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Section 3
TAWS Alerts
TAWS Alert Summary
The aural alert voice gender is configurable to be either male or female. Also, there are different alert
text phrases available for several of the alerts, as summarized in Table 3-2. See your Garmin installer for
further information on configuring the alert system.
Table 3-2 TAWS Alerts Summary
NOTE: TAWS Caution Alerts are displayed as constant
black text on a yellow background; TAWS Warning Alerts are
displayed as constant white text on a red background.
Alert Type
TAWS Page
Annuciation
Pop-Up Alert Aural Message
TAWS System Failure None “TAWS System Failure”
Terrain Inhibited None None
Terrain Not Available
None “Terrain Not Available”
Excessive Descent Rate (EDR) Caution
“Sink Rate”
Excessive Descent Rate (EDR) Warning
“Pull Up”
Required Terrain Clearance (RTC) Caution
or
“Caution, Terrain; Caution, Terrain”
or
“Terrain Ahead; Terrain Ahead”
Required Terrain Clearance (RTC) Warning
or
“Terrain, Terrain; Pull Up, Pull Up”
or
“Terrain Ahead, Pull Up; Terrain Ahead, Pull Up”
Imminent Obstacle Impact (IOI) Caution
or
“Obstacle Ahead; Obstacle Ahead”
or
“Caution, Obstacle; Caution, Obstacle”
