Terrain Page - Garmin G500 Reference Manual

Garmin provides the following G500 TERRAIN selections, based upon your
system confi guration.
WARNING: Do not use Terrain-SVT information for primary terrain
avoidance. Terrain-SVT is intended only to enhance situational
awareness.
NOTE: Terrain data is not displayed when the aircraft latitude is
greater than 75° North or 60° South.
NOTE: Terrain-SVT is standard when the Synthetic Vision Technology
(SVT) option is installed.
NOTE: TAWS alerts will be generated by the GPS TAWS unit on the
PFD if an external TAWS unit is installed and interfaced to the G500.
• TERRAIN-PROXIMITY - is a non-TSO-C151b certifi ed terrain awareness
system. Do not confuse Terrain Proximity with TAWS. TAWS is TSO-
C151b certifi ed and Terrain Proximity is not. Terrain Proximity does
not provide warning annunciations or voice alerts, it only provides
color indications on map displays when terrain and obstacles are within
a certain altitude threshold from the aircraft.
• TERRAIN-SVT - refers to a subset of Class B TAWS that meets the terrain
alerting requirements outlined in Section 7.b of AC 23-26. Terrain-SVT
is a non-TSO-C151b certifi ed terrain awareness system. Do not confuse
Terrain-SVT with TAWS. TAWS is TSO-C151b certifi ed and Terrain-
SVT is not. Terrain-SVT is a subset of Class B TAWS that provides a
Class B TAWS FLTA functionality, including visual alerting and aural
alerting. Terrain-SVT is provided with the Synthetic Vision functionality
and not marketed separately. Garmin Terrain-SVT is available in GDU
620 v3.00 or later, with SVT enabled.
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