Taws Alert Summary - Garmin 400 Series Pilot's Manual Addendum

Section 3
TAWS Alerts
NOTE: TAWS Caution Alerts are displayed as constant
black text on a yellow background; TAWS Warning Alerts are
displayed as constant white text on a red background.
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TAWS Alert Summary

The aural alert voice gender is configurable to be either male or female. Also, there are different alert
text phrases available for several of the alerts, as summarized in Table 3-2. See your Garmin installer for
further information on configuring the alert system.
Alert Type
TAWS System Failure
Terrain Inhibited
Terrain Not Available
Excessive Descent Rate (EDR) Caution
Excessive Descent Rate (EDR) Warning
Required Terrain Clearance (RTC) Caution
Required Terrain Clearance (RTC) Warning
Imminent Obstacle Impact (IOI) Caution
TAWS Page
Pop-Up Alert
Annuciation
None
None
None
or
or
or
Table 3-2 TAWS Alerts Summary
Aural Message
"TAWS System Failure"
None
"Terrain Not Available"
"Sink Rate"
"Pull Up"
"Caution, Terrain; Caution, Terrain"
or
"Terrain Ahead; Terrain Ahead"
"Terrain, Terrain; Pull Up, Pull Up"
or
"Terrain Ahead, Pull Up; Terrain Ahead, Pull Up"
"Obstacle Ahead; Obstacle Ahead"
or
"Caution, Obstacle; Caution, Obstacle"