User Guide

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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA42
GPS NAVIGATION
Accessing runway information for the selected airport:
1) With the Nearest Airports Page displayed, press the MENU Key.
2) Select ‘Select Runway Window’ and press the ENT Key. The cursor is placed in the ‘RUNWAYS’ field.
3) Select the desired runway.
4) Press the FMS Knob to remove the flashing cursor.
Quickly tuning the COM transceiver to a nearby airport frequency:
1) With the Nearest Airports Page displayed, press the MENU Key.
2) Select ‘Select Frequency Window’ and press the ENT Key. The cursor is placed in the ‘FREQUENCIES’ field
3) Turn the FMS Knob to select the desired frequency.
4) Press the ENT Key. The selected frequency is placed in the COM standby frequency tuning box.
5) Press the Frequency Transfer Key to place the frequency in the active field.
6) Press the FMS Knob to remove the flashing cursor.
Selecting and loading an approach from the Nearest Airports Page:
1) With the Nearest Airports Page displayed, press the MENU Key.
2) Select ‘Select Approach Window’ and press the ENT Key. The cursor is placed in the ‘APPROACHES’ field. The
‘LD APR’ (load approach) Softkey becomes available.
3) Select the desired approach.
4) Press the LD APR Softkey. The Approach Loading Page is displayed with the transitions field highlighted.
5) Select the desired transition.
6) Press the ENT Key. The ‘LOAD?’ field is highlighted.
7) Press the ENT Key to load the approach. If navigating a flight plan previous to loading this approach, the G1000
will continue navigating the flight plan until the approach is activated.
8) Highlight the ‘ACTIVATE’ field.
9) Press the ENT Key to activate the approach and begin navigating to the IAP.
10) If the approach is not approved for GPS, a ‘NOT APPROVED FOR GPS’ messages is displayed with ‘YES’
highlighted. Press the
ENT Key to acknowledge the message (or select ‘NO’).
11) Press the ENT Key to return to the Nearest Airports Page.