Garmin GPSMAP 696 - Page 153

Garmin GPSMAP 695/696 Owner’s Manual
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Hazard Avoidance
Overview GPS Navigation Flight Planning Hazard Avoidance Additional Features Appendices Index
The setup menu for the Map Page controls the map range settings above which
weather products are decluttered from the display. If a map range larger than the
weather product map range setting is selected, the weather product data is removed
from the map. The menu also provides a means for enabling/disabling display of
‘Airmets’, ‘Sigmets’, ‘Weather Data’, and/or ‘NEXRAD’ on the Map Page.
Additional information about the following can be displayed by panning over the
display on the Weather Page or the Map Page:
•SIGMETs
•AIRMETs
•METARs
•TFRs
Additional information is also available for PIREPs on the Weather Page (not
displayed on the Map Page):
Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Map Page:
1) Select the Map Page.
2) Select the WEATHER Softkey to display the FIS-B weather products.
Or :
a) Press the MENU Key.
b) Select ‘Show Weather’ and press the ENT Key.
3) Press the FMS Joystick to activate the Map Pointer.
4) Use the FMS Joystick to highlight the desired weather product with the
Map Pointer.
5) With the desired weather product highlighted, press the ENT Key to get
detailed information (if available).
Viewing FIS-B Weather products on the Weather (WX) Page:
1) From the WX Page press the FMS Joystick to highlight the weather product
field.
2) Turn the FMS Joystick to select and automatically display the desired
weather product.
3) If necessary, move the FMS Joystick to highlight the type field and turn the
FMS Joystick to scroll through a list of available options.
4) Press the PAN MAP Softkey to get abbreviated information about the
selected weather product or map feature (if available).