Garmin GNC 420 - Manual (Page 215)

GNC 420(A) Pilot’s Guide and Reference 11-25
SECTION 11
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
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The pilot may use the ‘NEXRAD Off?’ and ‘NEXRAD
On?’ fields in the Page Menu (Figure 11-36) to turn off the
display of NEXRAD data from the Map Page.
Figure 11-36 Map Page Options Menu
NOTe: if the GNC 420 is configured for
Weather Data Link interface with a GDL 49 or
GDL 69, pressing the CLR Key while viewing
the Map Page reduces the NeXraD density one
incremental step. all NeXraD data is removed
if the CLR Key is pressed while density is set to
low.
Request Shortcuts
The pilot can quickly select the NEXRAD, METAR, or
Textual METAR Page for a specific airport from the Airport
Location Page.
Three methods of selecting the Airport Location Page:
• Use the small and large right knobs to select the
Airport Location Page from the WPT Group of
pages.
• On the Map Page, move the target pointer to
highlight an on-screen airport. Press the ENT
Key.
• On any page that displays an airport identifier,
use the cursor and highlight the desired airport
identifier. Press the ENT Key.
Once the Airport Location Page is displayed, enter
the identifier for the desired airport. Press the MENU
Key. The options menu appears (Figure 11-37) listing the
following three options:
• Request NEXRAD?
• Request METAR?
• View Text METAR? (if available)
Figure 11-37 Airport Location Page Options Menu
Highlight the desired option and press the ENT Key.
‘Request NEXRAD?’ and ‘Request METAR?’ options select
the NEXRAD and METAR Request Pages, respectively.
‘View Text METAR?’ selects the Textual METAR Page for
the desired airport, if textual METAR is available for that
airport.