An Overview of the Garmin GNS 430

· Outer knob - twisting adjusts COM and NAV frequency values to the left of the decimal point.

· Inner knob - twisting adjusts COM and NAV frequency values to the right of the decimal point.

· Inner knob - pressing toggles between COM and NAV standby frequency windows.

· Garmin 430 data card. The card on the left is updated with a new database every 28 days.

· Controls volume for COM1. Also turns GNS 430 on and off.

· Controls volume for NAV1.

· Toggles COM1 between active and standby frequency.

· Toggles NAV1 between active and standby frequency.

· When you initially activate a VLOC (VOR, ILS, LOC, LOC-BC) approach, the approach frequency will be placed in the standby window. Don't forget to toggle this frequency into the active window.

· Toggles GNS 430 mode between GPS and VLOC.

· If you have flown the enroute portion of your flight in GPS mode, don't forget to toggle to VLOC as soon as ATC starts vectoring you to the final approach course.

• Press the OBS button to suspend automatic sequencing of waypoints while retaining the "active to" waypoint. Pressing the OBS button again resumes automatic sequencing to the "active to" waypoint.
• Consider using this feature to
• execute a "hold" requested by ATC
• execute a missed approach procedure

• Press to display message on panel.

• Your will receive prompts here to adjust your course via the CDI on the HSI at the start of each leg.

• Press to display the Flight Plan window. You can create a new flight plan, copy the current flight plan to the Flight Plan Catalog, delete the active flight plan, delete a flight plan from the Flight Catalog, or retrieve a flight plan from the Flight Plan Catalog.

• Press to display the instrument approach procedure window. Enables you to do one of the following: Activate Vector-To-Final, Activate Approach, Select Approach, Select Arrival (STAR), Select Departure (SID).

• From the main page, the large knob changes page groups and the small knob changes pages within a page group.

Page Group	Pages within the Page Group
NAV	Default NAV, Map, NAVCOM, Position, Satellite, Vertical Navigation. Holding button in takes you direct to Default Nav Page.
WPT	Airport Location, Airport Runway, Airport Frequency, Airport Approach, Airport Arrival, Airport Departure, Intersection, NDB, VOR, User Waypoint
AUX	Flight Planning, Utility, Setup 1, Setup 2
NRST	Nearest Airport, Nearest Intersection, Nearest NDB, Nearest VOR, Nearest User Waypoint, Nearest Center (ARTCC), Nearest FSS, Nearest Airspace

• From the Flight Plan and Direct To, the large knob changes character positions and the small knob selects the character

• Push left side (6) to range (zoom) in.
• Press right side (5) to range (zoom) out.

• Recommend setting the range to display the delineations of Class B, C, and D airspace, as well as Restricted and Prohibited areas.

• Direct To button
• From Nav display, press the Direct To button to enter next waypoint.

• From Active Flight Plan display, highlight a waypoint other than the next one then press the Direct To button. Useful when ATC amends clearance with "Cleared direct to ..."

• From Nav, displays a configuration menu

• From Flight Plan, enables you to do one of the following: Crossfill, Copy Flight Plan, Invert Flight Plan, Delete Flight Plan, Select Approach, Select Arrival (STAR), Select Departure (SID).

• Enter button. Press to make selections when prompted

• Clear button. Press to do any of the following:
• Close an open menu without making a selection
• Delete a waypoint from a flight plan.

CAP Airplanes with Garmin GNS 430

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Last Updated on 07/17/2012 by
Maj William J. Doyle, Jr., CFI A&I, AGI, IGI, CFAI, FAAST Rep
New Jersey Wing / Assistant Standardization and Evaluation Officer