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30nm from dest. 9-9 – Garmin APOLLO GX65 User Manual

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the FAF if the approach has not yet been enabled.
You will then get a message to enter the local
altimeter setting.

Enable Approach - Method 2
When an approach has been loaded, the aircraft is less
than 30 nm from the destination airport, and the
approach has not yet been enabled, pressing

FPL

will

result in the “Enable Approach?” prompt. If you press

SEL

while in Nav or Map mode home pages, the

prompt will also appear. Press

ENTER

when this

prompt is displayed to enable the approach. You will
then get a message to enter the local altimeter setting.

At 30 nm from Destination Airport
1. At 30 nm from the destination airport, the MSG

annunciator will flash. Press

MSG

. The display will

ask if you want to “Enable approach.” Press

ENTER

to enable the Approach operation. The Approach
annunciator will light and the CDI sensitivity will
automatically scale gradually from 5 nm to 1 nm
full scale.

Press ENTER to

Enable Approach

2. The display will verify that you have enabled the

selected approach. You will now be prompted to
enter the local altimeter setting. Turn the

SMALL

knob to change the barometric pressure values and
turn the

LARGE

knob to move the cursor. Press

ENTER

.

ENTER

Local Altimeter

Setting

29.92¯

3. Press

MSG

to return to the Navigation function.

9-9

Approach Basics (GX50/60)

ENTER

MSG

ENTER

MSG

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