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400W / 500W Series
Garmin Optional Displays
Pilot’s Guide Addendum For:
• GDL 69/69A XM Satellite Datalink
• GTX 330/330D TIS
• Garmin TAWS (GPS 500W & GNS 530W)
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Foreward This Pilot’s Guide Addendum is written for: • Garmin GPS 400W, GNC 420W/420AW, and GNS 430W/430AW Main System Software Version 2.00 • Garmin GPS 500W & GNS 530W/530AW Main System Software Version 2.00 • GTX 330/330D Main Software Version 4.05 • GDL 69/69A Main Software Version 3.02 Some differences in operation may be observed when comparing the information in this manual to earlier or later software versions. © Copyright 2006 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
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Introduction Warnings and Cautions WARNING: Terrain data is obtained from third party sources. Garmin is not able to independently verify the accuracy of this data which should be used only as an aid for situational awareness. Terrain data must not be used as the sole basis for deci- sions or maneuvers to avoid terrain or obstacles. Terrain data must not be used for navigation. CAUTION: Use the 400W/500W Series Units at your own risk. To reduce the risk of unsafe operation, carefully review
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Introduction Table of Contents Display Artist In List ................................................................25 Table of Contents Display Title In List ..................................................................25 Part One: Traffic Information Service (TIS) Interface 1 Enable/Mute Audio Output ......................................................26 Section 1: TIS Operation and Symbology ....................1 Change Volume ........................................................
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Part One: Section 1 TIS Operation and Symbology • Your aircraft must be equipped with a Mode S Part One: data link transponder, such as the GTX 330. Traffic Information Service • You must be within range of a Mode S radar (TIS) Interface that provides the TIS service. Not all Mode S ground radars provide TIS service. • The “intruder” aircraft must be equipped with Section 1: TIS Operation and a transponder, and that transponder must be Symbology turned on. Aircraft that are not e
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Part One: Section 1 TIS Operation and Symbology How TIS differs from TCAS of the client aircraft comes between the transponder antenna (usually located on the underside of the air- The main difference between TIS and TCAS is the craft) and the ground-based radar antenna, the signal source of surveillance data. TCAS uses an airborne may be temporarily interrupted. Other limitations and interrogator with a one-second update rate, while TIS anomalies associated with TIS are described in the
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Part One: Section 1 TIS Operation and Symbology and avoid.” Some of the more common examples of these errors follow: • When client or intruder aircraft maneuvers exces- sively or abruptly, the tracking algorithm may report incorrect horizontal position until the maneuvering aircraft stabilizes. • When a rapidly closing intruder is on a course that crosses the client aircraft course at a shallow angle (either overtaking or head on) and either aircraft abruptly changes course within ¼ NM,
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Part One: Section 1 TIS Operation and Symbology TIS Symbology below own aircraft altitude. Altitude trend is displayed as an up arrow (> +500 ft/min), down arrow (< -500 TIS traffic is displayed on the 400W/500W Series ft/min), or no symbol if less than 500 ft/min rate in unit according to TCAS symbology, graphically either direction. displayed on a dedicated graphical page (Traffic Page; see below), and on the moving Map Page. A Traffic • Traffic Advisories (TA)—Yellow Advisory (TA) symbol
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Part One: Section 2 TIS Controls and Display display due to the age of the data being too old Section 2: Control and Display to “coast” (for the time period after 12 seconds TIS Traffic Display Status and Pilot Response from the last receipt of a TIS message). The pilot • STBY — When the 400W/500W displays STBY should be aware that traffic may be present but in the upper right hand corner of the display the not shown. TIS system is in standby mode and cannot display traffic data. • OP
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Part One: Section 2 TIS Controls and Display Traffic Page Traffic Ground Track Traffic ground track is indicated in the TIS Traffic data is displayed on two 400W/500W 400W/500W display by a “target track vector”, a short Series unit pages, the Traffic Page and the Map Page. line displayed in 45-degree increments, extending in The 500W Series unit can also be configured to the direction of target movement. display a traffic thumbnail window below the VLOC frequency window. Unlike other forms o
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Part One: Section 2 TIS Controls and Display Map Page • TA only - Only traffic advisories are displayed on the Map Page. TIS traffic is displayed on the Map Page in addition to the Traffic Page. From the Map Page you can display traffic in a thumbnail format in any of the top three (400W Series) or four (500W Series) data fields on the right side of the Map Page. The Map Page displaying traffic. Configuring TIS Traffic Data on the Map Page To configure TIS traffic on the Map Page: Thumbnail Traf
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Part One: Section 2 TIS Controls and Display Highlighting TIS Traffic Using Map Page Panning Another Map Page feature is panning, which allows you to move the map beyond its current limits without adjusting the map scale. When you select the panning function — by pressing the small right knob — a target pointer will flash on the map display. A window also appears at the top of the map display showing the latitude/longitude position of the pointer, plus the bearing and distance to the pointe
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Part One: Section 3 TIS Operational Procedures is displayed. The “FAILED” message indicates Section 3: TIS Operational Procedures the GTX 330 has failed. The “DATA FAIL” mes- Introduction sage indicates data is being received from the TIS warns the user with voice and visual traffic GTX 330 but a failure was detected in the data advisories whenever it predicts an intruder to be a stream. The “NO DATA” message indicates that threat (see illustration). Voice and visual data is sent data is
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Part One: Section 3 TIS Operational Procedures Manual Override The user can manually switch between standby (STBY) and operating (OPER) mode of operation to manually override automatic operation. To place the display into operating mode from the standby mode (to display TIS traffic): The ‘NO DATA’ message indicates that data is 1. Turn the cursor on and highlight “STBY”. not being received from the GTX 330. 2. Turn the small right knob to select NOTE: This may be a normal mode of opera-
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Part Two: Section 1 XM Radio Introduction be available with the unit. Part Two: XM Radio Follow the GDL 69/69A XM Satellite Radio Activa- tion Instructions (190-00355-04) enclosed with your Section 1: Introduction GDL 69/69A unit to activate the XM products. Overview XM Radio Pages The GDL 69 is a remote sensor that receives To reach the XM pages: broadcast weather data from a data service of XM Sat- 1. From any page, press and hold CLR to select ellite Radio, Inc. The GDL 69A is s
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather XM WPT Pages Section 2: XM Weather The XM Weather Function is capable of displaying When a GDL 69 or GDL 69A is installed, two XM- related pages are added to “airport” pages in the WPT graphical weather information through the XM Satel- page group: lite Radio Service when activated in the optional instal- lation of the GDL 69/69A. Nexrad graphic weather • Textual METAR Page. The Textual METAR and METARs symbols are displayed on the NAV pages. page shows the t
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather • Graphical METARs. The MX Weather page from the individual radar sweeps. The display is color- (in the NAV page group) can show colored flags coded to indicate the weather level severity. Informa- to indicate the level of current weather condi- tion about with sites are operational or off-line is also tions at those airports for which textual METAR available. reports are available. The flags are color-coded To display NEXRAD weather on the Map to indicate the
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather is “METAR” (rather than “NEXRAD”), press the small right (CRSR) knob to highlight that word. Then turn the small right knob to change “METAR” to “NEXRAD.” 3. Press ENT to display the Nexrad Intensity 3. Press the small right knob again to bring Legend. down the cursor (that is, to stop the blinking highlighting of “NEXRAD”) and retain the selection. NEXRAD Intensity 4. Turn the large or small knob to scroll through Colors are used to identify the differ
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather NEXRAD Limitations press the small right (CRSR) knob to high- light “NEXRAD”. Turn the small right knob Certain limitations exist regarding the NEXRAD to change “NEXRAD” to “METAR,” and press radar displays. Some, but not all, are listed for the that small right knob again to bring down user’s awareness: the cursor (stop the highlighting) and retain • NEXRAD base reflectivity does not provide suf- the “METAR” selection. ficient information to determine clou
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Part Two: Section 2 XM Weather 3. Turn the large or small right knob to move the Map Pointer to highlight an airport with a METAR flag. XM Weather METAR Symbols VFR - Ceiling > 3000 ft and Cyan visibility > 5 statute miles MVFR (Marginal VFR) - Ceil- Green ing 1000 to 3000 ft, and/or visibility 3 to 5 statute miles IFR - Ceiling 500 to 1000 ft, Yellow and/or visibility 1 to 3 4. Press ENT to display the METAR text. With statute miles “Done?” highlighted, press ENT to return to the map vi
