Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Beechcraft A36/G36 190-00595-00 Rev. A1-14SYSTEM OVERVIEWThe NAV, CRS/BARO, COM, FMS, and ALT knobs are concentric dual knobs, each having small (inner)and large (outer) control portion. When a portion of the knob is not specified in the text, either may be used.Large (Outer)KnobSmall (Inner)KnobFigure 1-11 Dual Concentric KnobSOFTKEY FUNCTIONThe softkeys are located along the bottoms of the displays. The softkeys shown depend on the softkey levelor page being displayed. The bezel keys below the softkeys can be used to select the appropriate softkey. Whena softkey is selected, its color changes to black text on gray background and remains this way until it is turnedoff, at which time it reverts to white text on black background.In the following descriptions, top level softkeys are denoted with bullets.Softkey Names(Displayed)Figure 1-12 Softkeys (Second-Level PFD Configuration)Bezel-MountedSoftkeys (Press)SoftkeyOn Softkey SelectionBox (Light Blue)PFD SOFTKEYSThe CDI, IDENT, TMR/REF, NRST, and ALERTS softkeys undergo a momentary change to black text ongray background and automatically switch back to white text on black background when selected.The PFD softkeys provide control over flight management functions, including GPS, NAV, terrain, traffic,and lightning (optional). Each softkey sublevel has a BACK Softkey which can be selected to return to theprevious level. The ALERTS Softkey is visible at all softkey levels (label changes if messages are issued).Figure 1-13 Top-level PFD SoftkeysBACKPress the OFF or BACK Softkey toreturn to the top-level softkeys.DCLTRDCLTR-2DCLTR-1TOPO ALERTSNEXRAD(optional)TERRAIN XM LTNG(optional)OFF TRAFFICINSETINSET XPDR IDENT TMR/REF NRST ALERTSOBSPFD CDI ADF/DME(optional)Press the CDI Softkey to cycle throughnavigation sources:- GPS- NAV1 (VOR/LOC)- NAV2 (VOR/LOC)
