Service Letter 1122

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® SERVICE NO.

1122

Piper Aircraft, Inc.


2926 Piper Drive
LETTER
Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.A. 32960

Date: May 20, 2010 (S)

SUBJECT: G1000 SPLIT COMMUNICATIONS ENABLE

MODELS AFFECTED: SERIAL NUMBERS AFFECTED:


PA-46R-350T Matrix 4692134 through 4692147
PA-46-350P Mirage 4636460; 4636463 through 4636469

COMPLIANCE TIME: At owner/operator’s discretion.

APPROVAL: The technical content of this Service Letter has been shown to comply with the
applicable Federal Aviation Regulations and is FAA approved.

PURPOSE: This Service Letter provides instructions to enable the split communications
feature of the Garmin G1000 system, which will allow the pilot and co-pilot to
transmit/receive on Comms 1 and 2 simultaneously.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Apply power to aircraft and all avionics.
2. Pull MFD and both PFD circuit breakers.
3. While holding the far right softkey on the MFD, restore power to the MFD.
4. When the words “INITIALIZING SYSTEM” appear in the upper left corner of the MFD, release the softkey.
5. While holding the far right softkey on the PFD 2, restore power to the PFD 2.
6. When the words “INITIALIZING SYSTEM” appear in the upper left corner of the PFD 2, release the softkey.
7. While holding the far right softkey on the PFD 1, restore power to the PFD 1.

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8. When the words “INITIALIZING SYSTEM” appear in the upper left corner of the PFD 1, release the softkey.
9. The SYSTEM STATUS page should appear as shown below:

10. By rotating the large FMS knob, go to the GMA Configuration page in the GMA group as shown below:
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11. Press the softkey located under OPTIONS on the PFD, see below for GMA CONFIGURATION:

12. Activate cursor by pressing the FMS knob.


13. By rotating the large FMS knob, scroll down to “DISABLE SPLIT COM”. Press ENT key to configure GMA as
shown below:
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14. Press ENT to accept configuration.

15. The final configuration is shown below:


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MATERIAL REQUIRED: N/A

AVAILABILITY OF PARTS: N/A

EFFECTIVITY DATE: This Service Letter is effective as of release date.

SUMMARY: N/A

NOTE: Please notify the factory of any address/ownership corrections. Changes should include aircraft
model, serial number, current owner’s name and address.

Corrections and/or changes should be directed to:

PIPER AIRCRAFT, INC.


Attn: Customer Service
2926 Piper Drive
Vero Beach, FL 32960

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