Garmin GNS 530W Quick Reference

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1MODEL DESCRIPTIONSModel DescriptionsThis guide covers the operation of the GNS 530W, GNS530AW, and the GPS 500W. In general, all models will bereferred to as the 500W-series, except where there are physi-cal or operational differences. The 500W-series units are 6.25”wide and 4.60” high. The display is a 320 by 234 pixel colorLCD. The units include two removable data cards, one witha Jeppesen aviation database (inserted in the left-most cardslot) and the second is a Terrain database (inserted in theright-most card slot).GPS 500WThe GPS 500W is a GPS-only unit with a WAAS GPSengine and is TSO C146a certified for en route, terminal,precision, and non-precision approaches. The GPS 500Wcan simultaneously give aviators vital approach infor-mation and weather and traffic data in relation to theirposition on a large, color moving map display. Thanks toa high-contrast color display, the information can be easilyread from wide viewing angles even in direct sunlight.Its color moving map features a built-in database thatshows cities, highways, railroads, rivers, lakes, coastlines,and a complete Jeppesen aviation database. The Jeppesendatabase (that can be updated with a front-loading datacard) contains all airports, VORs, NDBs, Intersections, FSS,Approach, DPs/STARs and SUA information. The obstacleand terrain databases provide an aid to navigation to helpyou work with approved navigation charts.Pilots will enjoy the GPS 500W as an Multi-FunctionDisplay (MFD), especially when it is coupled with traf-fic, lightning detection, and weather interfaces like RyanTCAD, TIS from the Garmin GTX 330 Mode S transponder,L3 SKYWATCH™, or STORMSCOPE® WX 500. With theFault Detection and Exclusion (FDE) prediction programincluded with the Trainer CD, the GPS 500W may be usedfor oceanic or remote operations. For the latest in graphicaland textual weather information, the GPS 500W can con-nect to XM Satellite Radio’s XM WX Weather Service via theGDL 69 datalink receiver plus XM Audio with theGDL 69A.GNS 530W and GNS 530AWThe GNS 530W and GNS 530AW include all of thefeatures of the GPS 500W, and also include an IFR certifiedairborne VHF communications transceiver and IFR certi-fied airborne VOR/Localizer and Glideslope receivers. Thismulti-purpose unit is available with either a 10-watt (GNS530W) or 16-watt (GNS 530AW) Com transceiver. Refer-ences to the GNS 530W also include the GNS 530AW.