Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Corvalis/Corvalis TT
190-00552-05 Rev. A422
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
8.1 SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEM (SVS) (OPTIONAL)
WARNING: Use appropriate primary systems for navigation, and for terrain, obstacle, and traffic avoidance.
SVS is intended as an aid to situational awareness only and may not provide either the accuracy or reliability
upon which to solely base decisions and/or plan maneuvers to avoid terrain, obstacles, or traffic.
The optional SyntheticVisionSystem(SVS)isavisualenhancementtotheG1000IntegratedFlightDeck.SVS
depictsaforward-lookingattitudedisplayofthetopographyimmediatelyinfrontoftheaircraft.Theeldof
view is 30 degrees to the left and 35 degrees to the right. SVS information is shown on the Primary Flight Display
(PFD),orontheMultifunctionDisplay(MFD)inReversionaryMode(Figure8-90).Thedepictedimageryis
derivedfromtheaircraftattitude,heading,GPSthree-dimensionalposition,andaninearc-seconddatabaseof
terrain, obstacles, and other relevantfeatures.  The terrain data resolution of nine arc-seconds,meaning that
theterrainelevationcontoursarestoredinsquaresmeasuringninearc-secondsoneachside,isrequiredforthe
operationofSVS.Lossofanyoftherequireddata,includingtemporarylossoftheGPSsignal,willcauseSVSto
bedisableduntiltherequireddataisrestored.
The SVS terrain display shows land contours (colors are consistent with those of the topographical map display),
largewaterfeatures,towers,andotherobstaclesover200’AGLthatareincludedintheobstacledatabase.Cultural
featuresonthegroundsuchasroads,highways,railroadtracks,cities,andstateboundariesarenotdisplayed
evenifthosefeaturesarefoundontheMFDmap.Theterraindisplayalsoincludesanorth–southeast–westgrid
withlinesorientedwithtruenorthandspacedatonearc-minuteintervalstoassistinorientationrelativetothe
terrain.
The optional Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) or standard Terrain-SVS is integrated within
SVStoprovidevisualandauditoryalertstoindicatethepresenceofterrainandobstaclethreatsrelevanttothe
projected flight path. Terrain alerts are displayed in red and yellow shading on the PFD.
Theterraindisplayisintendedforsituationalawarenessonly.Itmaynotprovidetheaccuracyordelityon
whichtobasedecisionsandplanmaneuverstoavoidterrainorobstacles.Navigationmustnotbepredicated
solelyupontheuseoftheTerrain–SVSorTAWSterrainorobstacledatadisplayedbytheSVS.
The following SVS enhancements appear on the PFD:
•Pathways
•FlightPathMarker
•HorizonHeadingMarks
•TrafcDisplay
•AirportSigns
•RunwayDisplay
•TerrainAlerting
•ObstacleAlerting