Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Cessna Caravan
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Annunciations & Alerts
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Alerts Appendix Index
TAWS System Status Annunciations
Alert Type
PFD/MFD
TAWS Page
Annunciation
MFD
Pop-Up Alert
Aural Message
TAWS System Test Fail None “TAWS System Failure”
TAWS Alerting is disabled
None None
No GPS position or exces-
sively degraded GPS signal
None “TAWS Not Available”
“TAWS Available” will be
heard when sufficient GPS
signal is re-established.
System Test in progress None None
System Test pass None None “TAWS System Test OK”
AURAL ALERTS
Aural Alert Description
“Minimums” The aircraft has descended below the preset minimum descent altitude or
decision altitude.
“Traffic, Traffic” Played when first Traffic Advisory (TA) is issued. “Traffic” for each
subsequent TA.
“Traffic Advisory
System Test Passed”
Played when the TAS system passes a pilot-initiated self test.
“Traffic Advisory
System Test Failed”
Played when the TAS system fails a pilot-initiated self test.