Garmin aera 795/796 Pilot’s Guide
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Hazard Avoidance
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a CAUTION or a WARNING alert severity level, or both. When an alert is issued, visual
annunciations are displayed and aural alerts are simultaneously issued. When the
aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destination airport an audible “Five
Hundred” altitude reminder occurs.
The Terrain Alert Annunciation is shown to the lower left corner of the screen. If the
Terrain Map is not displayed, a pop-up alert appears. The Range Rings on the pop-
up alert are spaced every whole mile/kilometer/nautical mile. Touch the Terrain Alert
Annunciation to acknowledge the pop-up and/or aural alert.
AURAL ALERTS
• “Five Hundred”—when the aircraft descends through 500 feet above the destina-
tion airport.
The following aural terrain alerts are issued when flight conditions meet
parameters that are set within the software algorithms, and are dependant on
the sensitivity level set in the Terrain Setup Menu.
Alert
Terrain
Obstacle Descent Rate
Caution
“caution, terrain”
“caution, terrain ahead”
“caution, obstacle”
“caution, obstacle
ahead”
“caution, sink
rate”
Warning
“terrain ahead! pull up!”
“terrain! terrain! pull up!
pull up!”
“obstacle ahead! pull
up!”
“obstacle! obstacle!
pull up! pull up!”
“sink rate, pull
up!”
“pull up!”
Aural Alerts Summary
Adjusting terrain alert audio:
1)
From the Main Menu, touch Tools > Setup > Sound.
2)
Touch the Terrain Audio On/Off Button to toggle the terrain audio on/off,
or touch the Alerts
Icon to mute both Terrain and TIS-A alerts.
Or
:
Touch the Alerts buttons to select an alert volume (0-10).
