These pieces of equipment have been out for quite some time, but there are still pilots that are just starting to think about getting a GPS in their aircraft, and these units provide probably the lowest cost of entry these days that will allow a pilot to get a great moving map GPS that can be approved for IFR approaches.
I put together a quick cheat sheet for the first time pilot that wants to just fly their aircraft and get used to the functions of the GPS.
Communication Side----------------Navigation Side
Setup Navigation to
an airport
- Press “Direct To” Button
- Use the knobs to enter the airport identifier
- Each airport starts with a K
- No “K” if the airport has a number in it. (ie. C09)
- The large knob moves the cursor
- The small knob makes letters
- Press Enter TWICE
Find Nearest airports
(In an emergency)
- Rotate the large knob on the right side - all the way to the right until you see NEAREST
Reset unit to default
screen
- Press and hold the CLR button
- Rotate little knob on the right, one click to the right