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Garmin GPS 500 User Manual

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GPS 500 Pilot’s Guide and Reference

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SECTION 8

AUX PAGES

Transferring flight plans or user waypoints
to/from a second 400/500-series unit:

1) Select ‘Crossfill’ from the Flight Planning Page,

using the steps described at the beginning of
this section.

2) The flashing cursor highlights the method field.

Turn the small right knob to select ‘Auto’ or
‘Manual’ (Figure 8-13). ‘Auto’ automatically
transfers any selection of (or any change to) a
direct-to destination or active flight plan to a
second 400/500-series Garmin unit.

Figure 8-13 Crossfill Method Window

NOTE: Crossfill requires both 400/500-series
units to have the same Jeppesen NavData
database cycle number.

3) The flashing cursor highlights the transfer data

option (TRANSFER) field. Turn the small right
knob to display a window of available data
options (Figure 8-14).

Figure 8-14 Transfer Window

• Active Flight Plan - Transfer the active flight plan

to/from a second 400/500-series Garmin unit in
a dual unit installation. This option is the default
when selecting ‘Crossfill’ from the Active Flight
Plan Page.

• Flight Plan - Transfer any stored flight plan

to/from a second 400/500-series unit, by selecting
the flight plan by number. This option is the
default when selecting ‘Crossfill’ from the Flight
Plan Catalog Page. See also Section 4.1, Flight
Plan Catalog Page Options.

• User Waypoints (all) - Transfer all stored user

waypoints to/from a second 400/500-series unit.

• User Waypoint - Transfer the specified user

waypoint to a second 400/500-series unit.

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