Garmin GPS 155TSO, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...GPS 155TSO Pilot s Guide OWNER S MANUAL REFERENCE NRST BRT OFF SET RTE WPT NAV CRSR CLR MSG ENT 155man GOOD 7 24 98 2 42 PM Page i...

Page 2: ...155man GOOD 7 24 98 2 42 PM Page ii...

Page 3: ...al 9875 Widmer Road Lenexa KS 66215 USA All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and reco...

Page 4: ...se do so entirely at their own risk CAUTION The GARMIN GPS 155 has no user serviceable parts Should you ever encounter a problem with the unit please take it to an authorized GARMIN dealer for repairs...

Page 5: ...rted with your unit please check to see that your package includes the following items If any parts are missing or damaged please see your GARMIN dealer immediately Standard Package GPS 155 unit w Rec...

Page 6: ...es runway info minimum safe altitude SUA information and more Vacuum fluorescent display to provide easy viewing even in direct sunlight Battery backup of up to 90 minutes for powering the GPS 155 in...

Page 7: ...Finding and using database and waypoint information Section 3 Direct to Route Navigation D R keys 48 61 Activating direct to navigation creating using routes Section 4 Approaches SIDs and STARs 62 82...

Page 8: ...on Maintenance 96 97 Appendix C Abbreviations Messages 98 107 Appendix D Specifications 108 Appendix E Map Datums 109 110 Appendix F Troubleshooting Q A 111 116 Appendix G Index 117 120 vi INTRODUCTIO...

Page 9: ...rt routes and access approaches SIDs and STARs Search and rescue parallel offset and closest point of approach are also performed using the route key See Section 3 for more information on routes W The...

Page 10: ...he screen all at once This manual will describe how to enter data using the concentric knobs K for the inner knob and O for the outer knob Experiment with the concentric knobs This will greatly reduce...

Page 11: ...t time we recommend that you taxi to location that is well away from buildings and other aircraft so the unit can collect satellite data without interruption Powering up the GPS 155 for first time use...

Page 12: ...you will be prompted to enter the altitude with a Need alt Press NAV message If this message occurs press the N key and use the K and O knobs to enter the altitude shown on your altimeter Press E whe...

Page 13: ...own preferences The default settings are Altitude Your present GPS altitude Present Position Latitude and longitude displayed in degrees minutes Reference Waypoint The bearing and distance to the nea...

Page 14: ...n airport VOR NDB intersection or user waypoint as long as it is in the database or stored in memory as a user waypoint 3 Rotate the O knob to the right to move the cursor to the next character positi...

Page 15: ...direct to is cancelled or another direct to destination is activated To cancel a direct to from the CDI page 1 Press the C key to activate the destination field 2 Press 3 Press E The GPS 155 s NRST k...

Page 16: ...itional waypoint information available 4 Press T to return to the nearest waypoint page To select a nearest waypoint as a direct to destination 1 Press the D key The waypoint position page for the sel...

Page 17: ...ssage indicator will flash and a message prompt with specific instructions will appear If you leave the NAV page sequence for another set of pages the last NAV page displayed will appear when you retu...

Page 18: ...down arrow Note that the GPS 155 always navigates TO a waypoint unless the GPS SEQ switch is set to the HOLD position or you have passed the last waypoint in a route The default setting of the CDI sc...

Page 19: ...n of movement relative to the ground brg Bearing the direction from your present position to the waypoint cts Course to steer to reduce cross track error and stay on course dtk Desired track the cours...

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Page 21: ...to MSA and ESA altitudes are calculated from information contained in the database and generally includes mountains buildings and other permanent features see right To change the altitude field to di...

Page 22: ...hoose which waypoint type you would like displayed Choose wpt if you would like a specific waypoint range and bearing to be displayed 4 Press C to remove the cursor or If you have selected wpt 5 Rotat...

Page 23: ...ress N and rotate O to display NAV Menu 1 2 Press C then E to access trip planning 3 Rotate K to select waypoint mode or the desired route number and press E 4 For direct to navigation use K and O ent...

Page 24: ...E 5 Use K and O to enter the barometric pressure pres obtained from ATC Press E 6 Use K and O to enter the total air temperature tat according to aircraft instruments 7 Press E and the density altitu...

Page 25: ...tate O to advance the cursor to fob or gs depending on which is displayed 6 Use K and O to enter the fuel on board or the ground speed Press E 7 Rotate O back two positions to highlight the fob or gs...

Page 26: ...ore or after a certain distance to a waypoint This is helpful when you would like to descend to a certain altitude near an airport or climb to a certain altitude before reaching a certain waypoint or...

Page 27: ...at any time for review The check list feature is useful for creating pre flight checklists landing checklists emergency procedures etc Each name or function can have up to 16 characters To create or...

Page 28: ...and time Trip timer RAIM prediction Scheduler Sunrise and sunset calculations The approach timer serves as either a count up or a count down timer that can be set or reset at any time To activate chan...

Page 29: ...e O to highlight Clock Press E 2 Use K to select either UTC or local time to be displayed in the ETA fields Press E 3 Use K and O to set the local date Press E 4 Use K and O to set the local time Pres...

Page 30: ...and rotate O to highlight RAIM Prd Press E The cursor highlight will appear on the Compute RAIM prompt ready to compute RAIM for your present position and time To compute RAIM press E If you want to...

Page 31: ...elapsed time until the message is displayed in hours and minutes up to 99 hours and 59 minutes This time is cumulative and counts whenever the GPS 155 is on in Normal mode 5 Press E to accept To edit...

Page 32: ...the waypoint identifier or leave blank to use your current position Press E 3 Press E to accept the waypoint confirmation page if necessary 4 Use K and O to enter the desired date 5 Press E and the su...

Page 33: ...s a Jeppesen NavData card to provide position and facility information for thousands of airports VORs NDBs and intersections Each facility in the database is stored as a waypoint with its own latitude...

Page 34: ...on lat lon frequency and weather broadcast indication Intersections Identifier country position lat lon nearest VOR User Identifier name position lat lon reference waypoint To view the waypoint inform...

Page 35: ...rotate O to display the waypoint menu page 2 Rotate O to highlight the desired waypoint category 3 Press E to accept waypoint category 4 Rotate O to highlight the middle field to enter location city O...

Page 36: ...oint menu page airports VORs NDBs intersections and user waypoints Airport Information To scroll through the airport pages 1 Make sure the cursor is not flashing If it is press C 2 Rotate O in either...

Page 37: ...tions airport runway allows entry of desired airport by identifier displays runway designations length surface and lighting information ILS localizer and or pilot controlled lighting frequencies airpo...

Page 38: ...et A fuel is available av jet Both av gas and jet fuel are available Position In degrees minutes or degrees minutes seconds of latitude and longitude Approach Information displays the airport approach...

Page 39: ...e K to select the approach SID or STAR list 4 Press C to remove the flashing cursor Whenever there are more than two available procedures for a selected category the GPS 155 will display a scrolling a...

Page 40: ...quency ctf Common traffic advisory frequency CTAF mf Mandatory frequency oth Other frequencies Frequencies with restriction information dep Departure apr Approach arv Arrival class B cta ICAO control...

Page 41: ...runway information If a localizer and ILS are used on the same runway rotating K will display both sets of information The following descriptions and abbreviations are used on the airport runway page...

Page 42: ...ty by identifier city or facility name see page 25 on any VOR waypoint page The VOR identification and comments pages are identical in form and function to their airport page counterparts To scroll th...

Page 43: ...1 Make sure the cursor is not flashing If it is press C 2 Rotate O in either direction to scroll through the available pages The NDB position page see above displays the selected facility s identifie...

Page 44: ...g If it is press C 2 Rotate O to toggle between the available pages The intersection position page displays the selected facility s identifier region and or country latitude and longitude and the iden...

Page 45: ...waypoints may be created or modified using the W key After select ing the waypoint identifier as shown on page 25 you will be prompted to enter infor mation if the waypoint is new There are three way...

Page 46: ...ter a latitude up to but not including 90 2 Press E 3 Use K and O to enter the longitude You may select either east or west and enter a longitude up to but not including 180 4 Press E Once the latitud...

Page 47: ...be displayed and you will enter the bearing and distance you would like the new waypoint to be located To create a user waypoint offset from your present position 1 Use K and O to enter the bearing fr...

Page 48: ...name preceded by a sign this will help you differentiate AutoStore waypoints from other user waypoints To change the name or the route of an AutoStore waypoint 1 Rotate O to select the name or route...

Page 49: ...hose alert regions overlap are entered you will be informed with the message Proximity overlap This message will be displayed each time you turn on the GPS 155 as long as the overlap remains WARNING I...

Page 50: ...ntifier A status will appear when it is the active to waypoint part of an active or stored route or a proximity waypoint To edit rename or delete way points the cursor must highlight the desired waypo...

Page 51: ...to enter information on another line 6 Press C to remove the cursor To view the waypoints with comments list 1 Press W and use O to display the Wpts with comments page 2 Use K to scroll through the li...

Page 52: ...Rotate O with the flashing cursor active or K with the flashing cursor inactive To select the desired waypoint from the duplicates list 1 Activate the flashing cursor and rotate O to highlight the de...

Page 53: ...see page 89 To scroll through the next eight nearest airports rotate K From the nearest airport page you can easily examine both the communication frequencies and the runway information To view more c...

Page 54: ...have entered an SUA the message Inside SUA will be displayed Note that the GPS 155 s SUA alerts are based on three dimensional data latitude longitude and altitude to avoid nuisance alerts The alert...

Page 55: ...be displayed if you are projected to enter the airspace The second line of the SUA alert page displays the name or controlling agency of the SUA along with the SUA type to which you are being alerted...

Page 56: ...ntrolling agency frequencies may be viewed by highlighting the controlling airport identifier with the cursor and pressing E The following are examples of what can appear in the altitude fields Messag...

Page 57: ...pace Important Turning off the SUA alerts only stops the display of SUA messages Any applicable SUA alert pages will still be available from the T key The GPS 155 also features an altitude buffer whic...

Page 58: ...the route the GPS 155 s automatic leg sequencing and turn anticipation features will automatically select the next waypoint as the active to waypoint and provide smooth steering guidance around the t...

Page 59: ...re navigating an active approach with the MAP as the active waypoint the approach will be cancelled A direct to may also be quickly activated from many pages that display a single waypoint identifier...

Page 60: ...ed as storage routes which are stored in the GPS 155 s internal memory Once a storage route is activated a copy is placed into Route 0 for navigation until it is cancelled overwritten by activating an...

Page 61: ...3 Use K and O to enter the comments and press E To erase press then E The route action field located at the top right of the page is used to select the desired route operation The following functions...

Page 62: ...g if you re creating a new route or at the point where you want to enter the new waypoint 5 Use K and O to enter the waypoint s identifier Press E 6 Press E to confirm the ok prompt on the waypoint co...

Page 63: ...o activate the route in reverse order To activate a route in reverse order 1 Use K to display the route number you would like to reverse 2 Press C and use K to display reverse Press E This will copy t...

Page 64: ...ence facility must fall between the way points of a route leg 2 Press C and use O to highlight the action field 3 Use K to select cpa Press E 4 Use K and O to enter the identifier of the reference way...

Page 65: ...o use as anchor waypoints 4 Press C and use K to display search Press E 5 Use K and O to enter the leg increment value and R or L Press E 6 Rotate O to highlight the initial offset and use K and O to...

Page 66: ...is important to note that offset navigation is only available on route navigation not direct to navigation Offset navigation is NOT valid for IFR approach procedures When offset navigation is activate...

Page 67: ...g the R key and rotating O left continuously It will also appear automatically whenever a route approach SID or STAR is activated To scroll through the active route waypoints 1 Rotate K with the flash...

Page 68: ...SID or STAR waypoints cannot be edited and provides a fast method of selecting any route waypoint as your next destination way point without modifying the active route If you are editing the active ro...

Page 69: ...ll automatically provide the initial approach fix IAF for the selected approach as your active to waypoint If you have been vectored directly to the final approach fix bypassing the IAF you can manual...

Page 70: ...to the dotted line illus trated above Turn anticipation will not be provided in the following scenarios Waypoint fix crossing is a requirement of the approach SID or STAR you re navigating The GPS SEQ...

Page 71: ...sh until you have reached the midpoint of the turn Please refer to your aircraft flight manual supple ment for specific turn anticipation instructions In addition to the active route page the GPS 155...

Page 72: ...PS 155 will provide guidance to each waypoint in the approach in sequence starting with the initial approach fix IAF Flying a GPS approach with the GPS 155 can be broken down into three phases approac...

Page 73: ...n at all times to simplify the approach procedure Remember arming a GPS approach only prepares the GPS to transition to the active approach mode If you have selected an approach the GPS 155 will promp...

Page 74: ...e GPS from sequenc ing to the next waypoint When the GPS SEQ switch is set to the AUTO position automatic waypoint sequencing is selected Whenever the GPS SEQ switch is engaged the HOLD annun ciator w...

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Page 76: ...and rotate O until the desired approach flashes 5 Press E to select the approach If an approach procedure has more than one Initial Approach Fix IAF you ll need to select the desired IAF identifier f...

Page 77: ...es will provide three pilot cues a The waypoint annunciator will flash approximately 15 seconds before reaching the turning point for each approach waypoint and glow steadily approximately 2 seconds p...

Page 78: ...matically sequence to the missed approach holding point The first waypoint of the missed approach will be displayed as the next D waypoint After crossing the MAP the pilot may activate the waypoint wh...

Page 79: ...proach procedure and select whatever approach waypoint you have been cleared to as the next active to waypoint Before reactivating the approach make sure you fly all pub lished missed approach procedu...

Page 80: ...s E If there are multiple IAFs for the selected approach rotate O to select the desired IAF and press E You may also replace or delete the active approach for any route from the route catalog page To...

Page 81: ...is will assist you in getting the greatest benefit from the GPS 155 Basic Rules of GPS Approaches There are a few basic rules that apply to all GPS approaches Remembering these rules will assist you i...

Page 82: ...om the approach chart For the approach to become active The GPS APPR switch must be set to the ARM position The GPS SEQ switch must be set to AUTO verify that the GPS APPR ACTV light is illuminated be...

Page 83: ...ese waypoints are named using lower case letters using the following convention the most common database waypoints are defined below Note that these waypoints are not charted on NOS approach plates Th...

Page 84: ...Need pres press NAV message 5 Fly the approach The GPS will provide navigation to each approach waypoint in sequence MRB Initial Approach Fix SUSII BAKEE Final Approach Fix MYRTA Missed Approach Point...

Page 85: ...ou turn to the inbound intercept heading set the GPS SEQ switch to the AUTO position The GPS SEQ switch must be set to the AUTO position for the approach to go active 6 Complete the approach by landin...

Page 86: ...d pres press NAV message appears 2 Fly to the IAF of the DME arc D094G The GPS WPT annunciator will flash 15 seconds before you reach the waypoint 3 After crossing the IAF set the GPS SEQ switch to th...

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Page 88: ...h course Activate the final approach fix waypoint from the Active Route page a Press the R key and rotate O until the Active Route page appears b Press C to activate the flashing cursor c Rotate O unt...

Page 89: ...0 be sure to copy it to an empty route first To select and activate a SID 1 Press R and rotate O until the SID Select page appears 2 Press C and rotate O until the SID name flashes 3 Press E The SID...

Page 90: ...the Route Catalog page To select a SID from the Route Catalog page 1 Display the desired route on the Route Catalog page 2 Select sid in the route action field and press E 3 Select the desired SID and...

Page 91: ...waypoints in Route 0 If you d like to save the contents of Route 0 be sure to copy it to an empty route first To select and activate a STAR 1 Press R and rotate O until the STAR select page appears 3...

Page 92: ...Route Catalog page To select or replace a STAR from the Route Catalog page 1 Display the desired route on the Route Catalog page 2 Select star in the route operations field and press E 3 Select the d...

Page 93: ...are available Satellite status CDI Settings Route settings Magnetic variation Arrival alarm Nearest airport search Battery saver Trip timer settings Navigation units SUA alert settings Map Datums To...

Page 94: ...ative accuracy of your position with 1 meaning good geometry and 10 meaning poor Estimated position error EPE is an overall measure of your positional accuracy in feet or meters using signal and data...

Page 95: ...which should only be used for practice and trip planning NEVER use simulator for actual navigation Poor cvrg The GPS 155 cannot acquire sufficient satellites for navigation Need alt The GPS 155 needs...

Page 96: ...n on the next satellite 5 Rotate O and press C on the satellite status page when you are finished The next available page under the S key is the CDI settings page which allows you to define the scale...

Page 97: ...dvance the cursor and use K to turn auto leg selection on or off 4 Press C when finished If manual leg sequencing is selected you must manually advance the active route to the next waypoint after comp...

Page 98: ...te page 2 Press D Press E to confirm the waypoint The GPS 155 offers three magnetic variation options true auto or user defined To set the magnetic variation 1 Press S and use O to display the Mag Var...

Page 99: ...hat are displayed A minimum runway distance and surface may be entered to prevent airports with small runways or runways that are not of appropriate surface from being displayed The default settings a...

Page 100: ...ing 0 will leave the display on at all times Press C to complete The trip timer provides a running clock on NAV Menu 2 see page 19 and can be configured to run when power is on or when your ground spe...

Page 101: ...o change the unit of measure 4 Rotate O to advance to the next field or press C when finished The available units are position degrees minutes and seconds dms hddd mm ss s degrees and minutes dm hddd...

Page 102: ...SUA so you will be notified if you are within a certain range of an SUA For example if the buffer is set at 500 feet and you are 500 feet above or below an SUA you will not be notified with an alert m...

Page 103: ...cted To change the map datum to one listed in Appendix E 1 Press S and use O to display the Map datum page 2 Press C 3 Use O to highlight the current map datum 4 Use K to change the datum 5 Press C to...

Page 104: ...ansfer the same information to another GPS 155 To save the user data to the UserData card 1 Install the UserData card 2 Turn the GPS 155 on using B 3 Use O to highlight Save user data 4 Press E The me...

Page 105: ...from the card Updating the data will not delete unrelated material it will only change what is necessary to use the data received from the UserData card 5 Use O to select either Replace or Update 6 Pr...

Page 106: ...stress on the unit it s helpful to press on the left side of the unit to ensure a good fit To remove the GPS 155 from the aviation rack 1 Insert a 3 32 allen wrench into the small hole adjacent to the...

Page 107: ...possible Failure to do so may result in loss of data each time you turn your unit off This will GREATLY increase satellite acquisition time and no user data will be saved This condition will be accom...

Page 108: ...deleted The selected approach was deleted from the route because not enough room existed to insert a SID or STAR Approach not active The approach could not transition to the active phase because the G...

Page 109: ...st goto rte An attempt has been made to engage the offset navigation feature while the GPS 155 is navigating using a single waypoint route The GPS 155 will not allow offset navigation in this situatio...

Page 110: ...oint of approach cannot be created from the waypoint entered on the CPA Page This occurs when the computed point does not fall on one of the route legs or when a unique waypoint name for the closest p...

Page 111: ...maintain the GPS altitude within 1 000 feet of the pressure altitude from the Position page No course input The GPS SEQ switch is set to the HOLD position and has no select ed course input from the CD...

Page 112: ...es due to a database change Proximty wpt deleted One or more proximity waypoints were deleted while receiving data Pwr down and re init The GPS 155 is unusable until power has been cycled and the unit...

Page 113: ...rom the Jeppesen NavData the data card is missing or the data card has failed Route truncated The route was truncated because not enough room existed to insert a SID STAR or approach Route wpt moved O...

Page 114: ...receive operations have started Usr data TX complete Data transmit operations are complete VNAV cancelled The VNAV function has been cancelled due to a change in the active route WGS 84 datum selectd...

Page 115: ...CTF Common Traffic Advisory Frequency CTS Course To Steer CUM Cumulative DALT Density Altitude DEG Degrees DEP Departure DIS Distance To Waypoint DME Distance Measuring Equipment DOP Dilution of Preci...

Page 116: ...MSA Minimum Safe Altitude MT Meters MUL Multicom NDB NDB Waypoint NM Nautical Miles NP Non precision NR Nearest OBS Omni directional Bearing Select Inbound Course Select OTH Other C Degrees Celsius F...

Page 117: ...perature TEMP Temperature TMA ICAO Terminal Control Area TRK Track Angle TRN Transition TRN Turn Angle TRSA Terminal Radar Service Area TWR Tower TX Transmit only U UTC time UNI Unicom URA User Range...

Page 118: ...nutes 10 33V DC aircraft power 115V or 230V AC w adapter ENVIRONMENTAL Temperature 4 F to 131 F 20 C to 55 C Operating 67 F to 185 F 55 C to 85 C Storage PERFORMANCE Receiver MultiTrac 8 Acquisition T...

Page 119: ...DJAKARTA BATAVIA Sumatra Island Indonesia DOS 1968 Gizo Island New Georgia Islands EASTER ISLAND 1967 Easter Island EUROPEAN 1950 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Italy...

Page 120: ...bourg OBSERVATORIO 1966 Corvo and Flores Islands Azores OLD EGYPTIAN Egypt OLD HAWAIIAN KAUAI Kauai OLD HAWAIIAN MAUI Maui OLD HAWAIIAN MEAN Mean Value OLD HAWAIIAN OAHU Oahu OMAN Oman ORD SRV GRT BRI...

Page 121: ...ions RAIM is an acronym for Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring a receiver function that performs a consistency check on all tracked satellites RAIM ensures that the available satellite geometry...

Page 122: ...d that the active route is erased when the unit is turned off and overwritten when another route is activated When storing routes with an approach SID or STAR the GPS will use the way point informatio...

Page 123: ...the route once the aircraft has crossed the present active to waypoint AUTO HOLD Automatic sequencing of waypoints Manual sequencing HOLDs on selected waypoint Change in HSI does not affect CDI defle...

Page 124: ...s when the GPS SEQ switch is in the AUTO position For automatic sequencing to occur you must also cross the bisector of the turn you are navigating See pages 64 65 for more on automatic waypoint seque...

Page 125: ...S 155 will begin a smooth CDI scale transition from the 5 0 nm to the 0 3 nm scale 30 nm from the destination airport see right The CDI scale will remain at the 0 3 nm scale from the FAF to the MAP du...

Page 126: ...until you have intercepted the inbound course to the holding point See page 68 69 for more on missed approaches How do I re select the same approach or activate a new approach after a missed approach...

Page 127: ...rm setting 89 Auto leg sequencing 64 65 87 88 AutoStore 38 B Barometric pressure 11 67 Battery saver 90 C Cancelling Active approach 70 Direct to 49 Capabilities iv Cautions ii CDI 4 5 64 65 CDI page...

Page 128: ...on 88 Maintenance of the GPS 155 97 Manually selecting and 87 sequencing route legs Map Datums 93 109 110 Measurement units 91 Messages 98 104 Minimum runway length 89 Minimum Safe Altitude MSA 11 Mis...

Page 129: ...page 45 SUA alerts 44 47 SUA altitude fields 46 SUA settings 47 92 SUA types 46 Sunrise Sunset 22 T Table of Contents v vi Trip Planning 13 True air speed 14 Time 19 Trip timer 19 Trip timer settings...

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Page 132: ...1995 GARMIN International 9875 Widmer Lenexa KS 66215 USA GARMIN Europe LTD Robert House Station Approach Romsey Hampshire SO51 8DU UK Part No 190 00065 00 Rev B 155man GOOD 7 24 98 1 58 PM Page 122...