190-02692-00 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-32 Saratoga
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 System Description ..............................................1
1.2 Line Replaceable Units .........................................2
1.3 Secure Digital (SD) Cards .....................................4
1.4 Applying Power to the System ............................5
1.5 System Operation ................................................6
Normal Display Operation ...................................................6
Reversionary Display Operation ..........................................6
System Annunciations .........................................................7
AHRS Operation ..................................................................9
GPS Receiver Operation ....................................................11
1.6 System Controls .................................................16
PFD/MFD Controls .............................................................16
Softkey Function ...............................................................18
1.7 Accessing System Functionality .........................23
Menus ............................................................................... 23
Data Entry .........................................................................23
Page Groups ......................................................................24
System Setup and Status Pages .........................................26
System Utilities .................................................................35
1.8 Display Backlighting ..........................................41
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments ..............................................46
Airspeed Indicator ............................................................. 46
Attitude Indicator ..............................................................48
Altimeter ........................................................................... 49
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) ............................................ 52
Vertical Deviation ..............................................................52
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) ...................................53
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) .......................................58
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data ..................................65
Temperature Displays ........................................................ 65
Wind Data ......................................................................... 65
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications ............................... 66
2.3 Garmin Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT)
(Optional) ...................................................................68
SVT Operation ................................................................... 69
SVT Features .....................................................................70
Field of View .....................................................................79
2.4 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions ........81
Marker Beacon Annunciations ..........................................81
Altitude Alerting ................................................................81
Low Altitude Annunciation ................................................ 82
Minimum Altitude Alerting ................................................82
2.5 Abnormal Operations .........................................84
Abnormal GPS Conditions .................................................84
Unusual Attitudes .............................................................85
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM
3.1 Engine Display ...................................................90
3.2 Engine Page .......................................................92
Engine Softkeys ................................................................. 92
Fuel Calculations ...............................................................94
3.3 EIS Display (Reversionary Mode) .......................95
Engine Softkeys (Reversionary Mode) ...............................96
Lean Display ......................................................................97
System Display ................................................................100
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview .......................................................... 103
MFD/PFD Controls and Frequency Display ......................104
Audio Panel Controls ......................................................106
4.2 COM Operation ................................................108
COM Tuning Boxes .......................................................... 108
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning ..................................... 109
Quick-tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz .....................110
Auto-tuning the COM Frequency ....................................110
Frequency Spacing ..........................................................114
Automatic Squelch .......................................................... 115
Volume ............................................................................116
4.3 NAV Operation .................................................117
NAV Radio Selection and Activation................................117
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning ..........................................117
Auto-tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD .................. 119
Marker Beacon Receiver .................................................123
ADF/DME Tuning .............................................................124
4.4 Mode S Transponder ........................................128
Transponder Controls ......................................................128
Transponder Mode Selection ........................................... 129
Entering a Transponder Code ..........................................131
IDENT Function ...............................................................132
4.5 Additional Audio Panel Functions ....................133
Power Application ...........................................................133
Mono/Stereo Headsets .................................................... 133
Speaker ...........................................................................133
Intercom ..........................................................................133
Passenger Address (PA) System .......................................135
Clearance Recorder and Player .......................................135
Split COM ........................................................................136
Entertainment Inputs ......................................................137