User Guide

190-00649-00 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA42
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 System Description ..............................................1-1
1.2 Line Replaceable Units ........................................1-2
1.3 Secure Digital (SD) Cards ....................................1-7
1.4 System Power-up ..................................................1-8
1.5 System Operation .................................................1-9
Normal Display Operation ..........................................1-9
Reversionary Display Operation ................................1-10
AHRS Operation ......................................................1-11
G1000 System Annunciations ...................................1-12
1.6 G1000
Controls ...................................................1-13
PFD/MFD Controls ...................................................1-13
Softkey Function ......................................................1-15
1.7 Accessing G1000 Functionality ........................1-20
Menus ....................................................................1-20
Data Entry ..............................................................1-20
Page Groups ...........................................................1-21
MFD System Pages ..................................................1-25
Electronic Checklists (Optional) .................................1-35
1.8 Display Backlighting ..........................................1-37
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Introduction ..........................................................2-1
2.2 Flight Instruments ................................................2-4
Airspeed Indicator .....................................................2-4
Attitude Indicator ......................................................2-6
Altimeter ..................................................................2-7
Vertical Deviation/Glideslope Indicator ........................2-9
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) ......................................2-9
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) ...........................2-10
2.3 Supplemental Flight Data .................................2-16
Outside Air Temperature ...........................................2-16
System Time ............................................................2-17
Timer/References Window ........................................2-18
2.4 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions .....
2-20
Alerts Window .........................................................2-20
Annunciation Window ..............................................2-20
Softkey Annunciations ..............................................2-20
Traffic Annunciation .................................................2-21
Marker Beacon Annunciations ..................................2-22
Altitude Alerting ......................................................2-22
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM (EIS)
3.1 Introduction ..........................................................3-1
3.2 Engine Display ......................................................3-2
3.3 System Display .....................................................3-4
3.4 Fuel Display ...........................................................3-6
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Audio Panel Description ......................................4-1
Transceivers ..............................................................4-2
Mono/Stereo Headsets ...............................................4-2
Unmuted/Unswitched Inputs ......................................4-2
Front Panel Controls ...................................................4-2
4.2 Audio Panel Operation ........................................4-4
Power-up and Fail-safe Operation ...............................4-4
Key Annunciators .......................................................4-4
Key BackLighting .......................................................4-4
Transceiver Keys ........................................................4-5
Secondary COM Muting on Receive and Transmit .........4-6
Split COM Function ....................................................4-6
PA Function ..............................................................4-6
Speaker ....................................................................4-7
Marker Beacon Receiver .............................................4-7
Navigation Radios .....................................................4-8
Intercom System (ICS) ................................................4-9
Master Avionics Squelch (MASQ) ..............................4-10
Intercom Volume and Squelch ...................................4-10
Entertainment Inputs ...............................................4-11
XM Satellite Radio ...................................................4-12
Clearance Recorder and Playback ..............................4-12
Reversionary Mode ..................................................4-12
4.3 NAV/COM Description ........................................4-13
Frequency Boxes and Fields ......................................4-14
Radio Selection .......................................................4-14
Controls ..................................................................4-15
Tuning Box ..............................................................4-16
Switching Between Radios .......................................4-16
Manually Tuning a Frequency ....................................4-16
Radio Indicators ......................................................4-17
Volume ...................................................................4-17
Frequency Transfer Arrow .........................................4-18
4.4 COM Operation ...................................................4-19
Frequency Spacing ...................................................4-19