User Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA40190-00592-00 Rev. A
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OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
Active Channel
The Active Channel field on the XM Radio Page dis-
plays the currently selected channel that the XM Radio is
using. The Channel feature is used to navigate through
the channels in the selected category. You can step through
the channels one at a time or you may also select a chan-
nel directly by channel number.
Channels
The Channels window of the XM Radio Page shows a
list of the available channels for the selected category.
To step through channels one at a time:
1. While on the XM Radio page, press the
CHNL
softkey. The user can also push the FMS knob
to highlight the channel list and turn the large
FMS knob to scroll through the channels.
2. Press the CH + softkey to go up through the
list in the Channel window or move down the
list with the CH – softkey.
To select a channel directly:
1. While on the XM Radio Page, press the
CHNL
softkey.
2. Press the DIR CH softkey. The channel number
in the Active Channel window will be high
-
lighted (Figure 8-14).
3. Press the numbered softkeys located on the
bottom of the display to directly select the
desired channel number.
4. Press the ENT key to activate the selected
channel.
Category
The ‘Category’ field of the XM Radio Page displays the
currently selected category of audio. Categories of chan-
nels such as jazz, rock, or news, can be selected to list the
available channels for a type of music or other contents.
One of the optional categories is ‘PRESETS’ if the user de-
sires to view what channels have been programmed.
Figure 8-15 Categories List
To select a category:
1. Press the CATGRY softkey key on the XM Radio
Page.
2. Turn the
small FMS knob to display the ‘Cat-
egories’ list (Figure 8-15). Highlight the desired
category with the small FMS knob and press
the ENT key. Selecting ‘All Categories’ places
the channels from ‘All Categories’ in the Chan-
nels field (press the CAT + and CAT - softkeys
to cycle through the categories).