
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA40/40F
190-00592-06 Rev. Avi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW
1.1 Line Replaceable Units ........................................... 2
1.2 Secure Digital (SD) Cards ....................................... 7
1.3 System Power-up..................................................... 8
1.4 System Operation.................................................... 9
Display Operation......................................................... 9
G1000 System Annunciations ...................................... 10
System Status............................................................. 11
AHRS Operation ......................................................... 13
GPS Receiver Operation .............................................. 14
1.5 G1000 Controls...................................................... 18
PFD/MFD Controls ...................................................... 18
Softkey Function......................................................... 20
1.6 Accessing G1000 Functionality............................ 27
Menus....................................................................... 27
Data Entry.................................................................. 27
Page Groups .............................................................. 29
System Settings.......................................................... 33
Timers ....................................................................... 38
1.7 Display Backlighting ............................................. 41
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
2.1 Flight Instruments................................................. 46
Airspeed Indicator ...................................................... 46
Attitude Indicator ....................................................... 48
Altimeter ................................................................... 49
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)....................................... 51
Vertical Deviation ....................................................... 52
Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) .............................. 53
Course Deviation Indicator (CDI) .................................. 58
2.2 Supplemental Flight Data .................................... 65
Outside Air Temperature.............................................. 65
Wind Data ................................................................. 67
Vertical Navigation (VNV) Indications........................... 68
2.3 PFD Annunciations and Alerting Functions ........ 69
System Alerting .......................................................... 69
Marker Beacon Annunciations...................................... 70
Traffic Annunciation.................................................... 70
TAWS Annunciations................................................... 71
Altitude Alerting......................................................... 72
Low Altitude Annunciation .......................................... 72
Minimum Descent Altitude/Decision Height Alerting ...... 73
2.4 Abnormal Operations ........................................... 74
Abnormal GPS Conditions ........................................... 74
Unusual Attitudes....................................................... 75
SECTION 3 ENGINE INDICATION SYSTEM
3.1 EIS Display.............................................................. 78
3.2 Engine Page............................................................ 80
Fuel Calculations ........................................................ 82
3.3 Leaning Assist Mode............................................. 83
3.4 EIS Display in Reversionary Mode....................... 84
Lean Display .............................................................. 86
System Display ........................................................... 88
SECTION 4 AUDIO PANEL AND CNS
4.1 Overview ................................................................ 91
MFD/PFD Controls and Frequency Display ..................... 92
Audio Panel Controls .................................................. 94
4.2 COM Operation...................................................... 96
COM Transceiver Selection and Activation..................... 96
COM Transceiver Manual Tuning .................................. 97
Quick-Tuning and Activating 121.500 MHz.................... 98
Auto-Tuning the COM Frequency.................................. 99
Frequency Spacing.................................................... 103
Automatic Squelch.................................................... 104
Volume.................................................................... 104
4.3 NAV Operation..................................................... 105
NAV Radio Selection and Activation ........................... 105
NAV Receiver Manual Tuning..................................... 106
Auto-Tuning a NAV Frequency from the MFD............... 108
Marker Beacon Receiver............................................ 113
ADF/DME Tuning ...................................................... 114
4.4 GTX 33 Mode S Transponder.............................. 118
Transponder Controls................................................ 118
Transponder Mode Selection...................................... 119
Entering a Transponder Code ..................................... 122
IDENT Function ........................................................ 123
4.5 Additional Audio Panel Functions ..................... 124
Power-Up................................................................. 124
Mono/Stereo Headsets.............................................. 124
Speaker ................................................................... 124
Intercom.................................................................. 125
Passenger Address (PA) System .................................. 127
Clearance Recorder and Player................................... 127