Garmin 530w Manual

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Flight Plan / Nearest Waypoints
Selecting a Direct-To Waypoint from the Ac-
tive Flight Plan
If you’re navigating an active flight plan, any way-
point contained in the flight plan may be selected as a 
direct-to waypoint from the Select Direct-to Waypoint 
page (see Section 4, for more information on flight 
plans). 
The flight plan (FPL) field allows you to 
select any active flight plan waypoint as your  current direct-to waypoint. 
To select a direct-to waypoint from the active 
flight plan: 
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Direct-to Shortcuts
Shortcuts
Shortcuts are available when using the direct-to 
key, allowing you to bypass the use of the small and 
large right knobs to enter the waypoint’s identifier. A 
direct-to can be performed from any page displaying 
a single waypoint identifier (such as the WPT pages 
for airports and navaids) by simply pressing direct-to 
and ENT. For pages that display a list of waypoints 
(e.g., the Nearest Airport Page), you must highlight the 
desired waypoint with the cursor before...

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Cancelling / Manual Course
Cancelling Direct-To Navigation
Once a direct-to is activated, the unit provides 
navigation guidance to the selected waypoint until the 
direct-to is manually cancelled or replaced by a new 
active leg or direct-to. 
To cancel a direct-to, select a new direct-to 
waypoint, activate a flight plan or select the  “Cancel Direct-To NAV?” option. 
To cancel a direct-to:
1.  Press the direct-to key to display the Select 
Direct-to Waypoint  Page. 
2.  Press  MENU to display the...

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Selecting Direct-To a Holding Pattern
You may select a Direct-To course to a holding pat-
tern that is in your flight plan. 
To set a direct-to course to a holding pattern:
1.  Press the FPL  key to reach the active flight plan 
page. 
2.   Press  the  small right knob to activate the 
cursor. Turn  the  large right knob to highlight 
the hold leg of the flight plan. 
3.   Press  direct-to . “Activate” will be highlighted. 
Press  ENT to activate a course Direct-To the 
holding pattern. Or, press CLR...

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Section 4   
Flight Plans
The 500W-series unit lets you create up to 20 differ-
ent flight plans, with up to 100 waypoints in each flight 
plan. The flight plan (FPL) page group consists of two 
pages, accessed by pressing the FPL key. The flight plan 
pages allow you to create, edit and copy flight plans. 
Active Flight PlanFlight Plan Catalog
Flight Plan Catalog
The Flight Plan Catalog allows you to create, edit, 
activate, delete and copy flight plans. Flight plans 
numbered from 1 through 19 are...

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To delete a waypoint from an existing flight plan: 
1. Press  FPL and turn the small right knob  to 
display the Flight Plan . 
2.   Press the small right knob to activate the 
cursor. 
3.   Turn the large right knob to highlight the 
desired flight plan and press ENT. 
4.   Turn the large right knob  to select the 
waypoint you wish to delete and press CLR to 
display a “REMOVE WAYPOINT” confirmation 
window. 
Highlight the waypoint you wish to delete  and press CLR to display the “REMOVE  WAYPOINT”...

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Flight Plan Catalog Options
The following options are available for the Flight 
Plan Catalog: 
•  Activate Flight Plan
•  Invert and Activate Flight Plan
•  Create New Flight Plan
• Crossfill
•  Copy Flight Plan
•  Delete Flight Plan
•  Delete All Flight Plans
•  Sort List by Number/Comment
Activating Flight Plans
Once a flight plan is defined through the Flight 
Plan Catalog (using the steps previously outlined), it 
may be activated for navigation. Activating the flight 
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From the Flight Plan Catalog, press MENU to display the options menu and select “Create  New Flight Plan?”. 
4.  A blank flight plan page appears for the first 
empty storage location. Use the small and 
large right knobs to enter the identifier of 
the departure waypoint and press ENT. 
5.   Repeat step #4 above to enter the identifier 
for each additional flight plan waypoint. 
Use the small and large right knobs to enter 
the identifier of each flight plan waypoint. 
6.   Once all waypoints have...

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To copy a flight plan to another Flight Plan Cata-
log location: 
1a. From the Active Flight Plan Page: press MENU 
to display the Active Flight Plan Options 
window. 
OR
1b.  From the Flight Plan Catalog: press the small 
right  knob to activate the cursor, turn the 
large right knob to highlight the flight plan 
you wish to copy, then press MENU to display 
the Flight Plan Catalog Options. 
2.   Turn the large right knob to highlight “Copy 
Flight Plan?” and press ENT. 
3.   By default, the next...

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Delete All Flight Plans
Delete All Flight Plans? allows you to remove all 
flight plans from memory at one time. 
Select “Delete Flight Plan?” to remove the 
highlighted flight plan from memory. “Delete  All Flight Plans?” removes all flight plans  from memory. 
To delete all flight plans: 
1.  Select the “Delete All Flight Plans?” option 
from the Flight Plan Catalog Options and press 
ENT. 
2.   A confirmation window appears. With “Yes?” 
highlighted, press ENT. 
Sort List By Number/Comment
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