Garmin APOLLO GX 55, User Manual

Page 1: ...Apollo GX55 Dealer Customer Training Package...

Page 2: ...in the U S A II Morrow Inc Consumer Products Division 2345 Turner Road S E Salem OR 97302 U S A Toll Free 800 525 6726 Canada Toll Free 800 654 3415 International 503 391 3411 FAX 503 364 2138 Visit...

Page 3: ...TO Distance 7 Track Trk Angle 7 Track Angle Error Tae 7 Ground Speed GS 7 Minimum Safe Altitude MSA 8 Minimum En Route Safe Altitude MESA 8 Flight Time 8 Time UTC 9 Estimated Time of Arrival ETA 9 Ne...

Page 4: ...Function 21 Active Flight Plan 21 Creating a Flight Plan 22 Flight Plan Sequencing 24 Flight Plan Leg Information 24 Moving Map Functions 25 Full Screen Map 25 Controls 25 Map Scale 25 Map and Nav Inf...

Page 5: ...ck Angle Error Tae 7 Ground Speed GS 7 Minimum Safe Altitude MSA 8 Minimum En Route Safe Altitude MESA 8 Flight Time 8 Time UTC 9 Estimated Time of Arrival ETA 9 Nearest Waypoint Search 9 Starting Nea...

Page 6: ...ale 25 Map and Nav Info 26 Map Setup 26 Route Line 26 Map Orient 26 Identifier and Waypoint Type Selection 27 Airspace Setup 28 Airspace Buffers 28 ATC Ring Selection 29 Airspace Selections 30 Dealer...

Page 7: ...n testing position and database information shows on the display for several seconds and then will go into the Navigation function Seed Position Each time the Apollo GX55 is switched on it must locate...

Page 8: ...to accept the current position though this is not required Ppos 2 3nm 130 To Nrst Wpt SLE Ent OK SEL Chnge 2 Press SEL to change the Seed Position 3 The current Reference Position will be displayed a...

Page 9: ...dentifier characters AIRPORT SLE SALEM city OR USA 3 Turn the Large knob clockwise cw one position to the waypoint identifier The first character of the waypoint identifier will flash AIRPORT SLE SALE...

Page 10: ...TO or displayed waypoint 1 Press INFO to view information about the TO waypoint HIO AIRPORT PORTLAND city OR USA 2 Turn the Small knob to view the available information about the TO waypoint HIO ATIS...

Page 11: ...s Bearing is computed using the magnetic variation at the Present Position The Bearing value will be dashed if the FROM or TO waypoints are blank or the GPS receiver does not have a valid position Ran...

Page 12: ...The three dot bar indicates a sensitivity of 5 0 nm full scale per side The manual sensitivity of the CDI may be set to 0 3 1 0 or 5 0 nm full scale per side The triangle symbol is also used as a TO...

Page 13: ...ees in one degree increments Track is computed using the magnetic variation at the Present Position The Track value will be dashed if the FROM or TO waypoints are blank if the GPS receiver does not ha...

Page 14: ...MinSafeA 7200 EnrtSafeA 16800 Minimum En Route Safe Altitude MESA Minimum En Route Safe Altitude is the highest MSA for every point between the aircraft present position and the TO waypoint with a 5 n...

Page 15: ...ts to your present position as an aid in flight planning you can also select a reference waypoint from the database and search for waypoints near to it You can set up the Nearest Waypoint Search funct...

Page 16: ...tifier name The first character of the identifier will flash Turn the Small knob to change characters Turn the Large knob to select the next character to change AIRPORT SLE SALEM city OR USA 4 Press E...

Page 17: ...ypes airport VOR NDB Intersection INT and User defined USER You can search for waypoints by facility identifier waypoint type or by facility name From SLE arpt To UBG vor Next HIO arpt Creating FROM T...

Page 18: ...ired character Continue to select additional characters AIRPORT EUF EUFAULA city AL USA 6 Turn the Large knob clockwise one click to move to the next character Turn the Small knob to select the desire...

Page 19: ...rn the Large knob to view the FROM TO NEXT page Press SEL to start editing From EUG arpt To SLE arpt Next Chg arpt 2 Turn the Large knob to select the FROM TO or NEXT waypoint field to edit From EUG a...

Page 20: ...point sequencing From EUG arpt To SLE arpt Next HIO arpt 3 Press ENTER From EUG arpt Hold SLE arpt Next HIO arpt Reverse the operation to return to normal sequencing Using Direct To Pressing the DIREC...

Page 21: ...isplayed leg TO waypoint Info Displayed waypoint You can always select a different Direct To waypoint but the default is a useful starting point While viewing the default waypoint press DIRECT TO and...

Page 22: ...your CDI to continue navigating to your intended TO waypoint 1 You flew to the right to avoid a storm cloud and your CDI tells you to fly left but you still have the same TO waypoint Press DIRECT TO...

Page 23: ...nditions 1 While on the first leg of your active flight plan you find out that you need to make another stop on the way but you don t want to change the rest of your plan Press FPL While viewing the A...

Page 24: ...g now shows a direct flight to MMV direct to MMV 1 321 16 5nm arpt 5 Turn the Small knob one click cw to check the next leg Note that your flight plan continues to HIO as your original plan did You ha...

Page 25: ...Large knob clockwise one click to move to the next character Turn the Small knob to select the desired character Continue to select the needed characters for the Waypoint Name Latitude Longitude and...

Page 26: ...ntifier After the reference waypoint name is chosen press ENTER Ref Wpt SLE 000 0 000 0nm 5 The first character of the radial will flash Now select the needed characters for the Radial and Distance Tu...

Page 27: ...ent FROM and TO waypoints which are being used for navigation Flight Plan Pages The first page of each flight plan is the Name Page The Name Page displays the flight plan name total distance and the d...

Page 28: ...Create a New Flightplan page Press SEL to Create a New Flight Plan 2 Press SEL ________ Enter a New Plan Name 3 Turn the Small knob to select the first flight plan name character R_______ Enter a New...

Page 29: ...to select the first character of the waypoint identifier AIRPORT EAA EAGLE city AK USA 9 Turn the Large knob clockwise one click to move to the next character position Turn the Small knob to select t...

Page 30: ...about the destination waypoint Information about the ETA ETE Ground Speed and Fuel is also available for each leg by selecting which option you like to view in the leg display 1 While viewing a flight...

Page 31: ...oint types selectable from the map view are airports VORs INTersections and NDBs Press the smart key to control the display of the waypoint type There are three selections possible waypoint identifier...

Page 32: ...r viewing identifiers waypoint types that will be displayed airspace type and special use airspaces Route Line A Route Line can be drawn for the current and next leg of the active route when the selec...

Page 33: ...p screen for each type of waypoint by choosing to show the symbol and Identifier symbol only or to turn that type of waypoint Off The symbol for each waypoint type is shown in each selection When Off...

Page 34: ...es are shown on the Map display or whether Airspace Alerts are provided Press SEL to start selection The Map choice will flash Turn the Small knob to select On or Off Airspace Setup Map Off Alerts Off...

Page 35: ...space Buffers Dist Alt Time 2nm 200 10min ATC Ring Selection When this choice is turned ON a 5 nm artificial ATC Ring is drawn on the Map display around airports that have a control tower 1 While view...

Page 36: ...s of the sector from the ground on up 1 In the Navigation Info section of the System functions turn the Large knob to the Airspace Setup page Turn the Small knob to view the desired Airspace selection...

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