Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian
190-00763-02 Rev. A388
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
Toreducethenumberofnuisancealertsduetoproximateaircraft,the“Traffic” voice alert is generated only
whenthenumberofTAsincreases.Forexample,whentherstTAisdisplayed,avoiceandvisualannunciation
aregenerated.AslongasasingleTAremainsonthedisplay,noadditionalvoicealertsaregenerated.Ifasecond
TAappearsonthedisplayorifthenumberofTAsinitiallydecreasesandthensubsequentlyincreases,another
voice alert is generated.
Figure 6-105 Traffic Annunciation (PFD)
Inset Map
Displays When
TA is Detected
A“TIS Not Available” (TNA)voicealertisgeneratedwhentheTISservicebecomesunavailableorisoutof
range.TISmaybeunavailableintheradarcoverageareaduetothefollowing:
•RadarsiteTISModeSsensorisnotoperationalorisoutofservice
•TrafcorrequestingaircraftisbeyondthemaximumrangeoftheTIS-capableModeSradarsite.
•Trafcorrequestingaircraftisabovetheradarsiteintheconeofsilenceandoutofrangeofanadjacentsite.
•Trafcorrequestingaircraftisbelowradarcoverage.Inatterrain,thecoverageextendsfromabout3000
feetupwardat55miles.Terrainandobstaclesaroundtheradarsitecanfurtherdecreaseradarcoverageinall
directions.
•Trafcdoesnothaveanoperatingtransponder.
The “TIS Not Available”(TNA)voicealertcanbemanuallymutedtoreducenuisancealerting.TNAmuting
statusisshownintheupperleftcorneroftheTrafcMapPage.
Muting the “TIS Not Available” voice alert:
1) Select the Traffic Map Page.
2) Select the TNA MUTE Softkey. The status is displayed in the upper left corner of the Traffic Map Page.
Or:
a) Press the MENU Key.
b) Select ‘‘’Not Available” Mute On’ (shown if TNA muting is currently off) and press the ENT Key.