Cirrus Users Guide V26.docx Page 15 of 23 Printed 10/10/16
Night Dimming Operations: Although the Garmin system use a sensor to
automatically adjust screen brightness, as it starts to get dark you might want to adjust
the brightness to your own likings. This is a three step process.
5 O’clock manual bright mode
2 O’clock manual dimming mode
With the dimmers rotated all the way counter-clockwise to the 7 O’clock position they
will dim automatically. This is the best setting for daylight operations. (Left picture)
As it gets dark, turn the dimmers all the way clockwise to the 5 O’clock position. This is
the brightest “Manual” setting. (Center picture)
As it continues to get darker, start to rotate the dimmers counter-clockwise and continue
to adjust down as your eyes adjust to the darkness. (Right picture)
Note: It’s important to return the dimmers to the full counter-clockwise 7 O’clock
position (Left picture) for the next day light flight, otherwise the screens will be
too dim to see in daylight.
Leave the Strobe switch “On”. If you get distracted
after you taxi in, or if you’ve powered up the avionics
to do a datbase update, it can be easy to leave both
Bat 1 & 2 (“Master”) on and return later to flat
batteries. By leaving the strobe switch in the “On”
position at all times, especially after shut down, you
or someone at the FBO may notice the lights flashing
and remind you to shut off Bat 1 & 2…and if you
don’t notice, you were going to flatten your bateries
anyway!
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