Garmin GNS 530 Pilot's Manual & Reference

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GNS 530(A) Pilot’s Guide and Reference190-00181-00 Rev. H 7-17SECTION 7WPT PAGES7.10 VOR PAGEThe VOR Page (Figure 7-34) displays the facilityname, city, region/country, magnetic variation, latitude,and longitude for the selected VOR. The VOR Page alsodisplays the frequency and a weather broadcast indication(if applicable).Figure 7-34 VOR PageMagneticVariationVOR Identifierand SymbolFacilityName, City,and Region/CountryFrequency and WeatherBroadcast IndicationLatitude/LongitudePositionNumber of Pages inCurrent Page GroupPosition ofCurrent Pagewithin CurrentPage GroupCurrentPage GroupThe following descriptions and abbreviations areused:• Symbol - See Section 3.4 for a graphic illustrationof available VOR symbols• VAR - Magnetic variation in degrees• Position - Latitude/Longitude (degrees/minutes ordegrees/minutes/seconds), MGRS, or UTM/UPS• FREQ - Frequency in megahertz (MHz)• Wx Brdcst - Weather information is broadcast onthe selected facility’s frequencyAs mentioned in Section 7.1, VORs may be selected byidentifier, facility name, or location (city). The VOR Pagemay also be used to quickly tune the VLOC receiver to theselected VOR’s frequency.Selecting a VOR frequency from the VORPage:1) Select the VOR Page from the WPT Page Group,as described in Section 7.1.2) Press the small right knob momentarily toplace the cursor on the VOR identifier field.To select another VOR, use the small and largeright knobs and press the ENT Key whenfinished.3) Turn the large right knob to highlight thefrequency field (Figure 7-35) and press the ENTKey to place the frequency in the standby fieldof the VLOC Window.Figure 7-35 VOR Frequency Field Selected4) To activate the standby VLOC frequency, pressthe VLOC Flip-flop Key.