Apollo SL50/60 User's Guide

134 Pages·2003·1.34 MB·English

by  Bob Fanshier

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Welcome...
Welcome ...
Welcome to a new era of aviation navigation
communication. Once again, Garmin AT, Inc. has
setnewstandardsinfeaturesandeaseofuseforthe
generalaviationpublic.TheApolloSL50andSL60
are unequaled in providing the features, level of
performance, and reliability that aviation users
require. The Apollo slim line series of avionics sets
a precedent that will be the standard that all other
avionics will be compared to. The Apollo SL50 is a
full-featured slim line GPS receiver. The Apollo
SL60 combines the capabilities of our outstanding
GPS receiver with a state-of-the-art VHF
communications transceiver in the same small
package. You can be confident in knowing that you
are the owner of the state-of-the-art in aviation
navigation and communication. Our products are
builttolastandtosatisfyyournavigationneeds.
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HistoryofRevisions
History of Revisions
March1997 OriginalRelease
April1997 Rev-01
September1998 Rev-01a-Commchanges
February2002 Rev-01b-UserCommControls
September2003 Rev01c-Companyname
change
Ordering Information
ToreceiveadditionalcopiesoftheApolloSL50/60
manualsorderthefollowingpartnumbers:
User’sGuide 560-0955-xx
User’sGuideBinder(3/4”) 560-9002-xx
InstallationManual 560-0957-xx
SL50QuickReference 561-0235-xx
SL60QuickReference 561-0239-xx
ImportantNotice
TheGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)isoperatedbytheUnitedStatesDepartmentofDefensewhichissolely
responsiblefortheaccuracy,dailyoperation,andmaintenanceofthesatelliteconstellation.Systemaccuracy
isaffectedbytheDepartmentofDefense’sSelectiveAvailability(SA)andtheDilutionofPrecision(DOP)
attributedtopoorsatellitegeometry.
DuetoimplementationofSelectiveAvailabilitybytheUnitedStatesDepartmentofDefense(DoD),allGPS
receiversmaysufferdegradationofpositionaccuracy.TheDoDhasstatedthat95%ofthetimehorizontal
accuracywillnotbedegradedmorethan100mand99.9%ofthetimeaccuracywillnotbedegradedmore
than300m.
InstallationsofTSOC-129authorizedApolloSL50/60’smaybeapprovedforsupplementalnavigationonly.
TheApolloSL50/60maybeusedastheprimarynavigationdatadisplay,however,othermeansofnavigation
appropriatetotheintendedrouteofflightmustbeinstalledandoperational.Itisnotrequiredthattheseother
systemsbemonitored.
FCCNotice
ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,pursuantto
part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interferenceduringresidentialuse.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)thisdevicemaynot
causeharmfulinterference,and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterference
thatmaycauseundesiredoperation.Thisequipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergy
and,ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradio
communications.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.If
thisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcanbedeterminedby
turningtheequipmentoffandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreof
thefollowingmeasures:
(cid:127) Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.
(cid:127) Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.
(cid:127) Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromtheonethereceiverisconnected.
(cid:127) Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.
ChangesormodificationstothisequipmentnotexpresslyapprovedbyGarminAT,Inc.couldvoidtheuser’s
authoritytooperatethisequipment.
DOCNotice
ThisdigitalapparatusdoesnotexceedtheClassBlimitsforradionoiseemissionsfromdigitalapparatusas
setoutintheradiointerferenceregulationsoftheCanadianDepartmentofCommunications.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome... .........................................i
HistoryofRevisions..................................ii
OrderingInformation................................ii
Introduction........................................1
SL50............................................1
SL60............................................2
Display..........................................3
Annunciators .....................................3
RelativeBearingIndicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Controls .........................................4
Keys ............................................4
ApolloSL50/60Features..............................6
GettingStartedtheFirstTime.........................9
PowerUp ........................................9
SeedPosition .....................................9
EnteringaSeedPosition............................10
ChangeReferenceWaypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ChangeLat/LonReferencePosition . . . . . . . . . . 11
CheckingGPSSignalStrength.......................13
EnteringaDestinationWaypoint.....................14
UsingtheNearestWaypointFunction . . . . . . . . . 14
UsingtheDirect-ToFunction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
NavigationBasics...................................17
AbouttheNavigationFunction ......................17
AbouttheNavigationFunctionDisplays...............17
NavHomePage ..................................17
Autonav ........................................18
NavPages.......................................19
NavDisplayChoices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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EmergencySearch ................................25
StartingEmergencySearch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SearchingAroundaReferenceWaypoint. . . . . . . . 26
SettingRunwayLimits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SpecialUseAirspace ..............................28
ParallelTrackOffset ..............................29
GPSPosition.....................................30
CountdownTimer.................................30
From/To/NextWaypoint ...........................32
CreatingFrom/To/NextWaypoints. . . . . . . . . . . 32
PlacingtheToWaypointonHold. . . . . . . . . . . . 35
UsingDirect-To ..................................36
Direct-ToOBS...................................36
WaypointFunctions ................................37
WaypointInformation .............................37
AvailableWaypointInformation.....................37
ARPTWaypointInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
GettingInformationaboutaWaypoint ................39
DatabaseUpdate..................................40
Nearest(EmergencySearch)Waypoint ................41
StartingEmergencySearch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CreateUserWaypointbyLat/Lon....................42
CreateUserWaypointbyRadial/Distance..............44
DeleteUserWaypoint .............................45
ModifyUserWaypoint.............................46
WaypointComments ..............................46
FlightPlanFunctions ...............................47
FlightPlanPages .................................47
ReachingtheFlightPlanFunction . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ActiveFlightPlan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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CreatingaFlightPlan..............................48
FlightPlanLegInformation.........................50
ManualLegActivation.............................53
FlightPlanEditing................................53
ChangingExistingFlightPlanLegs . . . . . . . . . . 54
InsertingaNewWaypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
DeletingaWaypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
FlightPlanOptions................................56
Activate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
RevActivate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reactivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CopyPlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
EstimateGroundSpeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ClearWaypoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ReverseFlightPlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
EstimatedFuelFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
DeletePlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Continue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
DestinationWaypointInformation....................59
FlightPlanComments .............................59
CopyingtheActiveFlightPlan ......................60
SystemFunctions...................................61
FlightPlans......................................61
WaypointDatabase................................61
ComRadioInformation(SL60Only) .................62
RFSignalStrength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ComNoiseLevel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mic1andMic2SquelchLevelAdjustment . . . . . . 63
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TransmitUsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
IntercomLevel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SidetoneLevelAdjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
HeadphoneLevel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
NavigationInformation ............................65
AirspaceSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
AirspaceBuffers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
AirspaceSelections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
AutonavTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
NavigationModeProgrammablePagesandAutonavPages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CreatingaNewCustomNavPage . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SettingUnits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
MagneticVariation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
FlightTimerTrigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Direct-ToEntryOptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CDIScaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SystemInformation ...............................76
DateandTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SoftwareVersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
FuelMeasureUnits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
TestDisplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
OwnerInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
GPSSensor......................................80
SatelliteSearchStatus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
GPSDateandTimePage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
GPSNormalResetPage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
CommRadioOperation .............................83
PowerOn/Off....................................83
Volume.........................................83
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SmallandLargeKnobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SelectingFrequencies ..............................83
FrequencyMonitoring .............................84
RecallingaFrequency .............................85
TO,FROM,andINFOFrequencyDatabase . . . . . . 85
AutoStoredFrequencies(Auto) . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
UserStoredFrequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
WeatherChannels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
EmergencyChannel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
IntercomFunction ................................90
IntroductiontoGPSNavigation.......................91
GPSOverview ...................................91
GPSSystemAccuracy.............................92
Summary .......................................92
StartUpDisplays...................................93
OwnerMessage ..................................93
MemoryTests....................................93
SoftwareMemoryTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Non-VolatileRAMTests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
UserDatabaseMemoryFailure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
MiscellaneousNVRAMMemoryFailure. . . . . . . . 95
DatabaseTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SpecialUseAirspaceDisplays.......................96
DatabaseMessage ................................96
IFROutputTests .................................96
MessageFunction ..................................97
NewMessages ...................................98
OldMessages....................................98
Messages .......................................98
SpecialUseAirspaceMessages. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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Soon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Close. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
EmptyToWaypoint:CannotComputeNav . . . . . . 99
GPSCommunicationsFailure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
GPSCommandFailure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
GPSSelfTestFailure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
GPSSensorLat/LonFailure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
GPSRAIMNotAvailable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
GPSRAIMPositionError. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
GPSHDOPPositionError. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ArrivalAttheToWaypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
HoldingattheToWaypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
ToWaypointSequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
AutoOBSCrossingHoldingWaypoint . . . . . . . . 101
UserDatabaseMemoryLoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
CommRadioFailure(SL60only). . . . . . . . . . . 102
FlightPlanMemoryLoss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
UserMemoryFailure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
DatabaseExpired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
DatabaseInvalid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
ManualMagneticVariation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
LowInternalBatteryVoltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
HighBatteryVoltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CountdownTimerExpired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
FlightSimulator...................................105
Troubleshooting...................................109
ContactingtheFactory............................109
GlossaryofNavigationTerms .......................111
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