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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA42NG
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 Line Replaceable Units ........................................... 2
1.2 Secure Digital (SD) Cards .......................................8
1.3 System Power-up ..................................................... 9
1.4 System Operation .................................................. 10
Display Operation ....................................................... 10
G1000 System Annunciations ...................................... 11
System Status ............................................................. 12
AHRS Operation ......................................................... 14
GPS Receiver Operation .............................................. 15
1.5 G1000 Controls ...................................................... 19
PFD/MFD Controls ...................................................... 19
Softkey Function ......................................................... 21
1.6 Accessing G1000 Functionality............................ 28
Menus ....................................................................... 28
Data Entry.................................................................. 28
Page Groups .............................................................. 30
System Settings .......................................................... 34
Timers ....................................................................... 39
Electronic Checklists ................................................... 42
1.7 Display Backlighting ............................................. 44
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments ................................................. 48
Airspeed Indicator ...................................................... 48
Attitude Indicator ....................................................... 50
Altimeter ................................................................... 51
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) ....................................... 53
Vertical Deviation ....................................................... 54
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) .............................. 55
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) .................................. 60
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data .................................... 67
Outside Air Temperature .............................................. 67
Wind Data ................................................................. 69
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications ........................... 70
2.3 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions ........ 71
System Alerting .......................................................... 71
Marker Beacon Annunciations...................................... 72
Traffic Annunciation .................................................... 72
Altitude Alerting ......................................................... 73
Low Altitude Annunciation .......................................... 73
Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting ...... 74
2.4 Abnormal Operations ........................................... 75
Abnormal GPS Conditions ........................................... 75
Unusual Attitudes ....................................................... 76
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM (EIS)
3.1 Engine Display ....................................................... 80
3.2 System Display ...................................................... 82
3.3 Fuel Display ............................................................ 84
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview ................................................................ 87
MFD/PFD Controls and Frequency Display ..................... 88
Audio Panel Controls .................................................. 90
4.2 COM Operation ...................................................... 92
COM Transceiver Selection and Activation ..................... 92
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning .................................. 93
Quick-tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz .................... 94
Auto-tuning the COM Frequency .................................. 95
Frequency Spacing ...................................................... 99
Automatic Squelch .................................................... 100
Volume .................................................................... 100
4.3 NAV Operation ..................................................... 101
NAV Radio Selection and Activation ........................... 101
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning ..................................... 102
Auto-tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD ............... 104
Marker Beacon Receiver ............................................ 109
ADF/DME Tuning ...................................................... 110
4.4 GTX 33 Mode S Transponder .............................. 114
Transponder Controls ................................................ 114
Transponder Mode Selection ...................................... 115
Entering a Transponder Code ..................................... 118
IDENT Function ........................................................ 119
Flight ID Reporting.................................................... 120
4.5 Additional Audio Panel Functions ..................... 121
Power-up ................................................................. 121
Mono/Stereo Headsets .............................................. 121
Speaker ................................................................... 121
Intercom .................................................................. 122
Clearance Recorder and Player ................................... 124
Split COM ................................................................ 125
Entertainment Inputs ................................................ 125
4.6 Audio Panel Preflight Procedure ....................... 126