Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian 190-00763-02 Rev. A 467
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
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ADDITIONAL
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APPENDICES INDEX
TheSafeTaxidatabasecyclenumbershowninFigure8-18,09S3,isdecipheredasfollows:
09–Indicatestheyear2009
S–IndicatesthedataisforSafeTaxi
3–IndicatesthethirdissueoftheSafeTaxidatabasefortheyear
TheSafeTaxiEFFECTIVEdate07–MAY–09isthebeginningdateforthecurrentdatabasecycle.SafeTaxi
EXPIRESdate02–JUL–09istherevisiondateforthenextdatabasecycle.
Figure 8-18 AUX – System Status Page, SafeTaxi Current Information
SafeTaxi Data
SafeTaxiinformationappearsinblueandyellowtext.TheEFFECTIVEdateappearsinbluewhendatais
currentandinyellowwhenthecurrentdateisbeforetheeffectivedate.TheEXPIRESdateappearsinblue
whendataiscurrentandinyellowwhenexpired(Figures8-18and8-19).NOTAVAILABLEappearsinblue
intheREGIONeldifSafeTaxidataisnotavailableonthedatabasecard(Figure8-19).AnexpiredSafeTaxi
databaseisnotdisabledandwillcontinuetofunctionindenitely.
Select the MFD1 DBSoftkeyasecondtime.ThesoftkeylabelwillchangetoPFD1 DB.TheDATABASE
windowwillnowbedisplayingdatabaseinformationforPFD1.Asbefore,scrollthroughthelistedinformation
byturningtheFMSKnoborpressingtheENTKeyuntiltheSafeTaxidatabaseinformationisshown.
Select the PFD1 DBSoftkey.ThesoftkeylabelwillchangetoPFD2 DB.TheDATABASEwindowwillnow
displaydatabaseinformationforPFD2.Again,scrollthroughthelistedinformationbyturningtheFMSKnob
orpressingtheENTKeyuntiltheSafeTaxidatabaseinformationisshown.
RefertoUpdatingGarminDatabasesinAppendixBforinstructionsonrevisingtheSafeTaxidatabase.