Garmin G1000 PDAs & Smartphones User Manual


 
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Cessna Nav III
190-00498-07 Rev. A
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Figure 6-64 Panning on the Weather Data Link (GFDS) Page
Instructions
for Viewing
METAR and
TAF Text
Selected
Airport
GFDS WEATHER DATA REQUESTS
TheGFDSDataRequestwindowprovidestheightcrewwiththeoptionstoenableordisabletherequested
weathercoveragearea(s),chooseautomaticweatherupdateintervals(ifdesired),andtheabilitytosendorcancel
weatherdatarequests.ThestatusoftheGFDSdatarequestprocessisalsodisplayed.
BeforeaGFDSdatarequestcanoccur,avalidrequestcoverageareamustbedenedfromwhichallcurrently
availableGFDSweather productswillbe retrieved. Ataminimum,either theaircraft’spresentpositionora
waypoint(aspartofaightplanorentereddirectlyinthe‘WAYPOINT’coverageeld)mustbepartoftherequest
coveragearea,otherwisetherequeststatuswindowwillindicate‘INVALIDCOVERAGEAREA’andthesystemwill
notallowarequesttooccur.
Itisnotnecessaryforadestination(basedonanactiveightplan),aightplan,orwaypointtobespecied
priortoenablingthesecoverageareas;howevernoweatherdatawillberetrievedfortheseoption(s)untilaight
plan or waypoint is provided, respectively.
Requesting GFDS weather data manually:
1) Select the Weather Data Link (GFDS) Page.
2) Press the MENU Key.
3) With ‘GFDS Data Request’ highlighted, press the
ENT
Key (Figure 6-65).
4) Turn the large FMS Knob to highlight the desired coverage option(s) and press the
ENT
Key to check or uncheck
one of more of the following coverage selections (Figures 6-66, 6-67):
•PRESENT POSITION – Requests data based on current location.
•DESTINATION – Requests data based on the active flight plan destination (Direct-To destinations excluded).
See the Flight Management section for more information about entering and activating flight plans.