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Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Socata TBM 850
190-00708-02 Rev. A
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Vertically Scan a Storm Cell
1) While in the Horizontal Scan view, move the Joystick to place the Bearing
Line on the desired storm cell, or other area, to be vertically scanned.
2)
Select the VERTICAL Softkey. A vertical ‘slice’ of the selected area will now
be displayed.
3)
Move the Joystick right or left to move the scanned “slice” a few degrees
right or left.
4)
Turn the Joystick to adjust the range.
5)
To select a new area to be vertically scanned, select the HORIZON Softkey
to return to the Horizontal Scan view and repeat the previous steps.
Adjusting Gain
WARNING: Changing the gain in Weather Mode will cause precipitation
intensity to be displayed as a color not representative of the true intensity.
Remember to return the gain setting to ‘Calibrated’ for viewing the actual
intensity of precipitation.
1)
Select the GAIN Softkey to activate the cursor in the ‘GAIN’ field.
2)
Turn the small FMS Knob to adjust the gain for the desirable level. The
gain setting is visible in the gain field as a movable horizontal bar in
a flashing box. The line pointer is a reference depicting the calibrated
position.
3)
Press the FMS Knob to remove the cursor.
4)
Select the GAIN Softkey again to recalibrate the gain. ‘CALIBRATED’ will be
displayed in the ‘GAIN’ field.
Ground Mapping
1)
Select the MODE Softkey.
2)
Select the GROUND Softkey to place the radar in Ground Map Mode.
3)
Select the BACK Softkey.