  GARMIN GNS530 Nav/Com GPS  by Don Kuhn                           


GARMIN GNS530 Default Nav Page


 

1.   The power button turns the unit on and off.
2.   The top number in each radio box correspond to the active frequency, the bottom  
      number correspond to the standby frequency.
3.   The active/standby switch toggles the active frequency to standby and the standby 
      frequency to active.
4.   Nav1 ident readout is the 3 letter code of the Nav1 beacon tuned in on the Nav1 
      frequency.
5.   Click on VLOC knob to ident. ID appears in the upper right corner.
6.   Nav1 radial is the radial degrees from the Nav1 beacon. Convert to “direct to” by 
      adding or subtracting 180.
7.   Nav1 distance is the distance from the Nav1 beacon.

8.   The radio frequency set switch is used to tune the radios. The click areas are shown in 
      the figure above. 
9. The Com1/Nav1 set toggle switch is used to toggle between tuning the Com and Nav radios.
10. The CDI switch ( Nav/GPS switch) toggles between GPS and Nav1 navigation modes.
11.  The Nav bar switch displays flight information in a boxed rectangle along the right 
       side of the screen. The bar can be displayed in the default or map pages. See the 
       accompanying “530 Nav Bar Page”.
12.  The CDI displays course deviation information in either Nav1 or GPS navigation 
        modes. In the Nav1 mode, the CDI works exactly like the standard CDI display
        found on most aircraft. The deflection distance of the CDI needle corresponds to
        ~1 mile on each side of the desired track in the Nav1 mode. It corresponds to a ~5
        mile distance on each side when tracking a waypoint in the GPS mode.
13.   All other buttons and their functions are the same as in the FS2004 default GPS500 
        unit and are described in the help section of the simulator. Please refer to this section
        for information on the functions.
14.   Com/Nav standby frequencies are highlighted in cyan when setting frequency.




             GARMIN GNS530 Nav Map Page

 
                              


1.   Mostly self-explanatory. 
2.   A bar on the right side displays specific information about the aircraft and its
      geographical relative to the waypoint listed in the WPT box.
3.   The bar is toggled on and off by clicking on the “DEFAULT NAV” logo.

