Pilot's Guide

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Garmin G500/600 Pilot’s Guide
CoverTOC
Forward
Sec 1
System
Sec 2
PFD
Sec 3
MFD
Sec 4
Hazard
Avoidance
Sec 5
Additional
Features
Sec 6
Annun.
& Alerts
Sec 7
Symbols
Sec 8
Glossary Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
4.9.6 Radar Operation in Weather Mode .....................................4-101
4.9.6.1 Displaying Weather on the Weather Radar Page ................. 4-102
4.9.6.2 Vertically Scanning a Storm Cell ........................................ 4-103
4.9.6.3 Adjusting the Antenna Tilt Angle ........................................ 4-104
4.9.6.4 Adjusting Gain ..................................................................4-105
4.9.6.5 Sector Scan (GWX Radars Only) ......................................... 4-107
4.9.6.6 Antenna Stabilization ........................................................4-108
4.9.6.7 Weather Attenuated Color Highlight (WATCH™) ..............4-108
4.9.6.8 Weather Alert (GWX Radars Only) ...................................... 4-109
4.9.6.9 Altitude Compensated Tilt (ACT) - GWX 70 only ................. 4-110
4.9.6.10 Turbulence Detection - GWX 70 only (optional) .................. 4-110
4.9.6.11 Ground Clutter Suppression (GCS) - GWX 70 only (optional) .......
.........................................................................................4-110
4.9.7 Ground Mapping and Interpretation ..................................4-111
4.10 GFDS Weather (Optional) ..................................................................4-112
4.10.1 GFDS Registration .............................................................4-113
4.10.1.1 Register With GFDS ........................................................... 4-113
4.10.1.2 Deactivate Unit Registration With GFDS .............................4-114
4.10.2 Using GFDS Satellite Weather Products ..............................4-114
4.10.3 Customizing the GFDS Weather Map .................................4-115
4.10.4 GFDS Data Request ........................................................... 4-116
4.10.4.1 GFDS Data Request Coverage ............................................ 4-117
4.10.4.2 GFDS Data Request Auto Request ......................................4-120
4.10.4.3 GFDS Data Request Manual Request..................................4-121
4.10.4.4 GFDS Data Request Status Window ...................................4-121
4.10.5 Weather Page Map Orientation ..........................................4-121
4.10.6 Precipitation (PRECIP) Data Viewing Range ........................ 4-122
4.10.7 PRECIP Legend ..................................................................4-123
4.10.8 GFDS Infrared Satellite (IR SAT) Data Viewing Range ..........4-124
4.10.9 Data Link Lightning (DL LTNG) Data Viewing Range............ 4-125
4.10.10 SIGMETs and AIRMETs (SIG/AIR) ........................................ 4-126
4.10.11 AIREP/PIREP ......................................................................4-128
4.10.12 METARs ............................................................................ 4-130
4.10.13 Winds Aloft .......................................................................4-132
4.10.14 GFDS TFRs .........................................................................4-134
4.11 FIS-B Weather (Optional) ...................................................................4-136
4.11.1 NEXRAD Abnormalities ...................................................... 4-136
4.11.2 NEXRAD Limitations .......................................................... 4-136