Garmin G1000H Marine Radio User Manual


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190-01255-00 Rev. B
Garmin G1000H
™
Pilot’s Guide for the Bell 407GX
323
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
Figure 6-52 Panning on the GFDS Data Link Page
Additional In-
formation on
TFR Selected
with Map
Pointer
TFR Selected
with Map
Pointer
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 6-53).
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 6-54, 6-55):
•PRESENT POSITION – Requests data based on current location.
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