Garmin aera 550 Aviation Quick Reference Guide - Page 20

Garmin aera 500 Series Quick Reference Guide

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GPS Navigation

Overview

GPS Navigation

Flight Planning

Hazard Avoidance

Utilities

Appendix

Index

2.2

HSI/PANEL

CHANGING THE CDI SCALE

The CDI scale can be set by touching the

In

or

Out

Icons from the

HSI/Panel

Screen

(if the CDI scale is NOT set to 'Automatic') or from the HSI/Panel option menu.

Changing the CDI scale:

1)

From the '

Home

' Screen, touch

HSI/Panel

>

Menu

>

Set CDI Scale

.

2)

Touch the desired CDI Scale ('

Automatic

', '

0.25 nm

', '

1.25 nm

', or

'

5.00 nm

').

SETTING THE BUG INDICATOR

The Bug Indicator can be set from the HSI/Panel option menu.

Setting the Bug Indicator:

1)

From the '

Home

' Screen, touch

HSI/Panel

>

Menu

>

Set Bug

Indicator

.

2)

Touch the desired menu option ('

User Selected

', '

Bearing

', '

Course to

Steer

', or '

Off

').

MANUALLY SETTING A COURSE

Use the ‘Set OBS and Hold’ menu option to manually set your course to the

destination.

Manually setting a course to the destination waypoint:

1)

From the ‘

Home

’ Screen, touch the

HSI/Panel

or the

Active FPL

Icon.

2)

Touch the

Menu

Icon

3)

Touch the '

Set OBS and Hold

' menu option (only available when

navigating a Direct To or Flight Plan).

4)

Touch the '

+

' or '

-

' Buttons to increase/decrease the value

Or

:

Section	Page
Section 1 Overview	7
1.1 Unit Overview	7
1.2 Getting Started	8
Battery Installation	8
Charging the Battery	9
Changing Modes	9
GPS Receiver Status	9
1.3 Operation	10
Basic Navigation Controls	10
‘Home’ Screen	11
Selecting a Function	14
Scrolling	15
1.4 Accessing System Functionality	15
Option Menus	15
Data Entry	16
1.5 Using Map Displays	17
Map Panning	17
Map Range	18
Map Overlays	18
Section 2 GPS Navigation	19
2.1 Flight Data	19
Data Fields	19
Numeric Flight Data	19
2.2 HSI/Panel	20
Changing the CDI Scale	20
Setting the Bug Indicator	20
Manually Setting a Course	20
2.3 Vertical Navigation (VNAV)	21
Using the VNAV Feature	21
2.4 Waypoints	22
Nearest Information	23
Weather Information	23
User Waypoints	24
2.5 Direct-to Navigation	25
Section 3 Flight Planning	27
3.1 Flight Plan Data Fields	27
3.2 Flight Plan Creation	27
3.3 Adding Flight Plan Waypoints	29
3.4 Flight Plan Storage	29
3.5 Flight Plan Activation	30
3.6 Flight Plan Deletion	30
3.7 Approaches	31
Section 4 Hazard Avoidance	33
4.1 XM® Weather (aera 510 & 560)	33
4.2 Terrain	33
4.3 Traffic Information Service (TIS)	34
Section 5 Utilities	35
5.1 Flight Log	35
5.2 Track Log	35
5.3 E6B Calculator	36
5.4 Aircraft Profile	37
5.5 Weight & Balance	38
Section 6 Appendix	39
Miscellaneous Message Advisories	39
Airspace Messages	40
Data Field & Numeric Data Options	41
Aural Alerts	43
Loss of GPS Position	43

Garmin aera 550 Aviation Quick Reference Guide - Page 20

HSI/Panel, Changing the CDI Scale, Setting the Bug Indicator, Manually Setting a Course - user manual

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