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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
BASIC FEATURES
1 INTRODUCING THE GARMIN GPS 55 AVD 1-1
1.1 Capabilities 1-1
1.2 Aviation Database 1-2
1.3 Operations 1-2
2 GETTING STARTED 2-1
2.1 Front Panel 2-1
2.2 Banners 2-1
2.3 Cursor and Fields 2-3
2.4 Keypad Operation 2-3
2.5 Entering Data 2-5
2.6 Viewing Messages 2-5
2.7 Operating Modes 2-6
3 BASIC OPERATION 3-1
3.1 Power On 3-1
3.2 Satellite Status 3-2
3.3 Present Position 3-3
3.4 AutoStore
TM
3-4
3.5 CDI and Navigation Summary 3-5
3.6 Waypoints 3-6
3.7 Nearest Waypoints 3-9
3.8 Navigate to a Waypoint 3-10
3.9 Proximity Alarm Waypoints 3-11
3.10 Sample Trip 3-12
4 UNIT CUSTOMIZATION 4-1
4.1 Setup Menu 4-1
4.2 Operating Mode 4-2
4.3 User Selectable Alarms 4-2
4.4 Backlighting Timeout 4-3
4.5 Audio Settings 4-4
4.6 Navigation Units 4-4
4.7 CDI Scale 4-5
4.8 Magnetic Variation 4-5
4.9 Filter Settings 4-6
4.10 Output 4-7