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Section 8   
VLOC (VOR/Localizer/Glideslope) 
Receiver Operations
The GNS 530W includes digitally-tuned VOR/
localizer and glideslope receivers with the desired 
frequency selected on the VLOC window, along the 
left-hand side of the display. Frequency selection 
is performed by pressing the small left knob and 
turning the small and large left knobs to select the 
desired frequency. 
Ident Audio and Vol-
ume
VLOC ident is enabled 
by pressing the VLOC 
volume knob. When VLOC 
ident is enabled, an “ID” 
indication appears in the 
upper right corner of the 
VLOC window — to the 
immediate right of “VLOC”. 
VLOC audio volume is 
adjusted using the VLOC 
volume knob. Turn the 
VLOC volume knob clock
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wise to increase volume, 
or counterclockwise to 
decrease volume. 
Ident Audio  and Volume  / VLOC Tuning
Standby  
Frequency
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VLOC Tuning Window
VLOC frequencies are selected with the tuning 
cursor in the standby VLOC frequency field, and using 
the small and large left knobs to dial in the desired 
frequency. The standby frequency always appears 
below the active frequency. The active frequency is the 
frequency currently in use. 
 NOTE:  The tuning cursor normally appears in the  COM window, unless placed in the VLOC window by pressing the small left knob. When the tuning cursor is in the VLOC window, it automatically returns to the COM window after 30 seconds of inactivity. 
  The active frequency in either window cannot be 
accessed directly — only the standby frequency is highlighted by the tuning cursor. 
Push for ident audio. Turn to adjust  audio volume. 
Push to toggle tuning cursor between  COM and VLOC windows. Turn to ad-just the kHz value (the portion after  the decimal point) of the standby  VLOC frequency. 
Turn to adjust the MHz value (the 
portion before the decimal point) of  the standby VLOC frequency. j
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VLOC  Ident Window
To select a VOR/localizer/ILS frequency: 
1.  If the tuning cursor is not currently in the VLOC 
window, press the small left knob momen-
tarily. 
Press the small left knob to move the tuning 
cursor to the VLOC window. Turn the small 
left knob to select the kilohertz portion of  the frequency and the large left knob to  select the megahertz portion. 
2.  Turn the  large left knob to select the desired 
megahertz (MHz) value. For example, the 
“117” portion of the frequency “117.80”. 
3.   Turn the small left knob to select the desired 
kilohertz (kHz) value. For example, the “.80” 
portion of the frequency “117.80”. 
4.   To make the standby frequency the active 
frequency, press the VLOC flip-flop key.
VLOC Ident Window
Directly below the VLOC Tuning 
Window is a VLOC Ident Window 
(default setting). When the GNS 
530W is tuned to a nearby VOR, the 
VLOC Ident Window displays the 
Morse code identifier of the selected 
station, the radial from the VOR and the distance from 
the VOR. When tuned to a nearby localizer, the VLOC 
Ident window displays the identifier, associated airport 
and runway. The VLOC Ident Window can be replaced 
with traffic information or configurable data fields. 
Auto-Tuning
A frequency may also be quickly selected from the 
database by simply highlighting the desired frequency 
on the Waypoint VOR Page or the Nearest VOR Page 
and pressing ENT. Once a frequency is selected in 
the standby field, it may be transferred to the active 
frequency by pressing the VLOC flip-flop key. (Auto-
tuning can also be performed from VLOC frequencies 
listed on the NAVCOM, Airport Frequency, and Near
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est Flight Service Station pages.) 
VOR PageNearest VOR  Page
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Auto-tuning
To select a VLOC frequency from the Waypoint 
VOR or Nearest VOR Pages: 
1.  Select the desired page from the main pages. 
(See the page references on the preceding 
page.) 
2.   Press the small right knob momentarily to 
activate the flashing cursor. 
3.   Turn the large right knob  to highlight the 
frequency for the desired VOR. 
4.  Press  ENT to place the frequency in the standby 
field of the VLOC window.  
5.   Press the VLOC flip-flop key to activate the 
selected frequency. 
6.   Press the small right knob to remove the 
flashing cursor. 
 NOTE:  For duplex COM operations, the VLOC re-
ceiver may be auto-tuned from the Nearest Flight 
Service Station Page. 
When selecting a VOR or ILS approach, manual 
tuning of the VLOC receiver is not required. Once the 
approach procedure is “Loaded” or “Activated”, the 
GNS 530W automatically places the proper frequency 
in the standby field of the VLOC window. If you wish 
to use this frequency, simply press the VLOC flip-flop 
key to activate the frequency. Additional information 
on approach procedures is provided in Section 5. 
To select an approach and automatically tune the 
proper VLOC  frequency: 
1.   Select the destination airport using the direct-
to key or as the last waypoint in the active 
flight plan.
2.   Press the PROC key to display the Procedures 
Page. 
3.  Turn the large right knob to highlight “Select 
Approach?” and press ENT. 
4.   A window appears listing the available proce-
dures. Turn  the  small right knob to highlight 
the desired procedure and press ENT. 
5.   A second window appears listing available transi-
tions. Turn  the  small right knob to highlight the 
desired transition waypoint and press ENT (the 
approach “Vectors” option assumes that you will 
receive vectors to the final course segment of the 
approach and thus provides navigation guidance 
to intercept this final course). 
6.   Turn the large right knob to highlight “Load?” 
or “Activate?” and press ENT. (“Load?” adds 
the procedure to the flight plan without imme-
diately using it for navigation guidance. This 
allows you to continue navigating the original 
flight plan, but keeps the procedure available 
on the Active Flight Plan Page for quick activa-
tion when needed.) 
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CDI Key
7.  For VOR and ILS approaches, the standby field 
of the VLOC window is automatically tuned to 
the proper frequency. To activate the frequency 
press the VLOC flip-flop  key. To  display VLOC 
course information on the external CDI (or HSI) 
press  CDI and verify that “VLOC” is displayed 
at the bottom left corner of the screen, directly 
above the CDI key. 
8.   For non-GPS approaches (ILS and VOR), a 
reminder window appears indicating that GPS 
guidance on such approaches is strictly for 
monitoring only — use the VLOC receivers and 
external CDI (or HSI) for primary navigation. To 
confirm this reminder, highlight “Yes?” and 
press ENT. 
CDI Key
The GNS 530W’s CDI key is used to couple the 
GPS or VLOC receiver to the external CDI (or HSI). 
When the external CDI (or HSI) is connected to the 
GPS receiver, “GPS” appears at the bottom left corner 
of the page, directly above the CDI key. When the 
external CDI (or HSI) is being driven by the VLOC 
receiver, “VLOC” appears instead. 
To couple the external CDI (or HSI) to the GPS 
receiver or VLOC receiver, press the CDI key to 
display “GPS” or “VLOC”, as desired. 
 NOTE:  The external CDI (or HSI) must be coupled  to the VLOC receiver for approaches which are not approved for GPS. See ILS example in the Procedures section for more information. 
 NOTE:  GPS level of service annunciations (LPV, ENR, etc.) are not applicable to the external CDI (or HSI) when VLOC is active.
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AUX Page Group
Section 9   
AUX Pages
AUX Page Group
Section 2 introduced the 500W-series unit main 
page groups — NAV, WPT, AUX, NRST — and 
described each page in the NAV group. The third 
page group (AUX) allows you to change unit settings, 
customizing operation to your preferences. The AUX 
pages also provide E6B functions — such as trip plan
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ning, fuel planning, density altitude, true airspeed and 
winds aloft calculations. 
To quickly select an AUX page: 
1.   From any page, press and hold CLR to select 
the Default NAV Page. (You may skip this step 
if you are already viewing any of the main 
pages.) 
2.   Turn the large right knob to select the AUX 
page group. “AUX” appears in the lower right 
corner of the screen. 
3.  Turn the small right knob to select the desired 
AUX page. 
Flight PlanningUtilitySetup 1
NAV
5-7 available pages 
(see Section 2)
WPT
10 available pages (see Section 6)
AUX
4 available pages  (see below)
NRST
8 available pages (see Section 7)
Setup 2
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Flight Planning Page
The Flight Planning Page provides access to E6B 
functions for fuel planning, trip planning, density 
altitude/true airspeed/winds aloft calculations, sched
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uled messages and a “Crossfill” function to transfer 
flight plans/user waypoints to a second 500W-series 
unit. When a flight planning item is selected, the cor
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responding page appears providing additional informa-
tion and features. 
To select, highlight  with cursor and  press ENT.
First Page 
in AUX Group
To select an item from the Flight Planning Page: 
1.   Press the small right knob to activate the 
cursor. 
2.   Turn the large right knob to select the desired 
item, and press ENT. 
From the Flight Planning Page, highlight the 
desired item and press ENT... 
...to display the corresponding option page (e.g. Density Alt / TAS / Winds Page). 
The following flight planning items are available: 
Fuel Planning —  When equipped with fuel flow 
(FF) and/or fuel on board (FOB) sensors, this item 
displays current fuel conditions along the active 
direct-to or flight plan. You may also manually 
enter fuel flow, ground speed (GS) and (in some 
instances) fuel on board figures for planning pur
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poses. Fuel planning figures can be displayed not 
only for the currently active flight plan or direct-
to, but also point-to-point between two specified 
waypoints and for any programmed flight plan. 
Fuel planning figures can be entered and displayed 
based upon one of three configurations: 
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Flight Planning
•  No Fuel Sensors Connected — In this instance 
fuel on board and fuel flow are manually en-
tered and used to recalculate fuel on board as 
it is consumed. When fuel flow or fuel on board 
is manually entered, the figures are retained 
the next time you view the page (with fuel on 
board continuously recalculated). 
•   Fuel Flow Sensor Installed, But No Fuel On 
Board Sensor — Fuel on board is manually 
entered. Fuel flow is automatically provided 
by sensor. If fuel flow is manually entered (to 
override the sensor), it does not affect the FOB 
figure and is not retained the next time you 
view the page. 
•  Fuel Flow and Fuel On Board Sensors Installed 
— Fuel flow and fuel on board are automati-
cally provided by sensors. Fuel on board can 
NOT be entered manually. Fuel Flow can be 
entered manually, but does not affect the FOB 
figure and is not retained the next time you 
view the page.
Trip Planning —  allows you to view desired 
track (DTK), distance (DIS), estimated time en 
route (ETE), en route safe altitude (ESA) and 
estimated time of arrival (ETA) information for a 
direct-to, point-to-point between two specified 
waypoints or for any programmed flight plan. This 
item also displays the sunrise/sunset times for your 
destination waypoint (for the selected departure 
date). 
The Trip Planning Page calculates desired 
track, distance, estimated time en route, en  route safe altitude and estimated time of 
arrival for a specified direct-to, point-to-point  or flight plan. 
 NOTE:  Point-to-point waypoints, flight plans and/or ground speeds (default is current GPS-calcu
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lated ground speed) entered on the Fuel Planning Page automatically transfer to the Trip Planning Page, and vice versa. 
Density Alt / TAS / Winds —  indicates the 
theoretical altitude at which your aircraft per
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forms depending upon several variables, including 
indicated altitude (IND ALT), barometric pressure 
(BARO) and total air temperature (TAT; the tem
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perature, including the heating effect of speed, read 
on a standard outside temperature gauge). This 
item computes true airspeed (TAS), based upon the 
factors above and the calibrated airspeed (CAS). 
Also, this menu option determines winds aloft 
— the wind direction and speed — and a head 
wind/tail wind component, based upon the calcu
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lated density altitude (DEN ALT), true airspeed, 
aircraft heading (HDG) and ground speed. 
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Select the “Density Alt / TAS / Winds” option to calculate density altitude, true airspeed  and winds aloft. 
Scheduler —  displays reminder messages (such 
as “Change oil”, “Switch fuel tanks”, “Overhaul”, 
etc.). One-time, periodic, and event-based mes
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sages are allowed. One-time messages appear 
once the timer expires and reappear each time the 
500W-series unit is powered on, until the message 
is deleted. Periodic messages automatically reset to 
the original timer value, once the message is dis
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played. Event-based messages do not use a timer, 
but rather a specific date and time. 
Crossfill Operation —  The Crossfill Function 
allows the pilot to transfer a direct-to destination, 
the active flight plan including VNAV param
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eters, any stored flight plan, a user waypoint, or 
all user waypoints between two 500W-Series (or 
400W-Series) Garmin units in a dual-unit instal
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lation. There is only one Crossfill function page. 
It may be accessed pressing the MENU key and 
selecting Crossfill while viewing the default Nav 
page, Flight Plan Catalog, Active Flight Plan, User 
Waypoint page, or the Aux mode Flight Planning 
page and then pressing ENT. 
Waypoint names longer than six characters, or dupli-
cates, sent from the GTN unit to the GNS unit will 
replace some characters with a “+” sign, while leaving 
significant characters to aid in identification (such as, 
USR003 becomes US+003). 
 NOTE:  The  databases of the 400/500 series and the 400W/500W are incompatible, so you may not mix systems. 
 NOTE:  Manual GTN Crossfill requires the 400W/500W series unit to have the same Jeppesen NavData® database cycle number as the GTN unit. 
 NOTE:  Crossfill and Manual GTN Crossfill can not be configured to be present at the same time. The chosen feature is configured by the installer for your installa
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tion. 
Manual GTN Crossfill —  The Manual GTN 
Crossfill Function allows the GNS 400W/500W 
series unit to manually send all User waypoints to 
the connected GTN unit or receive information 
from a GTN unit. 
Aux Flight Planning Operations
To perform fuel planning operations: 
1.   Select “Fuel Planning” from the Flight Planning 
Page. 
2.   The current fuel planning “leg mode” is 
displayed at the top of the page: “POINT TO 
POINT” or “FPL” (for a flight plan leg). To 
change the leg mode, press MENU to display 
an options window for the other leg mode, then 
press ENT to accept the other leg mode. 
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For “flight plan leg” fuel planning, select “Flight Plan?” from the options window. Use the small right knob to select the desired flight plan and the desired leg of the flight plan. 
3a.  For direct-to planning, verify that the “from” 
waypoint field indicates “P.POS” (present 
position). If necessary, press CLR to display 
“P.POS”. Press ENT and the flashing cursor 
moves to the “to” waypoint field. Turn the 
small and large right knobs to enter the 
identifier of the “to” waypoint and press ENT 
to accept the waypoint. 
OR, 
For direct-to fuel planning, press CLR (with the “from” 
waypoint field highlighted) to display “P.POS” (which repre- sents your present position). 
3b. For point-to-point fuel planning, turn the small  
and  large right  knobs to enter the identifier 
of the “from” waypoint. Once the waypoint’s  identifier is entered, press ENT to accept the 
waypoint. The flashing cursor moves to the 
“to” waypoint. Again, turn the small and 
large right knobs to enter the identifier of 
the “to” waypoint and press ENT to accept 
the waypoint. 
OR, 
3c.  For “flight plan leg” fuel planning, turn the 
small right knob to select the desired flight 
plan (already stored in memory), by number. 
Turn the large right knob to highlight the 
“LEG” field and turn the small right knob to 
select the desired leg of the flight plan, or select 
“Cum” to apply fuel planning calculations to 
the entire flight plan. 
4.   If your fuel management system does not enter 
the data automatically, turn the large right 
knob to highlight the fuel on board (FOB) 
field. 
5.   Use the small and large right knobs to enter 
the amount of fuel on board. Press ENT when 
finished. 
6.  The flashing cursor moves to the fuel flow (FF) 
field. Use the small and large right knobs 
to enter the fuel flow rate. Press ENT when 
finished. Note that if a fuel system is providing 
current fuel flow, the fuel flow defaults to this 
value. 
7.   The flashing cursor moves to the ground speed 
(GS) field. Use the small and large right 
knobs to override the current ground speed 
(and enter a planning figure). Press ENT when 
finished. (To return ground speed reading to 
current conditions, highlight the ground speed 
[GS] field, press CLR, then press ENT.) 
8.   With all variables entered, information such as 
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fuel required (REQ), range (RNG), and endur-
ance (ENDUR) is provided. You can change the 
information displayed on the page by pressing 
MENU and selecting the “Change Fields?” 
option. If your 500W-series unit installation 
includes connection to fuel sensors, additional 
information items are presented when the 
“Change Fields?” option is selected. 
To perform trip planning operations: 
1.  Select “Trip Planning” from the Flight Planning 
Page. 
2.   The current trip planning “leg mode” is dis-
played at the top of the page: “POINT TO 
POINT” or “FPL LEG” (for a flight plan leg). To 
change the leg mode, press MENU to display 
an options window for the other leg mode, then 
press ENT to accept the other leg mode. 
Press MENU and use the options window to 
select the other leg mode: Point-to-Point or  Flight Plan. 
3a. For direct-to planning, verify that the “from” 
waypoint field indicates “P.POS” (present 
position). If necessary, press CLR to display 
“P.POS”. Press ENT and the flashing cursor 
moves to the “to” waypoint field. Turn the 
small and large right knobs to enter the 
identifier of the “to” waypoint and press ENT 
to accept the waypoint.  OR, 
3b.
 For point-to-point trip planning, turn the small  
and  large right knobs to enter the identifier 
of the “from” waypoint. Once the waypoint’s 
identifier is entered, press ENT to accept the 
waypoint. The flashing cursor moves to the 
“to” waypoint. Again, turn the small and 
large right knobs to enter the identifier of 
the “to” waypoint and press ENT to accept 
the waypoint. 
OR, 
3c.  For “flight plan leg” trip planning, turn the 
small right knob to select the desired flight 
plan (already stored in memory), by number. 
Turn the large right knob to highlight the 
“LEG” field and turn the  small right knob to 
select the desired leg of the flight plan, or select 
“Cum” to apply trip planning calculations to 
the entire flight plan. 
4.   Turn the large right knob to highlight the 
departure time (DEP TIME) field. 
5.   Use the  small and  large right knobs to enter 
the departure time. Press ENT when finished. 
(Departure time may be entered in local or UTC 
time, depending upon unit settings. 
6.   If necessary, use the small and large right 
knobs to enter the departure date. Press  ENT 
when finished. 
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