Garmin GPS 500 Pilot's Manual & Reference

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9Takeoff TourPage GroupsThe bottom right corner of the screen indicates thepage group currently being displayed (e.g., NAV orNRST), the number of screens available within thatgroup (indicated by square icons) and the placementof the current screen within that group (indicated bya highlighted square icon). To select a different pagewithin the group, rotate the small right knob.* Five NAV pages are available when the GPS 500installation includes connection to traffic and/orweather information sources. See 400/500 SeriesDisplay Interfaces Pilot’s Guide Addendum.The Map page is one of four pages available under the NAV group*:• Default NAV page • Map page• NAVCOM page • Satellite Status pageTo select the desired NAV page, rotate the small right knob until the desired page is displayed.If you are currently viewing a page which is not part of the NAV group, you can quickly return tothe NAV group using the CLR key.To select the NAV group and display the Default NAV page, press and hold CLR.In addition to the NAV group of pages, additional groups of pages are available for waypoint infor-mation (WPT), auxiliary (AUX) functions such as flight planning or unit settings, and listings fornearest (NRST) airports or other facilities.To select the desired page group, rotate the large right knob until a page from the desiredgroup is displayed. To select the desired page within the group, rotate the small right knobuntil the desired page is displayed.Page 11 depicts the organization of the main page groups. Additionally, page groups for flight plans,procedures and vertical navigation are available by pressing the key corresponding to the desiredfunction (FPL, PROC, VNAV or NRST). Selecting one of these stand-alone page groups, in effect,exits the main page groups and displays a page for the desired function. By pressing the same functionkey a second time, (except NRST) the GPS 500 returns to the main page group and the previouslydisplayed page.To select a stand-alone page group, press the corresponding key (FPL, PROC, VNAV orNRST). To return to the previous page from the main page groups, press the same stand-alone page group key (FPL, PROC or VNAV) a second time. Pressing NRST selects only thenearest airports page.NAV4 available pages*(see pg. 21)WPT10 available pages(see list pg. 76)AUX3 available pages(see list pg. 113)NRST8 available pages(see list pg. 101)