Pilot's Guide

190-00709-05 Rev. B

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Socata TBM 850/900

FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS

Changing altimeter barometric pressure setting units:

1) Press the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.

2) Select the ALT UNIT Softkey.

3) Select the IN Softkey to display the barometric pressure setting in inches of mercury (in Hg).

Or, select the HPA Softkey to display the barometric pressure setting in hectopascals (hPa).

4) Select the

BACK

Softkey twice to return to the top-level softkeys.

If the barometric altimeter settings differ between PFDs by more than 0.02 in Hg, the readouts turn yellow

(Figure 2-11). The settings can be synchronized from the AUX - System Setup Page on the MFD. Once the

settings are synchronized (BARO SYNCHRONIZATION turned on), they remain synchronized for the entire

ﬂight.

Synchronizing the altimeter barometric pressure settings:

1) Select the AUX - System Setup Page using the FMS Knob.

2) Press the FMS Knob to activate the cursor.

3) Turn the

large FMS

Knob to highlight Baro in the Synchronization box.

4) Turn the

small FMS

Knob clockwise to ON or counterclockwise to OFF.

5) Press the

FMS

Knob to remove the cursor.

Figure 2-11 Baro Synchronization Setting

(AUX - System Setup Page)

Barometric Settings

not Synchronized on PFD