aural alertS
TRAFFIC
•
"Traffic"—TIS traffic alert received.
•
"Traffic Not Available"—TIS service is not available or out of range.
TERRAIN
•
"Five Hundred"—when the aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destina-
tion airport.
The following aural terrain alerts are issued when flight conditions meet
parameters that are set within the software algorithms, and are dependent on
the sensitivity level set in the Terrain Setup Menu.
Alert Severity
Caution
Warning
data Bar Field OPtiONS
• BRG-Bearing to Waypoint: The compass direction from the present position to the
next waypoint.
• DST-Distance to Waypoint: The distance to the next waypoint on a route.
• DTK-Desired Track: the desired course between the active "from" and "to"
waypoints.
190-01055-00 Rev. A
Terrain
"caution, terrain"
"caution, terrain
ahead"
"terrain ahead! pull
up!"
"terrain! terrain! pull
up! pull up!"
Aural Alerts Summary
Garmin G3X MFD Quick Reference Guide
Obstacle
"caution, obstacle"
"caution, obstacle
ahead"
"obstacle ahead! pull
up!"
"obstacle! obstacle!
pull up! pull up!"
appendix a
Descent Rate
"caution, sink
rate"
"sink rate, pull
up!"
"pull up!"
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