Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Tiger AG-5B
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SECTION 10 – HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
10.4 TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE (TIS)
NOTE: Traffic Information Service (TIS) is only
available when the aircraft is within the service
volume of a TIS capable terminal radar site.
Displaying Traffic on the Traffic Map Page
1. Turn the large FMS knob to select the Map Page
Group.
2. Turn the
small FMS knob to select the second
rectangular page icon.
3. Press the
OPERATE softkey to begin displaying
traffic. ‘TIS OPERATIING’ is displayed in the
Traffic mode field.
4. Press the
STANDBY softkey to place the system
in the Standby mode. ‘TIS STANDBY’ will be
displayed in the Traffic mode field.
5. Rotate the
Joystick clockwise to display a larger
area or rotate counter-clockwise to display a
smaller area.
If data is not received for a period longer than 6 sec-
onds, the age of the present data will be displayed in the
lower left of of the screen along with the annuciation that
the system has entered Coast mode. The system will
maintain the traffic display (up to 60 seconds) until the
next data reception. If no data is received after 60 sec-
onds, traffic will be removed from the display.
Traffic out of
range
Traffic 1600’ above &
climbing, moving in the
direction of the line
Traffic Mode
Figure 10-11 Traffic Map Page
Proximity Traffic at same
altitude, level flight & moving
in the direction of the line
Traffic Advisory, aircraft is 400’ above &
descending, moving in the direction of the line
Last data update
is older than 6
sec. resulting in
Coast mode
Displaying Traffic on the Navigation Map
1. Ensure TIS is operating. With the Navigation
Map displayed, press the MAP softkey.
2. Press the
TRAFFIC softkey. Traffic will now be
displayed on the map.
TIS Audio Alert
When a Traffic Advisory (TA) is displayed, an audio
alert “Traffic” is given.
“Traffic Not Available” will be heard whenever TIS ser-
vice becomes unavailable.