190-02237-00 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 NXi Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA42NG
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 System Description ................................................... 1
Line Replaceable Units (LRU) ......................................... 1
1.2 System Controls ........................................................ 4
PFD/MFD Controls ........................................................ 4
Secure Digital Cards ...................................................... 7
1.3 System Operation ..................................................... 8
System Power-up .......................................................... 8
Normal Operation ......................................................... 9
Reversionary Mode ..................................................... 10
System Annunciations ................................................. 11
System Status ............................................................. 13
AHRS Operation ......................................................... 14
GPS Receiver Operation .............................................. 16
1.4 Accessing System Functionality ............................ 21
Softkey Function ......................................................... 21
Menus ....................................................................... 26
MFD Page Groups ....................................................... 27
System Settings .......................................................... 30
System Utilities ........................................................... 38
1.5 Display Backlighting ............................................... 43
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments ................................................... 48
Airspeed Indicator ...................................................... 48
Attitude Indicator ....................................................... 50
Altimeter ................................................................... 51
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) ....................................... 54
Vertical Deviation ....................................................... 54
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) .............................. 56
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) .................................. 60
Radar Altimeter .......................................................... 66
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data ...................................... 68
Temperature Displays .................................................. 68
Wind Data ................................................................. 69
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications ........................... 70
2.3 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions .......... 71
Marker Beacon Annunciations...................................... 71
Altitude Alerting ......................................................... 71
Low Altitude Annunciation .......................................... 72
Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting ...... 72
2.4 Garmin Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) ........... 74
SVT Operation ............................................................ 75
SVT Features .............................................................. 76
Field of View ..............................................................86
2.5 Abnormal Operations ............................................. 87
Abnormal GPS Conditions ........................................... 87
SVT Troubleshooting ................................................... 88
Unusual Attitudes ....................................................... 88
SVT Unusual Attitudes ................................................. 89
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM (EIS)
3.1 Engine Display ......................................................... 93
3.2 Engine Page ............................................................. 95
Fuel Calculations ........................................................ 97
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview .................................................................. 99
PFD Controls and Frequency Display ........................... 100
Audio Panel Controls ................................................ 102
4.2 COM Operation...................................................... 104
COM TUNING BOXES ................................................ 104
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning ................................ 105
Auto-Tuning the COM Frequency ................................ 105
Frequency Spacing ................................................... 108
4.3 NAV Operation....................................................... 109
NAV Tuning Boxes..................................................... 109
NAV Radio Selection and Activation ........................... 110
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning ..................................... 110
Auto-Tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD............... 111
Marker Beacon Receiver ............................................ 113
ADF/DME Tuning ...................................................... 114
DME Tuning ............................................................. 117
4.4 Mode S Transponder ............................................. 118
Transponder Controls ................................................ 118
Transponder Mode Selection ...................................... 119
IDENT Function ........................................................ 121
Flight ID Reporting.................................................... 122
4.5 Additional Audio Panel Functions ....................... 123
Power-Up ................................................................. 123
Mono/Stereo Headsets .............................................. 123
Speaker ................................................................... 123
Intercom .................................................................. 124
Split COM ................................................................ 126
Clearance Recorder and Player ................................... 126
Entertainment Inputs ................................................ 126