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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-28-181 Archer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 Line Replaceable Units ........................................... 2
1.2 Secure Digital (SD) Cards .......................................5
1.3 System Power-up ..................................................... 6
1.4 System Operation .................................................... 7
Display Operation ......................................................... 7
G1000 System Annunciations ........................................ 8
System Status ............................................................... 9
AHRS Operation ......................................................... 11
GPS Receiver Operation .............................................. 12
1.5 G1000 Controls ...................................................... 17
PFD/MFD Controls ...................................................... 17
Softkey Function ......................................................... 19
1.6 Accessing G1000 Functionality............................ 26
Menus ....................................................................... 26
Data Entry.................................................................. 26
Page Groups .............................................................. 28
System Settings .......................................................... 32
System Utilities ........................................................... 42
1.7 Display Backlighting ............................................. 46
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments ................................................. 50
Airspeed Indicator ...................................................... 50
Attitude Indicator ....................................................... 52
Altimeter ................................................................... 53
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) ....................................... 56
Vertical Deviation ....................................................... 56
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) .............................. 57
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) .................................. 62
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data .................................... 69
Temperature Displays .................................................. 69
Wind Data ................................................................. 70
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications ........................... 71
2.3 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions ........ 72
System Annunciations ................................................. 72
Marker Beacon Annunciations...................................... 73
Traffic Annunciation .................................................... 73
TAWS Annunciations ................................................... 74
Altitude Alerting ......................................................... 74
Low Altitude Annunciation .......................................... 75
Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting ...... 75
2.4 Abnormal Operations ........................................... 77
Abnormal GPS Conditions ........................................... 77
Unusual Attitudes ....................................................... 78
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM
3.1 Engine Display ....................................................... 80
Engine Page ............................................................... 82
Oil Pressure and Temperature Gauges ........................... 87
Fuel Quantity ............................................................. 87
EIS Display (Reversionary Mode) .................................. 88
3.2 Crew Alerting System (CAS) ................................. 89
CAS Messages and Prioritization .................................. 90
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview ................................................................ 91
PFD Controls and Frequency Display ............................. 92
GMA 1347 Audio Panel Controls .................................. 94
4.2 COM Operation ...................................................... 96
COM Transceiver Selection and Activation ..................... 96
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning .................................. 97
Quick-tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz .................... 98
Auto-tuning the COM Frequency .................................. 99
Auto-tuning from the MFD ........................................ 100
Frequency Spacing .................................................... 103
Automatic Squelch .................................................... 104
Volume .................................................................... 104
4.3 NAV Operation ..................................................... 105
NAV Radio Selection and Activation ........................... 105
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning ..................................... 106
Auto-tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD ............... 108
Auto-tuning NAV Frequencies on Approach Activation . 112
Marker Beacon Receiver ............................................ 113
4.4 GTX 33 Mode S Transponder .............................. 114
Transponder Controls ................................................ 114
Transponder Mode Selection ...................................... 115
Entering a Transponder Code ..................................... 117
IDENT Function ........................................................ 118
Flight ID Reporting.................................................... 119
4.5 Additional Audio Panel Functions ..................... 120
Power-Up ................................................................. 120
Mono/Stereo Headsets .............................................. 120
Speaker ................................................................... 120
Intercom .................................................................. 121