Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA42NG
190-00962-04 Rev. Aviii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 Line Replaceable Units ........................................... 2
1.2 Secure Digital (SD) Cards .......................................6
1.3 System Power-up ..................................................... 7
1.4 System Operation .................................................... 8
Display Operation ......................................................... 8
G1000 System Annunciations ........................................ 9
System Status ............................................................. 11
AHRS Operation ......................................................... 13
GPS Receiver Operation .............................................. 14
1.5 G1000 Controls ...................................................... 18
PFD/MFD Controls ...................................................... 18
Softkey Function ......................................................... 20
1.6 Accessing G1000 Functionality............................ 27
Menus ....................................................................... 27
Data Entry.................................................................. 27
Page Groups .............................................................. 29
System Settings .......................................................... 34
Timers ....................................................................... 40
Electronic Checklists ................................................... 42
1.7 Display Backlighting ............................................. 45
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments ................................................. 50
Airspeed Indicator ...................................................... 50
Attitude Indicator ....................................................... 52
Altimeter ................................................................... 53
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) ....................................... 55
Vertical Deviation ....................................................... 56
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) .............................. 57
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) .................................. 62
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data .................................... 69
Outside Air Temperature .............................................. 69
Wind Data ................................................................. 71
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications ........................... 72
2.3 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions ........ 73
System Alerting .......................................................... 73
Marker Beacon Annunciations...................................... 74
Traffic Annunciation .................................................... 74
Altitude Alerting ......................................................... 75
Low Altitude Annunciation .......................................... 75
Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting ...... 76
Radar Altimeter .......................................................... 77
2.4 Abnormal Operations ........................................... 79
Abnormal GPS Conditions ........................................... 79
Unusual Attitudes ....................................................... 80
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM (EIS)
3.1 Engine Display ....................................................... 84
3.2 System Display ...................................................... 86
3.3 Fuel Display ............................................................ 88
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview ................................................................ 91
MFD/PFD Controls and Frequency Display ..................... 92
Audio Panel Controls .................................................. 94
4.2 COM Operation ...................................................... 96
COM Transceiver Selection and Activation ..................... 96
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning .................................. 97
Quick-tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz .................... 98
Auto-tuning the COM Frequency .................................. 99
Frequency Spacing .................................................... 103
Automatic Squelch .................................................... 104
Volume .................................................................... 104
4.3 NAV Operation ..................................................... 105
NAV Radio Selection and Activation ........................... 105
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning ..................................... 106
Auto-tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD ............... 108
Marker Beacon Receiver ............................................ 113
ADF/DME Tuning ...................................................... 114
4.4 GTX 33 Mode S Transponder .............................. 118
Transponder Controls ................................................ 118
Transponder Mode Selection ...................................... 119
Entering a Transponder Code ..................................... 121
IDENT Function ........................................................ 122
ADS-B TX ................................................................. 123
Flight ID Reporting.................................................... 124
4.5 Additional Audio Panel Functions ..................... 125
Power-up ................................................................. 125
Mono/Stereo Headsets .............................................. 125
Speaker ................................................................... 125
Intercom .................................................................. 126
Clearance Recorder and Player ................................... 128
Split COM ................................................................ 129
Entertainment Inputs ................................................ 129
4.6 Audio Panel Preflight Procedure ....................... 130