Garmin aera 796 Pilot's Guide - Page 114

AURAL ALERTS, Adjusting the Alert Sensitivity, Alert, Terrain, Obstacle, Descent Rate, Caution

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Hazard Avoidance Overview GPS Navigation Additional Features Hazard Avoidance Flight Planning Adjusting the Alert Sensitivity: 1) From the Main Menu touch the Terrain Icon. 2) Touch the Menu Icon. 3) Touch the 'Set Up Terrain' menu option. 4) Touch the buttons to cycle through the list of available sensitivity settings (Off, Low, Medium, or High) for Terrain Alerts, Obstacle Alerts, and Descent Rate. Terrain, Obstacle, and Descent Rate Alerts are issued when flight conditions meet parameters that are set within the software algorithms. Terrain alerts typically employ a CAUTION or a WARNING alert severity level, or both. When an alert is issued, visual annunciations are displayed and aural alerts are simultaneously issued. When the aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destination airport an audible "Five Hundred" altitude reminder occurs. The Terrain Alert Annunciation is shown to the lower left corner of the screen. If the Terrain Map is not displayed, a pop-up alert appears. The Range Rings on the popup alert are spaced every whole mile/kilometer/nautical mile. Touch the Terrain Alert Annunciation to acknowledge the pop-up and/or aural alert. AURAL ALERTS • "Five Hundred"-when the aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destination airport. The following aural terrain alerts are issued when flight conditions meet parameters that are set within the software algorithms, and are dependant on the sensitivity level set in the Terrain Setup Menu. Alert Terrain Obstacle Caution "caution, terrain" "caution, terrain ahead" "caution, obstacle" "caution, obstacle ahead" Warning 100 "terrain ahead! pull up!" "terrain! terrain! pull up! pull up!" "obstacle ahead! pull up!" "obstacle! obstacle! pull up! pull up!" Aural Alerts Summary Garmin aera 795/796 Pilot's Guide Descent Rate "caution, sink rate" "sink rate, pull up!" "pull up!" 190-01194-00 Rev. A Appendices Index

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Garmin aera 795/796 Pilot’s Guide
190-01194-00
Rev. A
100
Hazard Avoidance
Overview
GPS Navigation
Flight Planning
Hazard Avoidance
Additional Features
Appendices
Index
Adjusting the Alert Sensitivity:
1)
From the
Main Menu
touch the
Terrain
Icon.
2)
Touch the
Menu
Icon.
3)
Touch the '
Set Up Terrain
' menu option.
4)
Touch the
buttons to cycle through the list of available sensitivity
settings (
Off
,
Low
,
Medium
, or
High
) for Terrain Alerts, Obstacle Alerts,
and Descent Rate.
Terrain, Obstacle, and Descent Rate Alerts are issued when flight conditions meet
parameters that are set within the software algorithms.
Terrain alerts typically employ
a CAUTION or a WARNING alert severity level, or both.
When an alert is issued, visual
annunciations are displayed and aural alerts are simultaneously issued.
When the
aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destination airport an audible “Five
Hundred” altitude reminder occurs.
The Terrain Alert Annunciation is shown to the lower left corner of the screen.
If the
Terrain Map is not displayed, a pop-up alert appears.
The Range Rings on the pop-
up alert are spaced every whole mile/kilometer/nautical mile.
Touch the Terrain Alert
Annunciation to acknowledge the pop-up and/or aural alert.
AURAL ALERTS
“Five Hundred”—when the aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destina-
tion airport.
The following aural terrain alerts are issued when flight conditions meet
parameters that are set within the software algorithms, and are dependant on
the sensitivity level set in the Terrain Setup Menu.
Alert
Terrain
Obstacle
Descent Rate
Caution
“caution, terrain”
“caution, terrain ahead”
“caution, obstacle”
“caution, obstacle
ahead”
“caution, sink
rate”
Warning
“terrain ahead! pull up!”
“terrain! terrain! pull up!
pull up!”
“obstacle ahead! pull
up!”
“obstacle! obstacle!
pull up! pull up!”
“sink rate, pull
up!”
“pull up!”
Aural Alerts Summary