Garmin G1000 Piper PA-46 Meridian - Manual (Page 10)

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian 190-00763-01 Rev. A vi
TAbLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 System Description ................................................. 1
1.2 Line Replaceable Units (LRU) ................................. 2
1.3 G1000 Controls ........................................................ 7
PFD Controls ................................................................ 7
MFD/PFD Control Unit ................................................. 10
AFCS Controls ............................................................ 12
Audio Panel Controls .................................................. 14
1.4 Secure Digital Cards.............................................. 16
1.5 System Power-up ................................................... 16
1.6 System Operation .................................................. 18
Normal Operation ....................................................... 18
Reversionary Mode ..................................................... 18
AHRS Operation ......................................................... 20
G1000 System Annunciations ...................................... 21
Softkey Function ......................................................... 22
GPS Receiver Operation .............................................. 28
1.7 Accessing G1000 Functionality............................ 32
Menus ....................................................................... 32
MFD Page Groups ....................................................... 33
MFD System Pages ...................................................... 37
1.8 Display Backlighting ............................................. 50
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments ................................................. 54
Airspeed Indicator ...................................................... 54
Attitude Indicator ....................................................... 56
Altimeter ................................................................... 57
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) ....................................... 61
Vertical Deviation ....................................................... 61
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) .............................. 62
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) .................................. 67
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data .................................... 75
Temperature Displays .................................................. 75
Wind Data ................................................................. 76
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications ........................... 77
2.3 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions ........ 78
System Alerting .......................................................... 78
Traffic Annunciation .................................................... 79
TAWS Annunciations ................................................... 79
Altitude Alerting ......................................................... 80
Low Altitude Annunciation .......................................... 80
Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting ...... 81
Marker Beacon Annunciations ...................................... 82
2.4 Abnormal Operations ........................................... 83
Abnormal GPS Conditions ........................................... 83
Unusual Attitudes ....................................................... 84
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION AND CREW
ALERTING SYSTEM (EICAS)
3.1 Engine Indication System (EIS) ............................ 87
Engine Parameters ...................................................... 88
Cabin Pressurization ................................................... 90
Fuel Information ......................................................... 90
Electrical Information .................................................. 91
Vacuum Pressure ........................................................ 91
Trim and Flap Indicators .............................................. 91
Engine Exceedances .................................................... 92
3.2 Crew Alerting System (CAS) ................................. 93
CAS Display Inhibits .................................................... 94
CAS Messages and Prioritization .................................. 95
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview ................................................................ 99
PFD Controls and Frequency Display ........................... 100
Audio Panel Controls ................................................ 102
MFD/PFD Control Unit ............................................... 104
4.2 COM Operation .................................................... 106
COM Transceiver Selection and Activation ................... 106
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning ................................ 107
Quick-tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz .................. 109
Auto-tuning the COM Frequency ................................ 110
Frequency Spacing .................................................... 115
Automatic Squelch .................................................... 116
Volume .................................................................... 116
4.3 NAV Operation ..................................................... 117
NAV Radio Selection and Activation ........................... 117
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning ..................................... 118
Auto-tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD ............... 120
Auto-tuning NAV Frequencies on Approach Activation . 124
Marker Beacon Receiver ............................................ 125
DME Tuning ............................................................. 126
4.4 GTX 33/33D Mode S Transponders .................... 127
Transponder Controls ................................................ 127
Transponder Mode Selection ...................................... 128