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4-1190-00601-02 Rev. E
Garmin G600 Pilot’s Guide
Foreword
Sec 1
System
Sec 2
PFD
Sec 3
MFD
Sec 4
Hazard
Avoidance
Sec 5
Additional
Features
Sec 6
Annun.
& Alerts
Sec 7
Symbols
Sec 8
Glossary Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
4 HAZARD AVOIDANCE
The G600 hazard avoidance features are designed to provide advisory
information of potential hazards to flight safety associated with weather, terrain,
and air traffic.
This section is divided into the following groups:
Terrain Avoidance
•TerrainProximity
•TAWS-B(Optional)
•Terrain-SVT™(Optional)
Traffic Avoidance
•TrafcAdvisory System (Optional)
•Trafc Information Service (TIS) (Optional - GTX 33/330 Transponder
required)
Weather
•GDL69/69A XM
®
Satellite Weather (Optional)
•GWX68 Weather Radar (Optional)
•
GFDS Weather with the Iridium
®
satellite system through GSR 56 (Optional)
4.1 Terrain Configurations
TAWS/Terrain Configurations - Garmin’s G600 Terrain Awareness and
Warning System (TAWS-B) is an optional feature and is intended to provide
the flight crew with both aural and visual alerts to aid in preventing inadvertent
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT).
During power-up of the GDU 620, the terrain/obstacle database versions are
displayed along with a disclaimer. At the same time, the Terrain system self-test
begins. A failure message is issued if the terrain test fails.
Garmin provides the following terrain awareness solutions within the
GDU 620 environment:
•TAWS-B - A system developed to meet the terrain alerting and ground
proximity requirements for Class B TAWS systems as defined in TSO-
C151b.
•Terrain-SVT - Refers to a subset of Class B TAWS that will meet the terrain
alerting requirements outlined in Section 7.b of AC 23-26. Terrain-SVT is