Garmin GMX 200 Pilot's Manual & Reference

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10Getting StartedFunction SelectionAdvisory Hot KeyThe “Advisory Hot Key” feature allows advisoryconditions to be quickly viewed with minimal effort bythe pilot. This feature is comprised of three compo-nents:1. A white advisory flag on the left side of thescreen indicates an advisory condition. Thecorresponding Function label will also behighlighted in white when selecting a newFunction with the FN key. This feature allowsany Function with a pending advisory to bequickly recognized in the Function menu.2. When a function is entered that has an advi-sory posted, the zoom level will be adjustedto show the advisory causing object (terrainfor example), and the map orientation will beforced to “Track Up 360” to get a good viewof what is around the aircraft.3. When returning to the previous Function afterviewing a Function with an advisory, the origi-nal zoom and map mode will be restored.This feature is designed to allow the pilot to estab-lish a preferred “cruise” map setup and quickly viewan advisory, then return back to the previous setting.For example:Normal Cruise ConditionCustom Map Function is being viewed at 5 nm inthe ARC mode.Terrain Advisory Occurs at 10 nm in front of air-craft: The Terrain Advisory Indicator flashes then goessteady on the left side of the display.Viewing the AdvisoryThe pilot presses the FN key and sees the TERFunction highlighted in white, indicating it has anadvisory condition. Pressing the TER key to enter theTerrain Function at this point will automatically adjustthe zoom level to 10 nm and place the unit in full“360” mode to show overall situational awareness.Returning To Normal ConditionAfter evaluating the advisory, to return to normalviewing simply select the original Function that wasbeing viewed before the advisory was viewed. Whenthis is done, the zoom level will be set back to 5 nmand the display mode will be returned to ARC mode.Alert Hot KeyTraffic alerts go one step further than the Advisoryhot key feature and will automatically bring up theFunction Menu showing the Traffic function. This iscalled the “prompt” mode. A single key press can thenbe used to switch the display to the Traffic function.The Alert hot key feature will automatically clear whenthe traffic alert condition no longer exists.Also note that a “pop-up” mode can be enabledon the Traffic function, which makes the Trafficpage “pop-up” when a Traffic Advisory occurs. The“prompt” or “pop-up” mode is selected in the Trafficfunction.Options MenuMost functions have a number of options available.Press the MENU/ENTER key to see the options forthe current function. You change an option by pressingone of the Menu Item keys that are to the right of thedisplayed option. Many options have more than twochoices. Press the same Menu Item key repeatedly toview or select the available choices. Some functionshave several pages of options. The lower Menu Itemkey will allow you to reach the Next Page when mul-tiple pages are available. Press the MENU/ENTER keya second time to remove the menu from view or wait