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GNS 530(A) Quick Reference
VIEWING AIRPORT
INFORMATION
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Viewing airport information by facility
name or city:
1) Select the Airport Location Page (see page 6).
2) Press the small right knob to activate the
cursor.
3) Turn the large right knob to highlight the
facility name (second line) or the city (third
line) field.
4) Turn the small and large right knob to enter
the facility name or city location of the desired
destination waypoint. When spelling the
facility name or city, the GNS 530’s Spell’N’Find
feature will select the first entry in the database
based upon the characters that have been
entered up to that point.
5) Once the facility name or city is entered, the
information for that airport appears on the
page. Press the ENT Key to accept the selected
airport.
6) To view the other airport information pages,
press the small right knob to remove the
flashing cursor and turn the small right knob
to select the desired page.
Auto-tuning a frequency from a list:
The GNS 530’s auto-tune feature allows the pilot to
quickly select any database frequency in the GPS Window
as the standby frequency. With a minimum of keystrokes,
any frequency listed in the GPS Window can be transferred
to the standby field of the COM or VLOC window.
1) Select the Airport Frequencies Page from the
WPT Page Group (see page 6).
2) Press the small right knob to place the cursor
on the airport identifier field.
3) Use the small and large right knobs to enter
the identifier of the desired airport. Press the
ENT Key when finished.
4) Turn the large right knob to highlight the
desired frequency.
5) Press the ENT Key to place the highlighted
frequency in the standby COM or VLOC
Window field (as appropriate).
6) To activate the selected frequency, press the
COM Flip-flop or VLOC Flip-flop Key (as
appropriate).