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Garmin GNC 420W Supplementary Manual

400w/500w series
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What's New with the
400W / 500W Series
New Operational Characteristics of the
WAAS GNS 400W/500W Series Units
versus
the Classic 400/500 Series Units

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Summary of Contents for Garmin GNC 420W

  • Page 1 What’s New with the 400W / 500W Series New Operational Characteristics of the WAAS GNS 400W/500W Series Units versus the Classic 400/500 Series Units...
  • Page 2 Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual and of any revision to this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print one copy of this manual or of any revision...
  • Page 3 A terrain database for terrain awareness is included as a standard feature and now provides even greater detail. The WAAS GPS receiver now allows you to use the 400W/500W series unit for primary navigation and use GPS with vertical guidance for LPV, L/VNAV, and LNAV+V approaches. Non-precision approaches are annun- ciated as LNAV approaches.
  • Page 4 Feature Terrain Database Dead Reckoning (DR) Satellite Status Page Graphics Speed Crossfill XM Radio Audio and Weather KAP140/KFC225 Autopilot Operation-Compatible GDL Configuration GDL 69/69A Data Link Diag- nostics Traffic Range Rings Installation How Can I Tell If I Have A WAAS Unit Classic 400/500 Optional...
  • Page 5 WAAS signal reception is ideal for aviation applications. Your Garmin 400W/500W series system provides for primary GPS navigation in areas where no WAAS coverage is available using a Fault Detection and Exclusion (FDE) RAIM algorithm.
  • Page 6 WAAS satellites. If WAAS is disabled, the unit will not be able to fly vertically guided GPS approaches (LPV, LNAV/ VNAV, or LNAV+V). If WAAS was previously disabled, it may take several minutes to achieve a 3D-Diff fix after re-enabling WAAS.
  • Page 7: Vectors-To-Final

    SUSP while providing real-time display of your position. details. The WAAS GPS receiver now allows you to use the The Holding pattern depiction on the Nav mode Guidance provided along the holding pattern See the section on Flying an Approach with a Hold in the Roll steering guidance is now provided for procedure See the Procedures chapter of the Pilot’s Guide for more...
  • Page 8 11. OBS Operation SUSP after canceling OBS when on From side of OBS path – The change in behavior is this: When you put the 400W/500W-series unit into OBS mode and the course selected places the aircraft onto the from side and then you cancel OBS, the OBS course is retained but the unit indicates that sequencing is suspended by annunciating SUSP.
  • Page 9 GPS navigation on an active flight plan. Navigation using dead reckoning is therefore only an estimate and requires that you maintain the course and speed shown on your 400W/500W unit.
  • Page 10 When enabled, the XM Satellite Radio audio entertainment is accessible in the AUX function. XM Satellite Radio Audio See the section on XM Radio in the 400W/500W Series Garmin Optional Displays Pilot’s Guide Addendum - p/n 190-00356-30 for more details.
  • Page 11 XM Satellite Radio, Inc. The GDL 69A also can receive audio entertainment broadcasts. See the section on XM Radio in the 400W/500W Series Garmin Optional Displays Pilot’s Guide Addendum - p/n 190-00356-30 for more details. 23. GDL 69/69A Data Link Diagnostics...
  • Page 12 © 2006 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries Garmin International, Inc. 1200 East 151 Street, Olathe, Kansas 66062, U.S.A. Garmin AT, Inc. 2345 Turner Rd., S.E., Salem, Oregon 97302, U.S.A. Garmin (Europe) Ltd. Unit 5, The Quadrangle, Abbey Park Industrial Estate, Romsey, SO51 9DL, U.K.