Garmin GNC 420AW GPS Receiver User Manual


 
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1 - COM
190-00356-00 Rev E
To select a COM frequency for a nearby flight ser-
vice station (FSS) or center (ARTCC):
1. Select the nearest center or flight service page
from the NRST page group. Turn the large
right knob until the NRST pages appear. Then,
if necessary, turn the small right knob to
display the desired NRST page.
Use the nearest ARTCC page to quickly re-
trieve the frequency(s) for the nearest center
(ARTCC) facility.
2. Press the small right knob momentarily to
place the cursor on the page.
3. Turn the large right knob to highlight the
FSS/ARTCC frequency and press ENT to place
the frequency in the standby field of the COM
window.
To select a COM frequency for any airport in your
flight plan:
1. Select the NAVCOM page from the NAV page
group. (Press and hold the CLR key, then turn
the small right knob until the NAVCOM page
appears.)
The NAVCOM page provides a frequency list
for all the airports (departure, en route and
arrival) along your active flight plan.
2. Press the small right knob to place the cursor
on the airport identifier field. To the left of this
field appears Departure, En Route or Arrival
— depending on the placement of the dis-
played airport within your flight plan.
3. Turn the small right knob to display a
window listing the airports in your flight plan.
Continue turning the small right knob to
select the desired airport.
4. Press ENT to return to the NAVCOM page with
the frequencies for the selected airport.
5. Turn the large right knob to highlight the
desired frequency.
6. Press ENT to place the highlighted frequency
in the standby COM window field.
To select a COM frequency for any airport in the
database:
1. Select the airport frequencies page from the
WPT page group. (Turn the large right knob
to select the WPT page group. Then turn the
small right knob until the airport frequencies
page appears.)
Use the airport frequencies page to retrieve
a frequency list for ANY airport in the
Jeppesen NavData database.
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 ENT
420W / 430W Only
Auto-Tuning from Flight Plan/Database