Pilot's Guide

190-00749-00 Rev. B
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Caravan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 System Description ................................................. 1
1.2 Line Replaceable Units (LRU) ................................. 2
1.3 G1000 Controls ........................................................ 7
PFD/MFD Controls ........................................................ 7
AFCS Controls .............................................................. 9
Audio Panel Controls .................................................. 11
1.4 Secure Digital Cards ............................................. 13
1.5 System Power-up ................................................... 14
1.6 System Operation .................................................. 15
Normal Operation ....................................................... 15
Reversionary Mode ..................................................... 15
AHRS Operation ......................................................... 16
G1000 System Annunciations ...................................... 18
Softkey Function ......................................................... 19
GPS Receiver Operation .............................................. 26
1.7 Accessing G1000 Functionality ........................... 30
Menus ....................................................................... 30
MFD Page Groups ....................................................... 31
MFD System Pages ..................................................... 37
1.8 Display Backlighting ............................................. 45
Automatic Adjustment ................................................ 45
Manual Adjustment .................................................... 45
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments ................................................. 50
Airspeed Indicator ...................................................... 50
Attitude Indicator ....................................................... 52
Altimeter ................................................................... 53
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) ....................................... 57
Vertical Deviation ....................................................... 57
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) .............................. 58
Course Deviation Indicator (cdi) ................................... 63
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data .................................... 71
Temperature displays .................................................. 71
Wind Data ................................................................. 72
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications ........................... 73
2.3 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions ........
74
System Alerting .......................................................... 74
Marker Beacon Annunciations ..................................... 76
Traffic Annunciation (optional) ..................................... 76
TAWS Annunciations (optional) .................................... 77
Altitude Alerting ......................................................... 78
Low Altitude Annunciation .......................................... 78
Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting ......79
2.4 Abnormal Operations ...........................................
81
Abnormal GPS Conditions ........................................... 81
Unusual Attitudes ....................................................... 82
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM (EIS)
3.1 Engine Display ....................................................... 86
3.2 System Display ...................................................... 88
Fuel Calculations ........................................................ 91
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview ................................................................ 93
MFD/PFD Controls and Frequency Display ..................... 94
Audio Panel Controls .................................................. 96
4.2 COM Operation ...................................................... 98
COM Transceiver Selection and Activation ..................... 98
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning .................................. 99
Quick-Tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz .................. 100
Auto-Tuning the COM Frequency ................................ 101
Frequency Spacing .................................................... 105
Automatic Squelch .................................................... 106
Volume .................................................................... 106
4.3 NAV Operation ..................................................... 107
NAV Radio Selection and Activation ........................... 107
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning ..................................... 108
Auto-Tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD .............. 110
Marker Beacon Receiver ............................................ 115
DME Tuning ............................................................. 116
4.4 GTX 33 Mode S Transponder .............................. 117
Transponder Controls ................................................ 117
Transponder Mode Selection ...................................... 119
Entering a Transponder Code ..................................... 121
IDENT Function ........................................................ 122
Flight ID Reporting ................................................... 123
4.5 Additional Audio Panel Functions ..................... 124
Power-Up ................................................................. 124
Mono/Stereo Headsets .............................................. 124
Speaker ................................................................... 124
Intercom .................................................................. 125