Garmin 70 Guida Al Funzionamento

Using Altitude Hold 

Alti

tu

de 

Hold

 helps you

 m

ain

tain

 a co

nstant altitud

e. 

The current pressure

 

altitu

de 

is store

d as a referen

ce

 an

d is 

the 

disp

layed valu

e u

nl

ess Alti

tu

de 

Ho

ld i

s 

activate

d. T

he 

hold alt

itude

 is

 dis

playe

d in 1

00-f

oot

 incre

m

ents. The 

dis

pl

ayed 

altitude 

is the s

ame as is sent 

for Mode C interrogation replies. When the 

 

button is pressed, the 

alti

tude dis

play 

wi

ll be set 

to

 “+00

0.” The 

altitu

de di

splay

 

values will incr

ease/decrease a

s the aircra

ft ch

anges 

altitude.

 The 

alti

tude di

splay 

will flash when 

the aircraft 

cha

nge in al

titude 

excee

ds the sele

cted threshold. 

Set

ting th

e H

old Alt

itud

e 

1.

 

Press the 

 button to set the current altitude as the hold altitude. The

 

LED above 

the 

 button 

w

ill light t

o indic

ate Alt

itude 

Ho

ld is ac

tive.  

2.

 

The Altitude 

display now shows a value that

 is relative to the

 hold alti

tude i

n 

100-

foo

t incre

m

ents. 

A 

dis

played value 

of

 +

001 

means you

 are 100

 ft

 abov

e 

the hold altitu

de.  

Set

ting th

e Al

titud

e Hold B

uffer

 

1.

 

Set the Al

titu

de Hold Buffer

 value by pressing the 

 button f

or tw

o 

seconds, or longer. Select a 

valu

e between 

200 and 2500 

feet. The fact

or

y 

default value is 

300 fee

t. 

The value is reta

ined 

when the SL70

 is turned of

f.  

2.

 

Turn the 

 knob to change the buffer value, such 

as 

±02. Press 

 

again to save the value.  

Displays 

Squawk Cod

es 

The four-

digi

t s

quawk co

de 

is s

hown on the le

ft side

 of 

the 

dis

play.  

Alt

itud

e 

The Altitude

 display is used 

to 

show t

he press

ure 

altitu

de, H

old Alti

tu

de, 

an

d 

Hold Al

titu

de buffer with 10

0 ft resolution.  

         

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