Auto-Tuning - Garmin GNS 530W Pilot's Manual & Reference

To select a COM frequency:
1. If the tuning cursor is not currently in the COM
window, press the small left knob momen-
tarily.
Turn the large left knob to select the desired
2.
megahertz (MHz) value. For example, the
"118" portion of the frequency "118.300".
Turn the small left knob to select the desired
3.
kilohertz (kHz) value. For example, the ".300"
portion of the frequency "118.300".
To make the standby frequency the active fre-
quency, press the COM flip-flop key.
The tuning cursor remains in the COM window. If
you wish to select a VOR/localizer/ILS frequency, press
the small left knob momentarily to place the cursor in
the VLOC window. Additional instructions for VOR/
localizer/ILS operations are available in Sections 5 and 8.
Cursor in VLOC window allows for VOR and
ILS operations.

Auto-Tuning

The GNS 530W' s auto-tune feature allows
you to quickly select any database frequency in
the GPS window as your standby frequency. Any
COM frequency displayed in the GPS window
can be transferred to the standby COM frequency
field, with a minimum of keystrokes required. The
following are some examples of selecting COM
Auto-Tuning / Nearest Apt Page
GNS 530W only
frequencies from some of the main GPS pages.
To select a COM frequency for a nearby airport:
1. Select the Nearest Airport Page from the NRST
page group. (See Section 7, or press and hold
CLR, then turn the large right knob until the
nearest pages appear. Finally, if necessary, turn
the small right knob to display the Nearest
Airport Page.)
Nearest Airport Page with common traffic
advisory frequency (CTAF) for the closest
airport highlighted.
Press the small right knob momentarily to
2.
place the cursor on the airport identifier field of
the first airport in the list. If you wish to select
another airport, turn the large right knob to
highlight the desired airport.
3. The Nearest Airport Page displays the common
traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) for each listed
airport.To select this frequency, turn the large
right knob to highlight the desired airport's
CTAF frequency and press ENT to place the
frequency in the standby field of the COM
window.
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