airspace 28
    • Specifications 6, 7, 8
    • Squelch knob 4
    • Standby 29
    • Standby 29 3
    • Start up displays 93-96
    • Symbol
      • Airplane 20
    • System 61-82
  • T
    • Track angle 23
    • Track angle error 23
    • Transmit 3
    • Troubleshooting 109, 110
  • U
    • User database memory failure 94
    • UTC time 24
  • V
    • Volume knob 4
  • W
    • Waypoint 61, 92
      • Airport info 37
      • Destination 14, 59
      • Getting info 39
      • Information 37
      • Intersection info 38
      • NDB info 38
      • Nearest 14
      • Next 34
      • To 34
      • Type 32
      • User 42, 44, 45, 46
      • User info 38
      • VOR info 38
    • Waypoint 61, 90
      • Auto OBS crossing 101
      • Comments 46
      • To 101
    • Weather channel 89
    • Web Page ii