Cockpit Reference Guide

190-00763-02 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
USING XM SATELLITE WEATHER PRODUCTS
TheprimarymapforviewingXMWeatherdataistheWeatherDataLinkPageintheMapPageGroup.This
istheonlyG1000mapdisplaycapableofshowinginformationforallavailableXMweatherproducts.
Viewing the Weather Data Link Page:
1) Turn the large FMS Knob to select the Map Page Group.
2) Turn the small FMS Knob to select the Weather Data Link Page.
NEXRAD
Weather
Product Age
and Legend
Figure 6-2 Weather Data Link Page
NEXRAD
Weather Product
Display Enabled
WhenaweatherproductisactiveontheWeatherDataLinkPageortheNavigationMapPage,theageofthe
dataisdisplayedonthescreen.Theageoftheproductisbasedonthetimedifferencebetweenwhenthedata
wasassembledonthegroundandthecurrentGPStime.Weatherproductsarerefreshedatspecicintervals
(denedintheRefreshRatecolumninTable6-1).
Ifforanyreason,aweatherproductisnotrefreshedwithintheExpirationTimeintervals,thedataisconsidered
expired and is removed from the display.  This ensures that the displayed data is consistent with what is
currentlybeingbroadcastbyXMSatelliteRadioservices.Ifmorethanhalfoftheexpirationtimehaselapsed,
the color of the product age displayed changes to yellow.
Table 6-1showstheweatherproductsymbols,the expirationtime andthe refreshrate.Therefreshrate
representstheintervalatwhichXMSatelliteRadiobroadcastsnewsignalsthatmayormaynotcontainnew
weatherdata.Itdoesnotrepresenttherateatwhichweatherdataisupdatedornewcontentisreceivedbythe
DataLinkReceiver.WeatherdataisrefreshedatintervalsthataredenedandcontrolledbyXMSatelliteRadio
and its data vendors.