Garmin GNS 530W Pilot's Manual & Reference page 172

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Flight Planning
Crossfill — allows the pilot to transfer the active
flight plan, any stored flight plan, a user waypoint
or all user waypoints between two 500W-Series (or
400W-Series) Garmin units in a dual-unit instal-
lation.
To perform fuel planning operations:
1.
Select "Fuel Planning" from the Flight Planning
Page.
2.
The current fuel planning "leg mode" is
displayed at the top of the page: "POINT TO
POINT" or "FPL" (for a flight plan leg). To
change the leg mode, press MENU to display
an options window for the other leg mode, then
press ENT to accept the other leg mode.
For "flight plan leg" fuel planning, select "Flight Plan?" from
the options window. Use the small right knob to select the
desired flight plan and the desired leg of the flight plan.
3a. For direct-to planning, verify that the "from"
waypoint field indicates "P.POS" (present
position). If necessary, press CLR to display
"P.POS". Press ENT and the flashing cursor
moves to the "to" waypoint field. Turn the
small and large right knobs to enter the
identifier of the "to" waypoint and press ENT
to accept the waypoint.
or,
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For direct-to fuel planning, press CLR (with the "from"
waypoint field highlighted) to display "P.POS" (which repre-
sents your present position).
3b. For point-to-point fuel planning, turn the small
and large right knobs to enter the identifier
of the "from" waypoint. Once the waypoint's
identifier is entered, press ENT to accept the
waypoint. The flashing cursor moves to the
"to" waypoint. Again, turn the small and
large right knobs to enter the identifier of
the "to" waypoint and press ENT to accept
the waypoint.
OR,
3c. For "flight plan leg" fuel planning, turn the
small right knob to select the desired flight
plan (already stored in memory), by number.
Turn the large right knob to highlight the
"LEG" field and turn the small right knob to
select the desired leg of the flight plan, or select
"Cum" to apply fuel planning calculations to
the entire flight plan.
4.
If your fuel management system does not enter
the data automatically, turn the large right
knob to highlight the fuel on board (FOB)
field.
Use the small and large right knobs to enter
5.
the amount of fuel on board. Press ENT when
finished.

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