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Garmin GPSMAP 695/696 Owner’s Manual
190-00919-00 Rev. D
Appendix A
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OverviewGPS NavigationFlight PlanningHazard AvoidanceAdditional FeaturesAppendicesIndex
DATA FIELD OPTIONS
•Accuracy—thecurrentaccuracyoftheGPSdeterminedlocation.
•Altitude—thecurrentGPS-derivedaltitudeingeometricheightaboveMeanSea
Level (MSL).
•Battery—thecurrentbatterystatus.
•Bearing(BRG)—thecompassdirectionfromthepresentpositiontoadestination
waypoint.
•CoursetoSteer(CTS)—therecommendeddirectiontosteerinordertoreduce
cross-track error and return to the course line.
•CrosstrackError(XTK)—thedistancetheaircraftisoffadesiredcourseineither
direction, left or right.
•DesiredTrack(DTK)—thedistancetothenextpointonaroute.
•Distance(Next)(DIS)—thedistancetothenextpointonaroute.
•EnRouteSafeAltitude(ESA)—therecommendedminimumaltitudewithinten
miles left or right of the desired course on an active flight plan or direct-to.
•EstimatedTimeofArrival(Next)(ETA)—theestimatedtimeatwhichtheaircraft
should reach the next waypoint, based upon current speed and track.
•EstimatedTimeEnRoute(Next)(ETE)—theestimatedtimeittakestoreachthe
next waypoint from the present position, based upon current ground speed.
•EstimatedTimeToVNAV—theestimatedtimeittakestoreachtheVNAVwaypoint
from the present position, based upon current ground speed.
•ExternalVoltage—the voltage on the external power input (cigarette lighter
receptacle).
•FlightTimer—totaltimein-ighttimer(HH:MM).
•GlideRatio(G/R)—theestimateddistanceanaircraftwillmoveforwardforany
given amount of lost altitude.
•GroundSpeed—the velocity that the aircraft is traveling relative to a ground
position.