Garmin GNS 430 Qref Checklist (Qref Avionics Quick Reference)

so welcome to the Garmin 430 we'll be using this 430 trainer downloadable from Garmin for overview today intended primarily for those of you who haven't dealt with the 430 before so as you can see right now it's telling us to press in on the power calm volume knob to power it on so we'll do that usually in the aircraft this turns on with the main master switch so it's going to run through itself checks this is pretty much exactly the way the real one will respond so the first thing you get to that you have to actually do something with is it's telling you we've got some expired data bases obstacle and aviation databases are expired if you're flying IFR you'll need to verify if you have an expired database you'll need to verify with the supplement pertaining to your particular unit whether it's okay to fly with it whether you have to verify the waypoints or whether it has to be up-to-dat