Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Bendix/King Global Positioning System KLN 35A - Manual (Page 61)

Basic GPS Operation
3-26 Effective Date 5/95 006-08791-0000 Rev 0
Basic GPS Operation
Chapter 3
There are a few changes made to names in order to accommodate
the KLN 35A display and to make the names easier to find.
1. Names which are too long to fit on the display are abbreviated.
The first six characters are usually exactly correct, but the follow
ing are exceptions:
North, Northern, East, Eastern, etc.—uses N, E
Southeast, Northwest, etc.—uses SE, NW
Point—uses PT
Port—uses PT
Fort—uses FT
Saint—uses ST
General—Deleted, or uses GEN
Person’s name—uses initials for other than last name unless
very well known (Will Rogers World airport)
Delete “City of” (City of Colorado Springs Municipal)
Delete “Greater” (Greater Buffalo Int’l)
Delete “The” (The Hartsfield Atlanta Int’l)
2. Unless the first word is greater than eight characters, it is usually
not abbreviated.
3. Delete most punctuation such as periods and apostrophes.
4. Abbreviations for International are INTL, INT, and IN.
5. Abbreviations for Regional are REGL and REG.
3.8. “NEAREST” FUNCTIONS
At any time, you can have access to the nearest airports, waypoints,
Special Use Airspace (SUA), Flight Service Station (FSS) frequen-
cies, and Center frequencies to your position. Your ticket to do this is
the handy
G button.
When you first press the
G
button,
a page is displayed asking which
nearest function you would like to
select (figure 3-84).
APT VOR NDB SUP ACT NAV FPL CAL SET OTH
åå.ånm NEAREST
ееееее
APT? VOR? NDB?
#>Leg SUP? SUA? FSS?
CRSR CTR?
Figure 3-84