Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GNC420W Garmin
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What’ s New with the 400W / 500W Series New Operational Characteristics of the W AAS GNS 400W/500W Series Units versus the Classic 400/500 Series Units.
This document is written for: •GarminGPS400W ,GNC420W/420A W ,andGNS430W/430A WMainSystemSoftwareV ersion2.00 •GarminGPS500W&GNS530W/530A WMainSystemSoftwareV ersion2.
1 The400W/500WseriesofnavigatorswithW AASnowoffermanyenhancementsoverthepreviousnon-W AAS models.AdvancementsincludenewW AAS-enabledGPSantenna,receiver ,andassociatedsoftware.
2 Featur e Classic 400/500 New 400W/500W 18 Graphics Speed Good Much better 19 Crossfill Ye s 12x faster 20 XM Radio Audio and Weather Limited, NEXRAD , MET ARs , no audio control Y es - Adds T AFs ,.
3 Detailed Description of Featur e Changes 1. TSO TSOC-129/C-129aallowedtheuseofGPSfor supplementalnavigationfornon-precisionappr oaches.
4 GPS Accuracy GPS Condition Accuracy Level Accuracy of the original GPS system, which was subject to accur acy degradation under the government- imposed Selective Availability (SA) program. 100 meters T ypical GPS position accuracy without SA. 15 meters T ypical differential GPS (DGPS) posi- tion accuracy .
5 5. GPS P osition Calculation Rate TheW AASGPSreceivercalculatesitspositionve timespersecondratherthanoncepersecondlikethe ClassicC-129/C-129aGPSsystems.
6 11. OBS Operation SUSPaftercancelingOBSwhenonFromsideofOBS path–Thechangeinbehavioristhis:Whenyouputthe 400W/500W -seriesunit.
7 7 14. Magnetic V ariation Options Magneticvariationhasbeensimpliedtothechoices ofMagneticandT rue. See the section on Units/Position of the Setup 1 Page in the Aux Pages chapter of the Pilot’ s Guide for mor e details.
8 8 20. XM Radio Audio and W eather XMW eatherisavailablethroughtheXMSatellite RadioServicewhenactivatedintheoptionalinstalla- tionoftheGDL69or69A.
9 9 21. KAP140/KFC225 Autopilot Operation-Compatible AutopilotoutputsfortheKingKAP140/KFC225 autopilotsareactivatedmanuallybythepilotafter beingpromptedduringtheappr oachprocedur e.
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