Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000H
™
Pilot’s Guide for the Bell 407GX 190-01255-01 Rev. A 413
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
SECTION 8 ADDITIONAL FEATURES
NOTE: With the availability of SafeTaxi, ChartView, or FliteCharts in electronic form, it is still advisable to
carry another source of charts on board the aircraft.
Additional features of the system include the following:
•Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT
™
)
•SafeTaxi
®
diagrams
•ChartViewandFliteCharts
®
electronic charts
•Airport Directory
•IridiumSatelliteTelephoneandSMStextmessaging
•Wi-Ficonnections
•MaintenanceLogs
•PositionReporting
•SiriusXM Satellite Radio entertainment for the
passengers
•Scheduler
•Auxiliary Video
The Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT
™
)providesathree-dimensionalforwardviewofterrainfeaturesonthe
PFD.SVT
™
imagery shows the pilot’s view of relevant features in relation to the aircraft attitude, as well as the
ightpathpertainingtotheactiveightplan.
SafeTaxi diagrams provide detailed taxiway, runway, and ramp information at more than 700 airports in the
UnitedStates.BydecreasingrangeonanairportthathasaSafeTaxidiagramavailable,acloseupviewofthe
airportlayoutcanbeseen.
The optional ChartViewandFliteChartsprovideon-boardelectronicterminalprocedurescharts.Electronic
chartsoffertheconvenienceofrapidaccesstoessentialinformation.EitherChartVieworFliteChartsmaybe
conguredinthesystem,butnotboth.
TheAOPAorAC-U-KWIKAirportDirectoryoffersdetailedinformationforaselectedairport,suchasavailable
services,hoursofoperation,andlodgingoptions.
IridiumTelephone,SMSmessaging,andDataLinkServicesisanoptionalsubscriptionserviceofferedthrough
GarminConnext
™
andIridiumSatelliteLLC.
Wi-FiconnectionallowsforthetransmissionofdatarecordedbytheMaintenanceLogfeature.Therecordingof
thisdataisnotvisibletothepilotandrequiresnopilotinteraction,otherthansettingupWi-Ficonnectionswhere
applicable.
TheMaintenanceLogfeaturerecordsmaintenancedataspeciedbytheaircraftmanufacturer.Thisdatamaythen
becopiedtoanSDCard,ortransmittedviaWi-FiorIridiumtelephone.
ThePositionReportingfeatureallowsthesystemtosendpositionreportinginformationtoaprovider,suchas
FlightAware.com.
TheoptionalSiriusXMSatelliteRadioentertainmentaudiofeatureoftheGDL69ADataLinkReceiverhandles
morethan170channelsofmusic,news,andsports.SiriusXMSatelliteRadiooffersmoreentertainmentchoices
andlongerrangecoveragethancommercialbroadcaststations.
TheSchedulerfeaturecanbeusedtoenteranddisplayshorttermorlongtermremindermessagessuchas
‘Switchfueltanks’or‘Altimeter-TransponderCheck’intheMessagesWindowonthePFD.
The Auxiliary Videofeatureallowsviewingimagesfromvideoequipment,suchasaninfraredcamera.