Pilot's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Section 1 System Overview
- Section 2 Flight Instruments
- Section 3 Engine Indication System (EIS)
- Section 4 Audio Panel and CNS
- Section 5 Flight Management
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Using Map Displays
- 5.3 Waypoints
- 5.4 Airspaces
- 5.5 Direct-to-Navigation
- 5.6 Flight Planning
- Flight Plan Creation
- Adding Waypoints to an Existing Flight Plan
- Adding Airways to a Flight Plan
- Adding Procedures to a Stored Flight Plan
- Flight Plan Storage
- Flight Plan Editing
- Along Track Offsets
- Parallel Track
- Activating a Flight Plan Leg
- Inverting a Flight Plan
- Flight Plan Views
- Closest Point of FPL
- User-Defined Holding Patterns
- 5.7 Vertical Navigation
- 5.8 Procedures
- 5.9 Trip Planning
- 5.10 RAIM Prediction
- 5.11 Navigating a Flight Plan
- 5.12 Abnormal Operation
- Section 6 Hazard Avoidance
- Section 7 Automatic Flight Control System
- Section 8 Additional Features
- 8.1 Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) (Optional)
- 8.2 SafeTaxi
- 8.3 ChartView (Optional)
- 8.4 FliteCharts
- 8.5 Airport Directory
- 8.6 Satellite Telephone Services
- 8.7 SiriusXM Satellite Radio (Service Optional)
- 8.8 Scheduler
- 8.9 Electronic Checklists
- 8.10 Flight Data Logging
- 8.11 Auxiliary Video (Optional)
- 8.12 Abnormal Operation
- Appendices
- Index

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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
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FLIGHT MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
• Active flight plan leg (e.g., ‘D-> KICT’ or ‘KIXD ->
KCOS’) or flight plan annunciations (e.g., ‘Turn
right to 021˚ in 8 seconds’)
• Distance (DIS) and Bearing (BRG) to the next
waypoint or flight plan annunciations (e.g., ‘TOD
within 1 minute’)
The symbols used in the PFD status bar are:
Symbol Description
Active Leg
Direct-to
Right Procedure Turn
Left Procedure Turn
Right Holding Pattern
Left Holding Pattern
Vector to Final
Right DME Arc
Left DME Arc
The Navigation Status Box located at the top of the
MFD contains four data fields, each displaying one of
the following items:
• Bearing (BRG)
• Distance (DIS)
• Desired Track (DTK)
• Endurance (END)
• Enroute Safe Altitude (ESA)
• Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
• Estimated Time Enroute (ETE)
• Fuel on Board (FOB)
• Fuel over Destination (FOD)
• Ground Speed (GS)
• Minimum Safe Altitude (MSA)
• True Air Speed (TAS)
• Track Angle Error (TKE)
• Track (TRK)
• Vertical Speed Required (VSR)
• Crosstrack Error (XTK)
MFD Navigation Status Box
The navigation information displayed in the four data fields can be selected on the MFD Data Bar Fields Box
on the AUX - System Setup Page. The default selections (in order left to right) are GS, DTK, TRK, and ETE.
Changing a field in the MFD Navigation Status Box:
1) Select the System Setup Page.
2) Press the FMS Knob momentarily to activate the flashing cursor.
3) Turn the large FMS Knob to highlight the desired field number in the MFD Data Bar Fields Box.
4) Turn the small FMS Knob to display and scroll through the data options list.
5) Select the desired data.
6) Press the ENT Key. Pressing the DFLTS Softkey returns all fields to the default setting.










