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INTRODUCTION i 190-00357-00 Rev C Cautions CAUTION: The Global Positioning System is operated by the United States government, which is solely re-sponsible for its accuracy and maintenance. The system is subject to changes which could affect the accuracy and performance of all GPS equipment. Althoug...
INTRODUCTION iii 190-00357-00 Rev C Accessories and Packing List Congratulations on choosing the world’s finest panel-mounted IFR navigation/communication system! The 500W-series represents Garmin’s continued com-mitment to providing you with the most advanced technology available today — in an accu...
INTRODUCTION iv 190-00357-00 Rev C Limited Warranty This Garmin product is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for two years from the date of purchase. Within this period, Garmin will, at its sole option, repair or replace any components that fail in normal use. Such repair...
INTRODUCTION v 190-00357-00 Rev C Table of Contents Contents Cautions ..................................................................................i Introduction ................................................................................i Accessories and Packing List .........................
1 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Model Descriptions Model Descriptions This guide covers the operation of the GNS 530W, GNS 530AW, and the GPS 500W. In general, all models will be referred to as the 500W-series, except where there are physical or operational differences. The 500W-series units are 6...
2 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Key and Knob Functions The 500W-series navigators are designed to make operation as simple as possible. The descriptions on the next three pages provide a general overview of the primary function(s) for each key and knob. This Take-off Tour section is intended to pr...
3 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Right-hand Keys and Knobs 2.' The range key ( RNG ) allows you to select the desired map scale. Use the up arrow side of the key to zoom out to a larger area, or the down arrow side to zoom into a smaller area. D The direct-to key (direct-to) pro- vides access to th...
4 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Key and Knob Functions Bottom Row Keys NRST The nearest key ( NRST) (GPS 500W) displays the Nearest Airports page. Then, turning the small right knob steps through the NRST pages. CDI The CDI key (GNS 530W) is used to toggle the navigation source (GPS or VLOC) which...
5 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Power On The Garmin 500W-series offers you accurate navigational data and communication capability, along with non-precision and precision approach certifica-tion in the IFR environment. The Takeoff Tour is designed to familiarize you with the basic operation of the...
6 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Instrument Panel Self-Test Once the database has been acknowledged, the Instrument Panel Self-Test Page appears. To ensure that your 500W-series unit and any connected instru-ments are working properly, check for the following indications on your CDI/HSI, RMI, exter...
7 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Fuel On Board and Checklists The Instrument Panel Self-Test Page includes selec- tions to set fuel on board (FOB) to full capacity and access the Checklists Page. This allows you to quickly set fuel to full limits and display any checklists you’ve entered, such as s...
8 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Acquiring Satellites / Messages If the 500W-series unit has not been operated for a period of six months or more, it may have to “Search the Sky” to collect new data. This means the unit is acquiring satellite data to establish almanac and satel-lite orbit informati...
9 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Selecting Com/Nav Frequencies While the GNS 530W is acquiring a position, let’s take a minute to dial in the active and standby frequencies you’ll be using for the first phase of your flight. The GNS 530W display is divided into separate ‘windows’ (or screen areas),...
10 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Page Groups ( Large right knob to change page groups) WPT Group Airport Location Airport Runway Airport Frequency Airport Approach Airport Arrival Airport Departure Intersection NDBs VOR User Waypoint ( Small right knob to select pages within the gr oup) NAV Group ...
11 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Page Groups PROC (Press PROC ) Procedures Selection of any main page is performed using the large and small right knobs. The large right knob selects the page group: NAV, WPT, AUX or NRST. The small right knob selects the desired page within a group. To quickly sel...
12 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C NAV Pages NAV Pages The map page is one of five or more pages avail- able under the NAV group. The previous page shows the organization of the main page groups. Addition-ally, page groups for flight plans, procedures and vertical navigation are available by pressin...
13 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Default NAV Page Default NAV Page During most flights, the Default NAV, Map and NAVCOM pages are the primary pages used for navi-gation. The Default NAV Page displays a “look ahead” map, graphic course deviation indicator (CDI), the active leg of your flight plan (...
14 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Map Page Map Page The Map Page displays your present position (using an airplane symbol) relative to nearby airports, VORs, NDBs, intersections, user waypoints and airspace boundaries — and your route displayed as a solid line. The current Map Scale is indicated in...
15 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C NAVCOM Page NAVCOM Page The Navigation/Communications (NAVCOM) Page provides a complete list of airport frequencies at your departure, en route and arrival airports. A frequency listed on the NAVCOM Page can be quickly transferred to the standby field of the COM or...
16 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Direct-To Navigation Direct-To Navigation The 500W-series unit can use direct point-to-point navigation to guide you from takeoff to touchdown, even in the IFR environment. Once a destination is selected, the unit provides course and distance data based upon a dire...
17 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C IFR Procedures Once the direct-to or flight plan is confirmed, the whole range of instrument procedures is available to you. Departures (SIDs), arrivals (STARs), non-preci-sion and precision approaches are stored within the NavData card and available using the PROC...
18 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Nearest Pages The NRST page group provides listings for nearest airports or other facilities. The NRST group includes detailed information on the 25 nearest airports, VORs, NDBs, intersections and user-created waypoints within 200 nautical miles of your current pos...
19 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Nearest Airport Page You may examine both the communication frequencies and runway information directly from the Nearest Airport Page. As discussed earlier for the NAVCOM Page, you may also place any displayed frequency into the standby COM or VLOC field by highlig...
20 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Nearest Airspace Page The last page in the NRST group, the Nearest Airspace Page, provides information for up to nine controlled or special-use airspaces near or in your flight path. Airspace information appears on this page based upon the same criteria used for ai...
21 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C Flight Plans The 500W-series unit lets you create up to 20 flight plans, with up to 31 waypoints in each flight plan. Flight plans are created, edited and activated using the FPL key. The FPL page group includes two pages: the Active Flight Plan Page and the Flight...
22 TAKEOFF TOUR 190-00357-00 Rev C 7. Press the small right knob to remove the highlighting. Once the flight plan is created, it may be activated from an options window. Activating the flight plan copies it into “flight plan 00” (the original flight plan still resides in the Flight Catalog) and repl...
23 1 - COM 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 1 - COM - Communicating using the GNS 530W The GNS 530W features a digitally-tuned VHF COM radio that provides a seamless transition from communication to navigation. The GNS 530W’s COM radio operates in the aviation voice band, from 118.000 to 136.975 MHz, in 2...
24 1 - COM 190-00357-00 Rev C Com Window and Tuning COM Window and Tuning Communication frequencies are selected with the tuning cursor in the standby COM frequency field, and using the large and small left knobs to dial in the desired frequency. The standby frequency always appears below the active...
27 1 - COM 190-00357-00 Rev C To select a COM frequency for any airport in your flight plan: 1. Select the NAVCOM Page from the NAV page group. (See Section 2, or press and hold CLR , then turn the small right knob until the NAVCOM Page appears.) The NAVCOM Page provides a frequency list for all the...
28 1 - COM 190-00357-00 Rev C Emergency Channel / Stuck Mic Emergency Channel The GNS 530W’s emergency channel select pro- vides a quick method of selecting 121.500 MHz as the active frequency in the event of an in-flight emergency. The emergency channel select is available whenever the unit is on, ...
2 - NAV PAGES 29 190-00357-00 Rev C Page Groups / NAV Page Group Section 2 NAV Pages Main Page Groups The 500W-series main pages are divided into groups: NAV, WPT, AUX and NRST. While viewing any of these pages, selection of another page is a simple selection process using the small and large right ...
2 - NAV PAGES 30 190-00357-00 Rev C Default NAV Page The first NAV page is the Default NAV Page. This page may be quickly selected from ANY page by using the CLR key. Active Leg of Flight Plan, or Direct-to Destination User-selectable Data Fields (all four corners) Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) F...
2 - NAV PAGES 32 190-00357-00 Rev C If no flight plan or direct-to destination has been selected only speed, track, altitude, fuel flow and min-imum safe altitude data may be displayed. All other data types appear as blank lines — on the Default NAV Page — until a destination is selected. To select ...
2 - NAV PAGES 33 190-00357-00 Rev C Map Page Default Nav Page Auto Zoom An autozoom feature is available for the Default NAV Page, which automatically adjusts from an en route range of 200 nautical miles through each lower range, stopping at 5.0 nautical miles as you approach your destination waypoi...
2 - NAV PAGES 34 190-00357-00 Rev C NOTE: If the 500W-series unit is unable to determine a GPS position, the present position (airplane) symbol will appear on the Map Page in yellow. No symbol will be present when there is no active flight plan. Map Symbols Various symbols are used to distinguish be...
2 - NAV PAGES 35 190-00357-00 Rev C To quickly declutter the map display, press the CLR key momentarily (as often as needed) to select the desired amount of map detail. To quickly declutter the map, press CLR. Continue pressing CLR to select the desired declutter level. Note the scale is followed “-...
2 - NAV PAGES 36 190-00357-00 Rev C To review information for an on-screen airport, navaid or user waypoint: 1. Use the panning function (as described on the previous page) to place the target pointer on a waypoint. 2. Press ENT to display the waypoint information page(s) for the selected waypoint. ...
2 - NAV PAGES 37 190-00357-00 Rev C 2. Press the ENT key to display the Page Menu. Highlight “Review Airspace?”. 3. Press ENT to display the airspace information. Press ENT again to return to the Nav page. To display airspace frequencies: 1. While viewing the Nav map page, press the small right (CRS...
2 - NAV PAGES 38 190-00357-00 Rev C 8. Press ENT to view the frequency information. Press ENT with “Done?” highlighted to return to the airspace frequency display. 8. Turn the large knob to highlight “Done?” and press ENT to return to the Nav page. Press the small right ( CRSR) knob to remove the ma...
2 - NAV PAGES 39 190-00357-00 Rev C Map Setup “Setup Map?” allows you to configure the map display to your preferences, including map orientation, land data enable/disable, Jeppesen data enable/disable, automatic zoom, airspace boundaries, and text size. The following table lists the group names and...
2 - NAV PAGES 40 190-00357-00 Rev C 6. To enable/disable the on-screen wind vector*: Turn the small right knob to select “Map” and press ENT . Use the large right knob to highlight the “Wind Vector” field and turn the small right knob to select “On” or “Off”. Press ENT to accept the selected option....
2 - NAV PAGES 41 190-00357-00 Rev C Data Fields on the Map The “Data Fields On?” option provides a map display (shown at right) with five user-selectable data fields along the right-hand side of the screen. Select this option when you wish to display additional on-screen data — such as destination w...
2 - NAV PAGES 42 190-00357-00 Rev C NOTE: The on-screen traffic information (TRFC) oc- cupies two data fields, leaving room to display only three additional data types. Traffic information is only available when the 500W-series unit installation includes connection to traffic information sources...
2 - NAV PAGES 43 190-00357-00 Rev C Terrain Operation During power-up of the 500W Series unit, the terrain/obstacle database versions are displayed along with a disclaimer. At the same time, the Terrain system self-test begins. A failure message is issued if the test fails. Garmin TERRAIN is a non-T...
2 - NAV PAGES 44 190-00357-00 Rev C Baro-Corrected Altitude Baro-corrected altitude (or indicated altitude) is derived by adjusting the altimeter setting for local atmospheric conditions. The most accurate baro-corrected altitude can be achieved by frequently updating the altimeter setting to the ne...
2 - NAV PAGES 45 190-00357-00 Rev C To show or hide aviation data: 1. Select the Terrain Page and press MENU . 2. Select “Show (or Hide) Aviation Data” and press ENT. Pressing the CLR key when the TERRAIN Page is displayed will also toggle aviation information on or off. Inhibit Mode The Garmin Terr...
2 - NAV PAGES 46 190-00357-00 Rev C Terrain Symbols The following symbols are used to represent obstacles and potential impact points on the Terrain Page. Note that obstacle symbols are shown on display zoom ranges up to 10 NM : The Garmin TERRAIN system uses yellow (cau- tion) and red (warning) to ...
2 - NAV PAGES 47 190-00357-00 Rev C Database Versions The version and area of coverage of each ter- rain/obstacle database is shown on the Terrain Data-base Versions Page, located in the AUX Page Group. Databases are checked for integrity at power-up. If a database is found to be missing and/or defi...
2 - NAV PAGES 48 190-00357-00 Rev C Terrain/Obstacle Database Areas of Coverage The following describes the area of coverage avail- able in each database. Regional definitions may change without notice. Database Coverage Area Worldwide (WW) Latitudes: N 75° to S 60° Longitudes: W 180° to E 180° Unit...
2 - NAV PAGES 49 190-00357-00 Rev C Forward Looking Terrain Avoidance The unit will issue terrain alerts not only when the aircraft altitude is below the terrain elevation but also when the aircraft is projected to come within minimum clearance values of the terrain. This alerting, called Forward Lo...
2 - NAV PAGES 50 190-00357-00 Rev C TERRAIN Failure Alert The TERRAIN system continually monitors several system-critical items, such as database validity, hardware status, and GPS status. Should the system detect a failure, a message is annunciated “TERRAIN has failed”. “TERRAIN has failed” message...
2 - NAV PAGES 51 190-00357-00 Rev C Annunciation Pop-Up Alert Description None TERRAIN has failed None TERRAIN has been inhibited None TERRAIN not available due to degraded navigation solution or the aircraft is outside of the database coverage area. Terrain FLTA advisory generated by predicted or p...
2 - NAV PAGES 53 190-00357-00 Rev C NAVCOM Page The NAVCOM Page provides a list of the airport communication and navigation frequencies at your departure, en route and arrival airports. The NAVCOM Page makes selection of the frequencies you’ll need along your flight plan quick and convenient. If you...
2 - NAV PAGES 55 190-00357-00 Rev C Satellite Status Page The Satellite Status Page (the last NAV page) provides a visual reference of GPS receiver functions, including current satellite coverage, GPS receiver status, position accuracy, and displays your present position (by default, in latitude and...
2 - NAV PAGES 56 190-00357-00 Rev C As satellites are received, the status changes to “3D Navigation”. 3D Navigation includes altitude. The sky view display at the top left corner of the page shows the satellites currently in view as well as their respective positions. The outer circle of the sky vi...
2 - NAV PAGES 57 190-00357-00 Rev C Each satellite has a 30-second data transmission that must be collected (hollow signal strength bar) before the satellite may be used for navigation (solid signal strength bar). Once the GPS receiver has deter-mined your position, the 500W-series unit indicates yo...
3 - DIRECT-TO 59 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 3 Direct-To Navigation The 500W-series direct-to function provides a quick method of setting a course to a destination waypoint. Once a direct-to is activated, the 500W-series unit establishes a point-to-point course line (geodesic path) from your present ...
3 - DIRECT-TO 60 190-00357-00 Rev C Selecting by Facility or City Selecting a Destination by Facility Name or City In addition to selecting a destination by identifier, the Select Direct-to Waypoint Page also allows you to select airports, VORs and NDBs by facility name or city location. If duplicat...
3 - DIRECT-TO 61 190-00357-00 Rev C Flight Plan / Nearest Waypoints Selecting a Destination from the Active Flight Plan If you’re navigating an active flight plan, any waypoint contained in the flight plan may be selected as a direct-to destination from the Select Direct-to Waypoint page (see Sectio...
3 - DIRECT-TO 62 190-00357-00 Rev C Direct-to Shortcuts Shortcuts Shortcuts are available when using the direct-to key, allowing you to bypass the use of the small and large right knobs to enter the destination waypoint’s identifier. A direct-to can be performed from any page displaying a single way...
3 - DIRECT-TO 63 190-00357-00 Rev C Cancelling / Manual Course Cancelling Direct-To Navigation Once a direct-to is activated, the 500W-series unit provides navigation guidance to the selected destina-tion until the direct-to is either replaced with a new direct-to or flight plan, or cancelled, or if...
3 - DIRECT-TO 64 190-00357-00 Rev C Selecting Direct-To a Holding Pattern You may select a Direct-To course to a holding pat- tern that is in your flight plan. To set a direct-to course to a holding pattern: 1. Press the FPL key to reach the active flight plan page. 2. Press the small right knob to ...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 65 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 4 Flight Plans The 500W-series unit lets you create up to 20 differ- ent flight plans, with up to 31 waypoints in each flight plan. The flight plan (FPL) page group consists of two pages, accessed by pressing the FPL key. The flight plan pages allow you...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 67 190-00357-00 Rev C Flight Plan Catalog Options The following options are available for the Flight Plan Catalog: • Activate Flight Plan• Invert and Activate Flight Plan• Create New Flight Plan• Crossfill• Copy Flight Plan• Delete Flight Plan• Delete All Flight Plans• Sort List by ...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 68 190-00357-00 Rev C From the Flight Plan Catalog, press MENU to display the options menu and select “Create New Flight Plan?”. 4. A blank flight plan page appears for the first empty storage location. Use the small and large right knobs to enter the identifier of the departure way...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 69 190-00357-00 Rev C the “Cross-Side” field, then turn the small right knob to select “To” or “From”. Press ENT to confirm the selection. 7. Turn the large right knob to highlight “Initi- ate Transfer?” and press ENT to transfer the selected data. Once “Initiate Transfer?” is selec...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 70 190-00357-00 Rev C Deleting Flight Plans Once you are finished with a flight plan, it can easily be deleted from the Flight Plan Catalog or the Active Flight Plan Page. Delete Flight Plan? allows you to remove the selected flight plan from memory. Deleting a flight plan does not ...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 71 190-00357-00 Rev C Active Flight Plan The Active Flight Plan Page provides information and editing functions for “flight plan 0” — the flight plan currently in use for navigation. Once you have activated a flight plan, the Active Flight Plan Page shows each waypoint for the fligh...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 72 190-00357-00 Rev C Activate Leg Activate Leg? activates/reactivates the flight plan and selects the highlighted leg as the “active leg” (the leg which is currently used for navigation guidance). “Activate Leg?” selects the highlighted flight plan leg as the leg currently in use f...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 73 190-00357-00 Rev C Select Approach Select Approach? allows you to select a published instrument approach for the destination airport, or replace the current approach with a new selection. (In many cases, you’ll find it more convenient to select approaches using the PROC key — as ...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 74 190-00357-00 Rev C “Select Arrival?” and “Select Departure?” allow you to select and use published arrival routes (STARs) and published instrument departures (SIDs). 3. A window appears listing the available arrivals for your destination airport. Turn the small right knob to sele...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 75 190-00357-00 Rev C Remove Approach, Arrival, or Departure Remove Approach? deletes the currently selected approach from the active flight plan. Remove Arrival? deletes the current Arrival (STAR) from the active flight plan. Remove Departure? deletes the current departure (SID) fr...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 76 190-00357-00 Rev C highlight “Load?” and press ENT . The name for the new user waypoint is derived from the identifier of the reference waypoint. Parallel Track Parallel Track? allows you to create a parallel course offset of 1 to 99 NM to the left or right of your current flight...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 77 190-00357-00 Rev C 5. Turn the small right knob to select the desired Offset Direction and press ENT . 6. Activate? is highlighted. Press ENT to activate the selected Parallel Track. Or, press CLR or the small right knob (CRSR) to cancel Parallel Track selection. After activating...
4 - FLIGHT PLANS 79 190-00357-00 Rev C Flight Plan Shortcuts The “Activate Leg?” option is discussed earlier, which allows you to specify which leg of the flight plan is currently used for navigation guidance. A shortcut also exists for this operation, using the direct-to key. From the Active Flight...
5 - PROCEDURES 81 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 5 - Procedures - Approaches, Departures, & Arrivals The 500W-series unit allows you to fly non-preci- sion and precision approaches to airports with pub-lished instrument approach procedures. All available approaches are stored on your Jeppesen NavDat...
5 - PROCEDURES 82 190-00357-00 Rev C Not all approaches in the database are approved for GPS use. As you select an approach, a “GPS” designa-tion to the right of the procedure name indicates the procedure can be flown using the GPS receiver. Some procedures do not have this designation, meaning that...
5 - PROCEDURES 83 190-00357-00 Rev C the screen. If you have passed the MAP, the 500W-series unit proceeds to the transition waypoint without a restart confirmation. Basic Approach Operations The 500W series provides precision vertical guid- ance and non-precision advisory guidance using its built i...
5 - PROCEDURES 84 190-00357-00 Rev C typically begin with the same basic steps: Basic Steps for Using Approaches DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION 1. Select the destination airport using the direct- to key, or as the last waypoint in the active flight plan. 2. Choose the “Select Approach?” option from the P...
5 - PROCEDURES 85 190-00357-00 Rev C 1. Prior to departing KFDK, the destination (KLYH) is selected using the direct-to key or by cre- ating a flight plan terminating at Lynchburg Regional. 2. While en route to KLYH, some 40-50 nauti- cal miles away, you select the ATIS frequency to monitor airport ...
5 - PROCEDURES 86 190-00357-00 Rev C Procedure Turn Approach RW04 31 nm DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION 2. Several miles prior to reaching the IAF (LYH), you may wish to review the approach sequence. Press the FPL key to display the Active Flight Plan Page. Press the small right knob and tur...
5 - PROCEDURES 87 190-00357-00 Rev C RW04 DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION 7. After approximately one minute, make a 180° right turn to a heading of 340° to intercept the inbound course. The 500W-series unit sequences to the inbound leg to the FAF, the CDI needle swings to the opposite side to provid...
5 - PROCEDURES 88 190-00357-00 Rev C 13. As you cross the MAP, “SUSP” appears above the OBS key, indicating that automatic sequencing of approach waypoints is sus-pended at the MAP. A “from” indication is displayed on the CDI and Default NAV Page, but course guidance along the final approach course ...
5 - PROCEDURES 89 190-00357-00 Rev C on the design of the approach. Normally, MAPR will be annunciated for missed approach procedures in which the first leg is a climb straight ahead to a waypoint, whereas TERM will be annunciated for missed approach procedures requiring a turn. d. CDI scaling will ...
5 - PROCEDURES 90 190-00357-00 Rev C Flying an Approach with a Hold Starting where the previous example left off, we’ll assume weather conditions resulted in a missed approach at Lynchburg Regional. Now, you’ve decided to divert to Farmville Regional (KFVX) instead. Farmville (VA) Regional GPS Rwy 2...
5 - PROCEDURES 91 190-00357-00 Rev C 7. As in the last example, within 31 nautical miles of the airport, the 500W-series unit switches from en route mode to terminal mode, and the CDI scale transitions from 2.0 to 1.0 nautical miles, full scale deflection. NOTE: Upon activating an RNAV GPS approach,...
5 - PROCEDURES 92 190-00357-00 Rev C NOTE: If you need to lose extra altitude or speed by going around the holding pattern again, press OBS to manually suspend waypoint sequencing BEFORE crossing the holding waypoint the sec-ond time. If you’ve already passed this waypoint, re-activate the holding p...
5 - PROCEDURES 93 190-00357-00 Rev C 14. As you near the MAP, a waypoint alert (“Arriv- ing at waypoint”) appears in the lower right corner. CDI scaling continues to tighten from 0.3 NM to 350 feet, full-scale deflection. As you approach the MAP, the “Arriving at waypoint” waypoint alert appears in ...
5 - PROCEDURES 94 190-00357-00 Rev C approach is selected, along with “D258G/LEBVY” as the IAF. 1. Select Billard Muni (KTOP) as your destination, via the direct-to key or as the last waypoint in a flight plan. Press direct-to and select “KTOP” as your destination (using the small and large right kn...
5 - PROCEDURES 95 190-00357-00 Rev C NOTE: Since this is not a GPS approach, the pilot should be using the VLOC receiver, tuned to the correct VOR (TOP) for navigation. However, as an example, operation is essentially identical. 5. As you approach the IAF (D258G/LEBVY), a waypoint alert (“Left to 35...
5 - PROCEDURES 96 190-00357-00 Rev C DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION 10. As you cross the FAF, the destination sequences to the MAP (“RW22”, the runway threshold). With the needle centered, fly toward the MAP, observing the altitude minimums dictated by the approach plate. When viewing the Map Page, you...
5 - PROCEDURES 97 190-00357-00 Rev C Vectors to Final Let’s take a second look at the “VOR 22” approach into Billard Municipal. Instead of following the DME arc, ATC tells you to expect vectors onto the final approach course. There are several ways to select “vec-tors to final” with the 500W-series ...
5 - PROCEDURES 98 190-00357-00 Rev C Flying the Vectors Approach With “Vectors-To-Final” (VTF) selected, the CDI needle remains off center until you’re established on the final approach course. With the approach acti-vated, the Map Page displays an extension of the final approach course in magenta (...
5 - PROCEDURES 99 190-00357-00 Rev C As you converge with the final approach course, the CDI needle (on the Default NAV Page and the external CDI) moves toward the center. 6. As the CDI needle centers, make any remaining course corrections to establish yourself on the final approach course. DO NOT U...
5 - PROCEDURES 100 190-00357-00 Rev C Course From Fix Flight Plan Legs Certain approach, departure, and arrival procedures in the Jeppesen database contain Course From Fix flight plan legs. The 500W-series unit is able to load these legs into the flight plan along with the rest of the proce-dure dat...
5 - PROCEDURES 102 190-00357-00 Rev C DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION MISSED APPROACH: Palmdale (CA) USAF Plant 42 VOR/DME or GPS Rwy 25 MISSED APPROACH Climb to 5000’ outbound via PMD VOR R-282 , then climbing RIGHT turn to 7000’ direct PMD VOR and hold. 1. After crossing the MAP, press the ...
5 - PROCEDURES 103 190-00357-00 Rev C Course-From-Fix Legs speed and distance from PMD VOR. Intercept and fly the inbound course, keeping the CDI needle centered. 6. As you approach PMD VOR (the missed approach holding point), an alert message in the lower right-hand corner of the screen recommends ...
5 - PROCEDURES 104 190-00357-00 Rev C 2. As you depart the airfield, “Next DTK 026° in x sec” appears in the lower right corner of the screen and “SUSP” appears directly above the OBS key. You are now on the “course from fix to manual sequence” leg. The distance dis-played on the Active Flight Plan,...
5 - PROCEDURES 105 190-00357-00 Rev C ILS Approach GNS 530W only 2 NM 15 NM 1.2 NM 1.2 NM MANUAL FAF VLOC VLOC GPS GPS Auto Switch to VLOC within this ar ea The GNS 530W can be set to automatically switch the external CDI output from GPS to VLOC as you intercept the final approach course (if used wi...
5 - PROCEDURES 106 190-00357-00 Rev C Selecting an ILS Approach For this example, we’ll use a flight from Laughlin Bullhead (Arizona) International (KIFP) to Flag-staff Pulliam (KFLG) and select the ILS runway 21 approach. “SHUTR” intersection is selected as the IAF, which includes an outbound leg a...
5 - PROCEDURES 107 190-00357-00 Rev C ILS Approach GNS 530W only simply press the VLOC flip-flop key to place it in the active frequency field. Flying the ILS Approach When you “Activate?” an ILS approach, automatic switching of the external CDI is enabled (unless turned off from the CDI/Alarms Page...
5 - PROCEDURES 109 190-00357-00 Rev C 11. As you approach the FAF (SHUTR), “LNAV” appears in the lower left corner of the screen — indicating a CDI scale transition from 1.0 to 0.3 nautical miles, full scale deflection. This scale transition applies only to the Default NAV Page’s on-screen CDI, sinc...
5 - PROCEDURES 110 190-00357-00 Rev C is displayed on the Default NAV Page, but course guidance along the final approach course continues. Do NOT follow this extended course. Follow published missed approach procedures using the OBS key to initiate the missed approach sequence. As you cross the MAP,...
5 - PROCEDURES 111 190-00357-00 Rev C Flying the LPV Approach 1. Within 31 nautical miles of KSLE, the GNS 500W Series unit switches from en route mode to terminal mode and the CDI scale transitions from 2.0 to 1.0 nautical miles, full scale deflec-tion. 2. As you approach the IAF (GLORR), a waypoin...
5 - PROCEDURES 112 190-00357-00 Rev C RNAV Approach Procedures The GNS 500W Series allows for flying LNAV, LNAV/VNAV, LNAV + V and LPV approaches according to the published chart. HSI Annunciation Description Minimums L/VNAV Lateral Navigation/Vertical Navigation. RNAV non-precision approach with ad...
5 - PROCEDURES 113 190-00357-00 Rev C NOTE : Minimums will be controlling, do not descend below applicable minimum descent altitude or decision height until criteria of FAR 91.175 are met. Points to Remember for ALL Approaches • The GNS 500W-series unit is designed to comple- ment your printed appro...
5 - PROCEDURES 114 190-00357-00 Rev C • If the CDI output has not automatically switched from GPS to ILS upon reaching the FAF, you must manually switch to the VLOC receiver by pressing the CDI key. Verify that “VLOC” is displayed directly above to the CDI key. • Automatic switching of CDI output is...
5 - PROCEDURES 115 190-00357-00 Rev C “VLOC” must appear in the lower left corner (above the CDI key) in order to use the VLOC receiver with your external CDI and autopilot. 1. You may select “VLOC” guidance at any point on the approach prior to reaching the FAF. 2. The localizer frequency must be a...
6 - WPT PAGES 117 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 6 WPT Pages WPT Page Group Section 2 introduced the 500W-series unit main page groups — NAV, WPT, AUX, NRST — and described each page in the NAV group. This second page group (WPT) provides information for the thousands of airports, VORs, NDBs, intersecti...
6 - WPT PAGES 118 190-00357-00 Rev C Finding the Desired Airport Finding the Desired Airport Your 500W-series unit uses ICAO identifiers for all airports. All U.S. airport identifiers which contain only letters use the prefix “K”. For example, Los Angeles International is KLAX under the ICAO standar...
6 - WPT PAGES 119 190-00357-00 Rev C Duplicate Waypoints 7. To remove the flashing cursor, press the small right knob. Duplicate Waypoints Once the identifier, facility name or location is entered, all six airport pages display information for the selected airport. As you enter an identifier, facili...
6 - WPT PAGES 120 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Location Airport Location Page The Airport Location Page displays the latitude, longitude, and elevation of the selected airport. The Airport Location Page also displays facility name and location, as well as fuel availability, best available instrument a...
6 - WPT PAGES 121 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Runways Airport Location Page Options Select Next FPL Apt? Selecting the Next Airport page menu option allows you to display the next waypoint in the flight plan. Select “Select Next FPL Apt?” to display the next airport in the flight plan. Select Destina...
6 - WPT PAGES 122 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Runways 3. Turn the small right knob to display a window listing all runways for the selected airport. 4. Continue turning the small right knob to select the desired runway. 5. Press ENT to display information for the selected runway on the Airport Runway...
6 - WPT PAGES 123 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Frequencies Airport Frequency Page The Airport Frequency Page displays radio fre- quencies and frequency types for the selected airport, as well as sector and altitude restrictions (where applicable). If the selected airport has a localizer-based approach...
6 - WPT PAGES 124 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Frequencies To view usage restrictions for a frequency: 1. Turn the large right knob to place the cursor on the “Info?” designation directly to the left of the desired frequency. When “Info? appears to the left of a dis- played frequency, the frequency ha...
6 - WPT PAGES 125 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Approaches Airport Approach Page The Airport Approach Page shows the available approach procedures for the selected airport. Where multiple initial approach fixes (IAFs) and feeder routes are available, that information may also be displayed. A map image ...
6 - WPT PAGES 126 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Approach Options NOTE: Not all approaches in the database are ap- proved for GPS use. As you select an approach, a “ G P S ” designation to the right of the procedure name indicates the procedure can be flown using the GPS re-ceiver. Some procedures do no...
6 - WPT PAGES 128 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Arrival Page The Airport Arrival Page shows the available Airport Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) procedures for the selected airport. Where multiple transitions or runways are associated with the arrival procedure, that information may also be displayed...
6 - WPT PAGES 129 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Arrivals With the “RUNWAY” field highlighted, turn the small right knob to select the desired runway. Many arrivals apply to all runways for a particular airport, as indicated by “ALL”. NOTE: “ALL” may appear in the runway field, indicat- ing the arrival...
6 - WPT PAGES 130 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Departures To manually transition to a loaded arrival proce-dure: 1. From the Active Flight Plan Page, press the small right knob to activate the cursor and scroll down through the list of loaded arrival waypoints. 2. When the desired loaded arrival waypo...
6 - WPT PAGES 131 190-00357-00 Rev C Airport Departures 3. Turn the small right knob to display a window of available departures for the selected airport. Continue turning the small right knob to select the desired departure. 4. Press ENT . The cursor moves to the runway field. 5. Turn the small rig...
6 - WPT PAGES 132 190-00357-00 Rev C Intersections To load a departure procedure from the Airport Departure Page: 1. Select the desired departure, runway and transi- tion using the steps above. 2. Press MENU to display the Airport Departure Page Options. From the Airport Departure Page, press MENU t...
6 - WPT PAGES 133 190-00357-00 Rev C NDBs NDB Page The NDB page displays the facility name, city, region/country, latitude and longitude for the selected NDB. The NDB page also displays the frequency and a weather broadcast indication (if applicable). There are no options for the NDB page. The follo...
6 - WPT PAGES 134 190-00357-00 Rev C VORs VOR Page The VOR Page displays the facility name, city, region/country, magnetic variation, latitude and lon-gitude for the selected VOR. The VOR Page also dis-plays the frequency and a weather broadcast indication (if applicable). There are no options for t...
6 - WPT PAGES 135 190-00357-00 Rev C User Waypoints To select a VOR frequency from the VOR Page: 1. Select the VOR Page from the WPT page group. 2. Press the small right knob momentarily to place the cursor on the VOR identifier field. If you wish to select another VOR, use the small and large right...
6 - WPT PAGES 136 190-00357-00 Rev C Creating User Waypoints The following descriptions and abbreviations appear on the User Waypoint Page: • REF WPT — Reference waypoint identifier (name) • RAD — Radial from reference waypoint, in degrees magnetic or degrees true (depending upon unit con-figuration...
6 - WPT PAGES 137 190-00357-00 Rev C Creating User Waypoints To create a new user waypoint by referencing an existing waypoint: 1. With the User Waypoint Page displayed, press the small right knob to activate the cursor. 2. Use the small and large right knobs to enter a name for the new waypoint and...
6 - WPT PAGES 138 190-00357-00 Rev C Creating User Waypoints Creating User Waypoints from the Map Page The Map Page and panning target pointer provide a quick means of saving your present position as a user-defined waypoint. The Map Page can be used to create a user waypoint, by panning to the desir...
6 - WPT PAGES 139 190-00357-00 Rev C Modifying User Waypoints Modifying User Waypoints To modify an existing waypoint, select that waypoint on the User Waypoint Page and enter the new position information directly over the old infor-mation. From the User Waypoint Page, use the small and large right ...
6 - WPT PAGES 140 190-00357-00 Rev C User Waypoint Options 5. The cursor moves to the radial (RAD) field. Use the small and large right knobs to change the radial from the reference waypoint, if desired. Press ENT to accept the selected radial. With the radial (RAD) field highlighted, use the small ...
6 - WPT PAGES 141 190-00357-00 Rev C User Waypoint List Delete User Waypoint? allows you to delete the selected waypoint from memory. To delete a user waypoint: 1. Select the desired waypoint on the User Waypoint Page and press MENU to display the User Waypoint Page Options. 2. Turn the large right ...
190-00357-00 Rev C 7 - NRST PAGES 145 Section 7 NRST Pages NRST Page Group Section 2 introduced the 500W-series unit main page groups — NAV, WPT, AUX, NRST — and described each page in the NAV group. This fourth page group (NRST) provides detailed information for the 25 nearest airports, VORs, NDBs,...
190-00357-00 Rev C 7 - NRST PAGES 147 Nearby Waypoints To scroll through the list of nearest flight service station or center points of communication: To scroll through the ARTCC or FSS frequen- cies, highlight the number adjacent to the communication point name and turn the small right knob. 1. Sel...
7 - NRST PAGES 148 190-00357-00 Rev C Nearest Airports Nearest Airport Page The Nearest Airport Page displays the identifier, symbol, bearing and distance to the 25 nearest airports (within 200 nautical miles of your present position). For each airport listed, the Nearest Airport Page also indicates...
190-00357-00 Rev C 7 - NRST PAGES 149 Nearest Intersections and NDBs 6. Press the small right knob to remove the flashing cursor. Additional communication frequencies, runway information and more is available from the Near-est Airport Page by highlighting the identifier of the desired airport and pr...
7 - NRST PAGES 150 190-00357-00 Rev C Nearest VORs Nearest VOR Page The Nearest VOR Page displays the identifier, symbol, bearing and distance to the 25 nearest VORs (within 200 nautical miles of your present position). For each VOR listed, the Nearest VOR Page also indi-cates the frequency and may ...
190-00357-00 Rev C 7 - NRST PAGES 151 To view additional information for a nearby VOR, highlight the desired VOR on the list and press ENT. 5. To return to the Nearest VOR Page, verify that “Done?” is highlighted by the flashing cursor and press ENT (or press CLR ). 6. Press the small right knob to ...
7 - NRST PAGES 152 190-00357-00 Rev C Press ENT to place the frequency on standby. Press the COM flip-flop key to activate the selected frequency. 6. Press the COM flip-flop key to activate the selected frequency. 7. Press the small right knob to remove the flashing cursor. Nearest Flight Service St...
190-00357-00 Rev C 7 - NRST PAGES 153 Nearest Airspaces Press ENT to place the frequency on standby. Press the COM or VLOC flip-flop key to activate the selected frequency.Navigation frequencies for ILS and localizer (LOC) also appear on the list. 6. Press COM or VLOC flip-flop key, as appropri- ate...
190-00357-00 Rev C 7 - NRST PAGES 155 Nearest Airspaces To view and quickly tune the frequency for a controlling agency: 1. Follow steps #1 through #4 on the previous page to display the Airspace Information Page for the desired controlled or special use airspace. Airspace Name “Done?” Field (return...
7 - NRST PAGES 156 190-00357-00 Rev C Nearest Airspaces The Airspace Information Page displays — and air- space alert messages are provided for — the following airspace types: Airspace alert for a military operations area (MOA). • Alert • Caution • Class B • Class C • Class D • CTA • Danger • MOA • ...
8 - VLOC RECEIVER 157 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 8 VLOC (VOR/Localizer/Glideslope) Receiver Operations The GNS 530W includes digitally-tuned VOR/ localizer and glideslope receivers with the desired frequency selected on the VLOC window , along the left-hand side of the display. Frequency selection i...
8 - VLOC RECEIVER 158 190-00357-00 Rev C VLOC Ident Window To select a VOR/localizer/ILS frequency: 1. If the tuning cursor is not currently in the VLOC window, press the small left knob momen- tarily. Press the small left knob to move the tuning cursor to the VLOC window. Turn the small left knob t...
8 - VLOC RECEIVER 159 190-00357-00 Rev C Auto-tuning To select a VLOC frequency from the Waypoint VOR or Nearest VOR Pages: 1. Select the desired page from the main pages. (See the page references on the preceding page.) 2. Press the small right knob momentarily to activate the flashing cursor. 3. T...
8 - VLOC RECEIVER 160 190-00357-00 Rev C CDI Key 7. For VOR and ILS approaches, the standby field of the VLOC window is automatically tuned to the proper frequency. To activate the frequency press the VLOC flip-flop key. To display VLOC course information on the external CDI (or HSI) press CDI and v...
9 - AUX PAGES 161 190-00357-00 Rev C AUX Page Group Section 9 AUX Pages AUX Page Group Section 2 introduced the 500W-series unit main page groups — NAV, WPT, AUX, NRST — and described each page in the NAV group. The third page group (AUX) allows you to change unit settings, customizing operation to ...
9 - AUX PAGES 162 190-00357-00 Rev C Flight Planning Page The Flight Planning Page provides access to E6B functions for fuel planning, trip planning, density altitude/true airspeed/winds aloft calculations, sched-uled messages and a “Crossfill” function to transfer flight plans/user waypoints to a s...
9 - AUX PAGES 163 190-00357-00 Rev C Flight Planning figure and is not retained the next time you view the page. • Fuel Flow and Fuel On Board Sensors Installed — Fuel flow and fuel on board are automati-cally provided by sensors. Fuel on board can NOT be entered manually. Fuel Flow can be entered m...
9 - AUX PAGES 164 190-00357-00 Rev C Crossfill — allows the pilot to transfer the active flight plan, any stored flight plan, a user waypoint or all user waypoints between two 500W-Series (or 400W-Series) Garmin units in a dual-unit instal-lation. To perform fuel planning operations: 1. Select “Fuel...
9 - AUX PAGES 165 190-00357-00 Rev C Flight Planning 6. The flashing cursor moves to the fuel flow (FF) field. Use the small and large right knobs to enter the fuel flow rate. Press ENT when finished. Note that if a fuel system is providing current fuel flow, the fuel flow defaults to this value. 7....
9 - AUX PAGES 167 190-00357-00 Rev C 5. The flashing cursor moves to the total air tem- perature (TAT) field. Use the small and large right knobs to enter the temperature. Press ENT when finished. Use the small and large right knobs to enter the total air temperature (TAT). TAT is the temperature, i...
9 - AUX PAGES 169 190-00357-00 Rev C Flight Planning manual transfer can also be done on command. If either of the messages “data transfer error” or “data transfer cancelled” are received during an automatic or manual transfer, the pilot must force another transfer. To transfer flight plans or user ...
9 - AUX PAGES 170 190-00357-00 Rev C Utility Page 4. Continue turning the small right knob to select the desired data option. Press ENT when finished. 5a. For a stored flight plan (“Flight Plan” data option), the flight plan number field is high-lighted. Turn the small right knob to select the desir...
9 - AUX PAGES 171 190-00357-00 Rev C Utility Page ...to display the corresponding option page (e.g. Trip Statistics Page). 3. Press the small right knob to return to the previous item. The following items are available: Checklists — provides up to nine different user-de- fined checklists containing ...
9 - AUX PAGES 173 190-00357-00 Rev C Utility Page To delete a checklist or all checklists: 1. With the Checklists Page displayed, press MENU to display an options menu. 2. Turn the large right knob to select “Delete Checklist?” or “Delete All Checklists?” and press ENT to remove the highlighted chec...
9 - AUX PAGES 175 190-00357-00 Rev C Utility Page Trip Statistics To reset trip statistics readouts: 1. Select “Trip Statistics” from the Utility Page. 2. Press MENU to display an options window with several reset options: Press MENU to display an options window, listing several reset options. • Res...
9 - AUX PAGES 176 190-00357-00 Rev C Utility Page • RAIM Not Available — Satellite coverage is predicted to NOT be sufficient for reliable operation during non-precision approaches • RAIM Available — Satellite coverage is predicted to be sufficient for reliable operation during all flight phases, in...
9 - AUX PAGES 177 190-00357-00 Rev C Setup 1 Page Setup 1 Page The Setup 1 Page provides access to airspace alarms, CDI scale adjustments, an arrival alarm, units of measure settings, position formats, map datums, settings for local or UTC time display, display adjust-ments, nearest airport search p...
9 - AUX PAGES 178 190-00357-00 Rev C CDI / Alarms Page If a lower CDI scale setting is selected (i.e., 1.0 or 0.3 NM), the higher scale settings are not selected during ANY phase of flight. For example, if 1.0 NM is selected, the 500W-series unit uses this for en route and terminal phases and ramps ...
9 - AUX PAGES 179 190-00357-00 Rev C Setup 1 Page will not be notified with an alert message; if you are less than 500 feet above or below an airspace and projected to enter it, you will be notified with an alert message. The default setting is 200 feet. Units / Position — allows you to configure th...
9 - AUX PAGES 180 190-00357-00 Rev C played. The default settings are “0 feet (or meters)” for runway length and “any” for runway surface type. Data Field Configuration — determines the information type that is displayed in the user-selectable data field directly below the VLOC window. Available dat...
9 - AUX PAGES 181 190-00357-00 Rev C Setup 1 Page 4. To change the altitude buffer, turn the large right knob to highlight the “Altitude Buffer” field. Use the small and large right knobs to enter the desired buffer distance. Press ENT when finished. This buffer distance is added to the floor/ ceili...
9 - AUX PAGES 182 190-00357-00 Rev C To set the arrival alarm and alarm distance: 1. Select “CDI / Alarms” from the Setup Page. 2. Turn the large right knob to highlight the “On”/”Off” field (left-hand side of the field directly below “Arrival Alarm”). 3. Turn the small right knob to select “On” or ...
9 - AUX PAGES 183 190-00357-00 Rev C Setup 1 Page To change the position format: 1. Select “Units / Position” from the Setup Page. 2. Turn the large right knob to highlight the “Position Format” field. 3. Turn the small right knob to select the desired position format. The following position formats...
9 - AUX PAGES 184 190-00357-00 Rev C 4. Press ENT to accept the selected offset. NOTE: When a local time offset is entered, you must also select “Local 12 hour” or “Local 24 hour” time format. The “UTC” time format setting ignores any time offset entry. Display Backlight. To change the backlighting ...
9 - AUX PAGES 185 190-00357-00 Rev C NOTE: Exercise caution when changing the Near- est Airport Criteria. Remember, by excluding certain surface types or shorter runway lengths, you may be excluding airports from the nearest list that are more than adequate for an emergency landing! Data Field Confi...
9 - AUX PAGES 186 190-00357-00 Rev C Setup 1 Page COM Configuration To set the COM channel spacing: 1. Select “COM Configuration” from the Setup 1 Page. 2. The flashing cursor highlights the channel spac- ing field. Turn the small right knob to select the desired channel spacing: 8.33 kHz or 25.0 kH...
9 - AUX PAGES 187 190-00357-00 Rev C Setup 2 Page Restoring Factory Settings When making changes to any Setup 1 Page item, a “Restore Defaults?” menu selection allows you to restore the original factory settings (for the selected option only). For example, with the CDI / Alarms Page displayed, the “...
9 - AUX PAGES 188 190-00357-00 Rev C To enable WAAS operation, select the “SBAS Selection” menu option. 3. Turn the small right knob to select “On” or “Off” and then press ENT . Press the Cursor knob to exit WAAS selection. Setup 2 Page
10 - VNAV 189 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 10 Vertical Navigation (VNAV) The 500W-series Vertical Navigation Page allows you to create a three-dimensional profile which guides you from your present position and altitude to a final (target) altitude at a specified location. This is helpful when you’d l...
10 - VNAV 190 190-00357-00 Rev C To create a vertical navigation profile: 1. Press VNAV to display the Vertical Navigation Page. 2. Press the small right knob to activate the cursor. 3. With the “Target Altitude” field highlighted, turn the small and large right knobs to select the target altitude a...
11 - FDE 192 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 11 Fault Detection and Exclusion (FDE) Interface Fault Detection and Exclusion (FDE) The Garmin 500W-series software incorporates a Fault Detection and Exclusion (FDE) algorithm, thus providing a basis for approval per FAA Notice N8110.60 requirements for “GPS...
12 - MESSAGES ABBREVIATIONS & NAV TERMS 193 190-00357-00 Rev C Section 12 Messages, Abbreviations, & Nav Terms Messages The 500W-series unit uses a flashing “MSG” annun- ciator at the bottom of the screen (directly above the MSG key) to alert you of any important information or warnings. Whi...
12 - MESSAGES ABBREVIATIONS & NAV TERMS 199 190-00357-00 Rev C Waypoint already exists — The name you have entered for a user waypoint already exists in memory. Waypoint(s) have been replaced — One or more user waypoints were updated during a unit-to-unit crossfill operation. Waypoint memory is ...
12 - MESSAGES ABBREVIATIONS & NAV TERMS 201 190-00357-00 Rev C Abbreviations The following is a list of abbreviations and acronyms used on the 500W-series unit and their meanings: ACTV — Active ALT — Altitude APR — Approach APT — Airport ARSPC — Airspace ARTCC — Air Route Traffic Control Center ...
12 - MESSAGES ABBREVIATIONS & NAV TERMS 205 190-00357-00 Rev C Navigation Terms The following navigation terms are used on the 500W-series unit: WPT 1 XTK NORTH WPT 2 BRG GS DIS AIRPLANE DTK TRK ALT (altitude) — Height above mean sea level (MSL). BRG (bearing) — The compass direction from your p...
APPENDIX A NavData Card Use 207 190-00357-00 Rev C Appendix A NavData Card Use The Jeppesen NavData ® card supplied with your 500W-series unit should be installed or removed only when the 500W-series unit is off. Insert the card with the swing arm handle on the left and the label facing up (see illu...
APPENDIX B Specifications 208 190-00357-00 Rev C Appendix B Specifications PHYSICAL Unit Size: 6.25”W x 11.00”D x 4.60”H (159mm x 279mm x 117mm) Unit Weight with tray: 500W 6.8 pounds (3.08 kg) 530W 8.2 pounds (3.72 kg) POWER Input: 500W/530W 14/28 Volts DC 530AW 28 Volts DC ENVIRONMENTAL Temperatu...
APPENDIX C Troubleshooting Q & A 209 190-00357-00 Rev C What is RAIM, and how does it affect approach opera-tions? RAIM is an acronym for Receiver Autonomous Integ- rity Monitoring, a GPS receiver function that performs a consistency check on all tracked satellites. RAIM ensures that the availab...
APPENDIX C Troubleshooting Q & A 210 190-00357-00 Rev C Why aren’t there any approaches available for my flight plan? Approaches are available for the final destination air- port in a flight plan or as a direct-to (keep in mind that some VOR/VORTAC identifiers are similar to airport iden-tifiers...
APPENDIX C Troubleshooting Q & A 211 190-00357-00 Rev C What does the OBS key do and when do I use it? The OBS key is used to select manual (OBS mode) or to suspend automatic sequencing of waypoints. Activat-ing OBS mode (as indicated by an annunciation directly above the OBS key) holds your cur...
APPENDIX C Troubleshooting Q & A 212 190-00357-00 Rev C How do I skip a waypoint in an approach, departure, or arrival? The 500W-series unit allows you to manually select any approach, departure or arrival leg as the active leg of your flight plan. This procedure is performed from the Active Fli...
APPENDIX C Troubleshooting Q & A 213 190-00357-00 Rev C minal mode to approach mode. CDI scaling is tightened from 1.0 NM full scale deflection to either 0.3 NM or 2° full scale deflection whichever is less at the FAF. The scal-ing change occurs gradually over a 2 NM distance and is completed be...
APPENDIX C Troubleshooting Q & A 214 190-00357-00 Rev C What is the correct missed approach procedure? How do I select the missed approach holding point? The 500W-series unit does not automatically sequence past the MAP. Waypoint sequencing to the first waypoint in the missed approach procedure ...
APPENDIX D Index 215 190-00357-00 Rev C Index Symbols 3D navigation 8, 56, 57 A Abbreviations 120, 122, 124, 132, 133, 134, 136, 193, 201Accessories iiiAcquiring satellites 8, 57Activate flight plan 22Activate leg 79Activating flight plans 67Active flight plan 21, 71Active leg 13, 31, 72, 86, 88, 91...
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