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Change the displayed data using the “Change Fields?” option. 
Highlight the data field you wish to change and turn the small  right knob to display available data types. 
5.  Press the small right knob to remove the cursor. 
To restore factory default settings for data fields 
on the Active Flight Plan Page:
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press  MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page Options window.
2.   Turn the large right knob to highlight 
“Restore Defaults?” and press ENT....

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Manual GTN Crossfill
Manual GTN Crossfill? allows you to transfer user 
waypoints to a GTN unit or receive information from a 
GTN unit. 
See Section 9 - Aux Pages - Flight Planning - Manual 
GTN Crossfill Operation for additional details on 
using the “Manual GTN Crossfill?” option. 
Copy Flight Plan
Copy Flight Plan? copies the active flight plan 
to a Flight Plan Catalog location. The copy function 
is useful for duplicating the active flight plan before 
making changes. See the description on a...

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final course segment of the approach and will 
provide navigation guidance to intercept this 
final course.) 
5.   Turn the large right knob to highlight “Load?” 
or “Activate?” and press ENT. “Load?” adds 
the approach to the flight plan without imme-
diately using the approach for navigation guid-
ance. This allows you to continue navigating 
the original flight plan until cleared for the 
approach, but keeps the approach available 
for quick activation when needed. “Activate?” 
adds the approach to...

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Select Departure
Select Departure? allows you to select a pub-
lished standard instrument departure (SID) for the 
departure airport, or replace the current departure 
with a new selection. When using a direct-to, the 
500W-series unit uses the nearest airport as a refer
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ence when displaying available departures. (See 
Section 5 - Procedures for information on selecting 
departures using the PROC key.) Departures are 
not available for all airports, in which case the 
departure windows will show...

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Closest Point of FPL
Closest Point of FPL? calculates the bearing and 
closest distance at which a flight plan passes from 
a reference waypoint. May also be used to create a 
new user waypoint along the flight plan at the loca
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tion closest to a chosen reference waypoint. 
To determine the closest point where the ac-tive flight plan passes a particular waypoint,  use the “Closest Point of FPL?” option. A 
waypoint can be added to the flight plan at  the calculated location. 
To determine the closest...

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Points to remember with Parallel Track: 
• You must have an active flight plan
•  The current leg must support parallel track
•  Parallel track is not allowed for the active leg of an 
approach
•  Parallel track is not allowed if the active leg is not a 
track-to-fix or direct-to-fix leg
•  Parallel track may be allowed but not the selected 
offset distance
To set a parallel track to your flight plan. 
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press  MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page...

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To cancel a parallel track to your flight plan. 
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press  MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page Options window. 
2.   Turn the large right  knob to highlight “Parallel 
Track?” and press ENT. 
3.   “Cancel?” is highlighted. Press ENT. 
Change Fields
Change Fields? allows you to select the desired 
data items to display on the active flight plan page. 
1.   With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press  MENU to display the Active Flight Plan...

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2.  Turn the large right knob to highlight the title 
for the approach, departure or arrival you wish 
to delete. Titles appear in light blue directly 
above the procedure’s waypoints. 
3.  Press  CLR to display a confirmation window. 
4.   With “Yes?” highlighted, press ENT to remove 
the selected procedure. 
This same process may also be used to remove 
individual waypoints from the active flight plan. 
To remove an individual waypoint from  the active flight plan, highlight the 
waypoint you wish...

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Flight Plan Shortcuts
When using instrument procedures, this feature 
can be used not only to activate a specific point-to-
point leg, but to also activate a departure, an arrival, 
the procedure turn portion of an approach, follow a 
DME arc or activate a holding pattern. 
Any approach, departure or arrival can be reviewed 
on the appropriate airport page in the WPT page 
group. 
To review a procedure while viewing a flight plan 
page: 
1.    With the flight plan page displayed, press the 
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Flight Plan Transfer Feature (optional with 
software V 3.20 or later)
The Flight Plan Card feature is available for trans-
ferring flight plans to the unit via a Garmin proprietary 
data card. The flight plans may be created on a PC 
using flight planning software that is compatible with 
Garmin equipment (Jeppesen FliteStar is an example). 
In addition to the flight planning software, it is neces
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sary to purchase a flight plan transfer kit from Garmin. 
The kit contains the required hardware...