Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian
190-00763-02 Rev A.
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Selected and current altitudes can also be displayed in meters (readouts displayed above the normal readouts
infeet;Figure2-10).Notethatthealtitudetapedoesnotchangescale.
Displaying altitude in meters:
1) Select the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.
2) Select the ALT UNIT Softkey.
3) Select the METERS Softkey to turn on metric altitude readouts.
4) Select the BACK Softkey to return to the top-level softkeys.
Amagenta AltitudeTrendVectorextendsupordowntheleftofthealtitudetape,theendresting atthe
approximatealtitudetobereachedin6secondsatthecurrentverticalspeed.Thetrendvectorisnotshownif
altitude remains constant or if data needed for calculation is not available due to a system failure.
The barometricpressuresettingisdisplayedbelowtheAltimeterininchesofmercury(inHg)orhectopascals
(hPa)whenmetricunitsareselected.AdjustingthealtimeterbarometricsettingcreatesdiscontinuitiesinVNV
verticaldeviation,movingthedescentpath.Forlargeadjustments,itmaytakeseveralminutesfortheaircraft
tore-establishonthedescentpath.IfthechangeismadewhilenearingawaypointwithaVNVTargetAltitude,
the aircraft may not re-establish on the descent path in time to meet the vertical constraint.
Selecting the altimeter barometric pressure setting:
Turn the BARO Knob to select the desired setting.
Selecting standard barometric pressure (29.92 in Hg):
Press the BARO Knob to select standard pressure.
Or:
1) Select the PFD Softkey to display the second-level softkeys.
2) Select the STD BARO Softkey.
Changing altimeter barometric pressure setting units:
1) Select 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.
4) Select the BACK Softkey to return to the top-level softkeys.