Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Beechcraft C90A/GT/GTi

190-00663-03 Rev. A82

FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS

2.3 PFD ANNUNCIATIONS AND ALERTING FUNCTIONS

The following annunciations and alerting functions are displayed on the PFD. Refer to Appendix A for more

information on alerts and annunciations.

G1000 ALERTING SYSTEM

Messages appear in the Alerts Window (in the lower right corner of the PFD; Figure 2-39) when a warning,

caution, advisory alert, or G1000 message advisory occurs. System alert messages are provided for awareness

of G1000 system problems or status and may not require pilot action. The Alerts Window allows system alerts

to be displayed simultaneously. The FMS Knob can be used to scroll through the alert messages. The Alerts

Window is enabled/disabled by selecting the

ALERTS

Softkey. If the window is already open when a new

message is generated, selecting the ALERTS Softkey to acknowledge the message causes it to appear gray.

The Annunciation Window appears to the right of the Vertical Speed Indicator and displays abbreviated

annunciation text for aircraft alerts. A warning appears in red text.

Alerts

Window

Softkey

Annunciation

Reversionary

Sensor

Window

Comparator

Window

Figure 2-39 G1000 Alerting System

Annunciation

Window

The ADVISORY Softkey provides general information to the pilot that may not need immediate attention. A

ﬂashing ADVISORY Softkey annunciation (no audio tone) indicates the presence of a message advisory. The

ﬂashing ADVISORY Softkey annunciation continues to ﬂash until acknowledged (by pressing the

ADVISORY

Softkey).

Figure 2-40 Softkey Annunciation

Critical values generated by redundant sensors are monitored by comparators. If differences in the sensors

exceed a speciﬁed amount, the Comparator Window appears in the upper right corner of the PFD and the