viiGTN 650: TUNING COM AND NAV FREQUENCIES
General tips for the alpha-numeric keypad (on-screen keys)
• TOUCH the letters and numbers in sequence, pausing briey between each letter or number.
• If you enter the wrong letter or number, TOUCH BKSP (backspace).
• To enter a space, TOUCH Space.
• To complete entry of a waypoint name, TOUCH Enter.
When the alpha-numeric keypad is visible, you can also rotate the Large and Small knobs at the lower-right
corner of the bezel to move the cursor and select letters and numbers. To complete entry of a waypoint name
or other information, press the Small knob.
Beginning with GTN system soware 6.5, you can
choose from three keyboard layouts: a QWERTY lay-
out, an ABC layout with the letters arranged alphabet-
ically, or the slider from earlier versions of the GTN
6.xx soware. Most pilots choose the QWERTY layout,
but you can switch to alphabetical or slider on the Sys-
tem Setup page.
Tuning Com and Nav Frequencies
Tune a STBY com frequency
1. TOUCH the COM STBY window.
2. On the COM Standby keyboard, TOUCH the
numerals in sequence to enter the standby fre-
quency.
3. To load the frequency into the COM STBY
window, TOUCH Enter (or PRESS the Small
knob).
4. To load the frequency into COM STBY and
swap that frequency into the com Active window in one step,
TOUCH XFER instead of Enter.
With GTN system soware 5.12 and later, you may omit the
leading 1 for com frequencies. To enter 120.6, TOUCH “2” “0” “6.”
Monitor both the active and STBY frequencies
Monitor allows you to listen to transmissions on the standby
frequency while the active is quiet. Any transmission on the
active frequency mutes the standby.
1. TOUCH the STBY window.
2. In the COM STBY window, touch
Monitor.
TIP
A green virtual “light” indicates functions that are in use.