Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Corvalis/Corvalis TT
190-00552-05 Rev. A78
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ALTITUDE ALERTING
Altitude Alerting provides the pilot with visual and aural alerts when approachingthe Selected Altitude.
WhenevertheSelectedAltitudeischanged,theAltitudeAlerterisreset.TheAltitudeAlerterisindependentof
theGFC700AFCS,butalertingtonesandvisualalertsareonlyprovidedwhentheGFC700isinstalled.The
followingoccurwhenapproachingtheSelectedAltitude:
•Uponpassingthrough1000feetoftheSelectedAltitude,theSelectedAltitudechangestoblacktextonalight
bluebackgroundandashesfor5seconds.
•When the aircraftpasses within200 ftof the Selected Altitude, an aural tone isheard, and theSelected
Altitudechangestolightbluetextonablackbackgroundandashesfor5seconds.
•AfterreachingtheSelectedAltitude,ifthepilotiesoutsidethedeviationband(±200feetoftheSelected
Altitude)anauraltoneisheard.TheSelectedAltitudechangestoyellowtextonablackbackgroundand
ashesfor5seconds.
Figure 2-41 Altitude Alerting Visual Annunciations
Within 1000 ft Within 200 ft Deviation of ±200 ft
LOW ALTITUDE ANNUNCIATION
NOTE: The Low Altitude Annunciation is available only when SBAS is available. This annunciation is not
shown for systems with TAWS or Terrain-SVS, unless terrain alerting is inhibited.
WhentheFinalApproachFix(FAF)istheactivewaypointinaGPSSBASapproachusingverticalguidance,
aLowAltitudeAnnunciationmayappearifthecurrentaircraftaltitudeisatleast164feetbelowtheprescribed
altitudeattheFAF.Ablack-on-yellow‘LOWALT’annunciationappearstothetopleftoftheAltimeter,ashing
for several seconds then remaining displayed until the condition is resolved.
Figure 2-42 Low Altitude on GPS SBAS Approach
Altimeter