Pilot's Guide

190-00552-05 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Corvalis/Corvalis TT
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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
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.
SYSTEM ALERTING
Messages appear in the Alerts Window in the lower right corner of the PFD when a warning, caution,
advisoryalert,orsystemmessageadvisoryoccurs.Systemalertmessagesareprovidedforawarenessofsystem
problemsorstatusandmaynotrequirepilotaction.TheAlertsWindowallowssystemalertstobedisplayed
simultaneously. The FMSKnobis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turngray.
The ALERTSSoftkeylabelchangestodisplaytheappropriateannunciationwhenanalertisissued.The
annunciationashesandtheappropriateauralalertsoundsuntilacknowledgedbyselectingthesoftkey.The
softkeythenrevertstotheALERTSSoftkeylabel,andwhenselectedagainopenstheAlertsWindowtodisplay
a descriptive message of the alert.
The Annunciation Windowappears to the right of the Vertical Speed Indicator and displays abbreviated
annunciationtextforaircraftalerts.Warningsappearinred,cautionsinyellow,advisoryalertsinwhite.New
alertsaredisplayedatthetopoftheAnnunciationWindow,regardlessofpriority.Onceacknowledged,they
aresequencedbasedonpriority.
Figure 2-36 System Alerting
Alerts
Window
Softkey
Annunciations
Annunciation
Window