Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Hawker Beechcraft C90A/GT/GTi
190-00663-02 Rev. B60
FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
Displaying altitude in meters:
1) Press the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.
2) Press the ALT UNIT Softkey.
3) Press the METERS Softkey to turn on metric altitude readouts.
4) Press the BACK Softkey to return to the top-level softkeys.
The barometricpressuresettingisdisplayedbelowtheAltimeterininchesofmercury(inHg)orhectopascals
(hPa).Adjusting thealtimeterbarometricsetting createsdiscontinuities inVNVvertical deviation, moving
thedescent path.For large adjustments,itmay takeseveral minutesfor theaircraft tore-establish onthe
descentpath.IfthechangeismadewhilenearingawaypointwithaVNVTargetAltitude,theaircraftmaynot
re-establish on the descent path in time to meet the vertical constraint.
Selecting the altimeter barometric pressure setting:
Turn the BARO Knob to select the desired setting.
Selecting standard barometric pressure:
Press the BARO Knob to select standard pressure; STD BARO is displayed in barometric setting box.
Or:
1) Press the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.
2) Press the STD BARO Softkey; STD BARO is displayed in barometric setting box.
Figure 2-13 Standard Barometric Altimeter Setting
Changing altimeter barometric pressure setting units:
1) Press the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.
2) Press the ALT UNIT Softkey.
3) Press the IN Softkey to display the barometric pressure setting in inches of mercury (in Hg).
Or, press the HPA Softkey to display the barometric pressure setting in hectopascals (hPa; see Figure 2-12).
4) Press the BACK Softkey to return to the top-level softkeys.