1. Cirrus Transition Course
Garmin GNS 430 GPS
Cirrus Transition Course
12/23/03

2. The system information, procedures and guidelines found in this presentation are for Reference Only.
The information & procedures in this presentation have been taken from the FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual and Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH). The Information & Procedures in this presentation DO NOT SUPERSEDE the Information & Procedures in the POH. In the event of conflict, the POH shall take precedence.

3. General Acts as a communications and navigation management system
Integrates radio transceiver, navigation receiver, and GPS navigation capability into a single unit

4. Chapter and Page Selection

5. Functions C Knob V Knob C Flip V Flip Power / Com Volume Squelch
VLOC Volume
Ident
C Flip
Moves standby Com frequency to active
V Flip
Moves standby VLOC frequency to active

6. Functions Push C/V Large Knob Small Knob Data card 1 Data card 2
Selects between Comm and VLOC frequency selection
Large Knob
Small Knob
Data card 1
Contains Jeppesen NavData
Data card 2
Unused

7. Functions CDI OBS MSG FPL PROC
Selects between GPS and VLOC navigation data
OBS
Selection inhibits auto sequencing of waypoints
MSG
Displays Message Page
FPL
Displays Flight Plan Chapter
PROC
Displays Instrument Procedures for active waypoint

8. Functions RNG D MENU CLR Adjusts moving map Direct To function
Displays menu for current activity
CLR
Clears data field
Default Nav – Hold for 3 seconds

9. Functions ENT PUSH CRSR Large Knob Small Knob Activates function
Activates cursor for active function
Large Knob
Sequences between data fields
Small Knob
Selects character in current data field

10. Initialization
Power Up

11. Initialization
Land Data Initialization

12. Initialization
Database Cycle
Database Expiration Date

13. Initialization
Instrument Panel Self-Test

14. Structure Chapters Pages
Current chapter identified by white letters at bottom of screen
Pages
Current page number indicated by position of white block at bottom of screen
Chapter
Page Number

15. Structure (Nav Chapter)
Electronic CDI Needle
Active Waypoint
User definable data
Default Nav Page

16. Structure (Nav Chapter)
Moving Map
User definable fields at right
Map has three declutter levels, cycled by pressing CLR

17. Structure (Nav Chapter)
Frequency information page for active flight plan
Cycles between departure and arrival airports frequency information automatically

18. Structure (Nav Chapter)
Position
Commonly used during partial panel operations

19. Structure (Nav Chapter)
Satellite Status
Solid bars indicate satellite acquired
Height of bar indicates satellite signal strength
White number below bar indicates satellite number

20. Structure (Nav Chapter)
Vertical Navigation (VNAV)
Cannot be used for approach vertical guidance
CAUTION

21. Structure (WPT Chapter)
Airport Location
Changes made in WPT chapter do not effect active flight plan or navigation without specific pilot direction

22. Structure (WPT Chapter)
Airport Runway
Information for all airport runways can be viewed by selecting the runway data block and scrolling

23. Structure (WPT Chapter)
Airport Frequencys

24. Structure (WPT Chapter)
Airport Approach

25. Structure (WPT Chapter)
Airport Arrival

26. Structure (WPT Chapter)
Airport Departure
Obstacle DP’s are not included in database
Vector DP’s are not included in database

27. Structure (WPT Chapter)
Intersection

28. Structure (WPT Chapter)
NDB

29. Structure (WPT Chapter)
VOR

30. Structure (WPT Chapter)
User Waypoint

31. Structure (AUX Chapter)
Flight Planning

32. Structure (AUX Chapter)
Utility

33. Structure (AUX Chapter)
Setup 1

34. Structure (AUX Chapter)
Setup 2

35. Structure (NRST Chapter)
Nearest Airports

36. Structure (NRST Chapter)
Nearest Intersections

37. Structure (NRST Chapter)
Nearest NDB

38. Structure (NRST Chapter)
Nearest VOR

39. Structure (NRST Chapter)
Nearest User Waypoints

40. Structure (NRST Chapter)
Nearest Center

41. Structure (NRST Chapter)
Nearest Flight Service Station

42. Structure (NRST Chapter)
Nearest Airspace

43. Structure (FPL Access Key)
Active Flight Plan

44. Structure (FPL Access Key)
Flight Plan Catalog
Can store 19 user defined flight plans

45. Structure (FPL Access Key)
Proc
Instrument Procedures

46. Operation
VFR Operations