Piper ARCHER III Pilot Operating Handbook page 211

PA-28.181.
ARCHER
III
SECTION
7
DESCRIPTION & OPERATION
Multi-Function Display (continued)
Terrain
Awareness and Warning
System
(TAWS-B)
- Optional
(continued)
System
Status:
During
G1000
power-up, TAWS-B
conducts
a
self-test
of its
aural
and
visual
annunciations.
The
system test
can also be
manually initiated
by
selecting the
TAWS-B
Page
then
depress
the
MENU
key,
then select
the
"Test TAWS"
option.
An
aural alert
"TAWS
System
Test
OK"
or
"TAWS
System
Failure"
is
issued at
test completion,
regardless
of
whether
the
test was
initiated automatically
or
manually.
TAWS-B
System Testing
is
disabled when
ground
speed exceeds 30 knots.
TAWS-B
requires the
following
to
operate
properly:
.
A
valid tenain/obstacle/airport terrain
database
.
A
valid 3-D
GPS
position solution
If
a
valid
3-D GPS
position
solution
and
vertical
accuracy requirements
are
not attained or the aircraft
is out
of
the database coverage
area,
aTAWS
N/A
annunciation
will
appear
on the
TAWS-B
Page
and the aural annunciation
"TAWS
Not Available" is
heard. When the GPS signal
is re-established and
the
aircraft is
within
the database coverage
area,
the aural
message
"TAWS
Available"
is
heard.
Operation of
TAWS-B:
Terrain is displayed on the following
pages:
.
Navigation
Map
Page
.
TAWS
Page
.
Trip
Planning
Page
.
Flight
Plan
Page
.
PFD
Inset
Map
To display terrain
data on maps
other
than the
TAWS-B
Page, select the
MAp
softkey
(select INSET softkey for
the
PFD inset map) on
the
Navigation Map
Page and then select the
TERRAIN
softkey. When
TAWS-B
is
selecred
on
maps other than
the
TAWS-B
Page, an
icon to indicate
the feature
is enabled
for
display
and
a
legend
for TAWS-B
terrain colors is
shown.
ISSUED:
December 22,
2017
REVISED: July
3L,2018
REPORT:
YB-2749
7-27
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