Change the navigation source (CDI)

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✈ Cessna 172 G1000⏱ ~3 minutes📊 2 steps

Switch the HSI between GPS and VOR/LOC guidance with the CDI softkey.

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Open the SimTuts G1000 simulator and select “Change the navigation source (CDI)” from the scenarios list to walk through it step-by-step on the simulated glass cockpit.

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Step-by-step: Change the navigation source (CDI)

  1. Press the CDI softkey to select NAV1 (VOR/LOC) as the navigation source.

    GPS guidance is magenta; VOR/LOC (NAV1) guidance is green.

  2. Press the CDI softkey again to return to GPS.

    Get in the habit of confirming your active source before every approach.

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