User's Manual

190-00498-07 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
2.3 PFD ANNUNCIATIONS AND ALERTING FUNCTIONS
ThefollowingannunciationsandalertingfunctionsaredisplayedonthePFD.RefertoAppendixAformore
information on alerts and annunciations.
SYSTEM ALERTING
MessagesappearintheAlertsWindowinthelowerrightcornerofthePFDwhenawarning,caution,advisory
alert,orsystemmessageadvisoryoccurs.Systemalertmessagesareprovidedforawarenessofsystemproblems
orstatusandmayormaynotrequirepilotaction.TheAlertsWindowallowssystemalertstobedisplayed
simultaneously. The FMSKnobisusedtoscrollthroughthealertmessages.TheAlertsWindowisenabled/
disabled by pressing the ALERTS Softkey.If the window is already open when a new message is generated,
pressing the ALERTSSoftkeytoacknowledgethemessageturnsthesoftkeygray.
The ALERTSSoftkeylabelchangestodisplaytheappropriateannunciationwhenanalertisissued.The
annunciationashesandtheappropriateauralalertsoundsuntilacknowledgedbypressingthesoftkey.The
softkeythenrevertstotheALERTSSoftkeylabel,andwhenpressedagainopenstheAlertsWindowtodisplay
a descriptive message of the alert.
The Annunciation Window appears to the right of the Vertical Speed Indicator and displays abbreviated
annunciation text for aircraft alerts. Warnings appear in red, cautions in yellow, advisory alerts in white,
andsafeoperatingannunciationsingreen.NewalertsaredisplayedatthetopoftheAnnunciationWindow,
regardlessofpriority.Onceacknowledged,theyaresequencedbasedonpriority.
Alerts
Window
Softkey
Annunciations
Annunciation
Window
Figure 2-32 System Alerting