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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Socata TBM 850
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APPENDIX A
TAWS SYSTEM STATUS ANNUNCIATIONS
Alert Type
PFD/MFD
TAWS Page
Annunciation
MFD
Pop-Up Alert
Aural Message
TAWS System Test Fail None “TAWS System Failure”
TAWS Alerting is disabled
None None
No GPS position or excessively
degraded GPS signal
None “TAWS Not Available”
“TAWS Availble” is heard when sufficient GPS
signal is re-established.
System Test in progress
None None
System Test pass
None None “TAWS System Test OK”
OTHER G1000 AURAL ALERTS
Aural Alert Description
“Minimums, minimums” The aircraft has descended below the preset barometric minimum descent
altitude.
“Vertical track” The aircraft is one minute from Top of Descent. Issued only when vertical
navigation is enabled.