Garmin aera 500 Aviation Quick Reference Guide - Page 5

Table of Contents Section 1 Overview 1 1.1 Unit Overview...1 1.2 Getting Started...2 Battery Installation...2 Charging the Battery...3 Changing Modes...3 GPS Receiver Status...3 1.3 Operation...4 Basic Navigation Controls...4 'Home' Screen...5 Selecting a Function...8 Scrolling...9 1.4 Accessing System Functionality 9 Option Menus...9 Data Entry...10 1.5 Using Map Displays 11 Map Panning...11 Map Range...12 Map Overlays...12 Section 2 GPS Navigation 13 2.1 Flight Data...13 Data Fields...13 Numeric Flight Data...13 2.2 HSI/Panel...14 Changing the CDI Scale...14 Setting the Bug Indicator...14 Manually Setting a Course 14 2.3 Vertical Navigation (VNAV 15 Using the VNAV Feature...15 2.4 Waypoints...16 Nearest Information...17 Weather Information...17 User Waypoints...18 2.5 Direct-to Navigation 19 Section 3 Flight Planning 21 3.1 Flight Plan Data Fields 21 3.2 Flight Plan Creation 21 3.3 Adding Flight Plan Waypoints 23 3.4 Flight Plan Storage 23 3.5 Flight Plan Activation 24 3.6 Flight Plan Deletion 24 3.7 Approaches...25 190-01117-03 Rev. A Garmin aera 500 Series Quick Reference Guide i