Garmin G3X Pilot’s Guide190-01115-00 Rev. J 219Hazard AvoidanceSystemOverviewFlightInstruments EISCNSInterfaceGPSNavigationFlightPlanningHazardAvoidanceAdditionalFeaturesIntegratedAutopilot Annun/Alerts Appendix IndexSYNTHETIC VISIONTerrain is integrated within Synthetic Vision (when active) to provide land contours(colors are consistent with those of the topographical map display), large waterfeatures, towers, obstacles over 200’ AGL, as well as visual and auditory alerts toindicate the presence of terrain and obstacle threats relevant to the projected flightpath. Synthetic Vision terrain information is displayed in red and yellow shading on thePFD. Refer to section 8.1 (Synthetic Vision) for more information.TERRAIN INFORMATIONThe areas of the terrain shaded red are predicted to be within 100 feet below orabove the aircraft. The yellow terrain areas are between the user-defined CautionElevation and 100 feet below the aircraft. By default, the Caution Elevation is 1,000feet; therefore, the areas in yellow are between 1,000 feet and 100 feet below theaircraft. The black areas are further than the Caution Elevation. A projected point ofimpact is marked with an “X” symbol.Enabling/Disabling Terrain Shading on the Map Page:From the Map Page with the VFR Map displayed, press the TERRAINSoftkey.Or:1) From the Map Page, press the MENU Key.2) Turn or move the FMS Joystick to highlight ‘Set Up Map’, and press theENT Key.3) Turn the FMS Joystick to highlight the ‘Map’ Category from the horizontallist.4) Move the FMS Joystick to highlight the ‘Terrain Shading’ field.5) Turn the FMS Joystick to select ‘On’ or ‘Off’, and press the ENT Key.
