Graphical Metars Page - Honeywell Bendix/King KMD 550 Pilot's Manual Addendum

Normal Operation

GRAPHICAL METARS PAGE

The following illustration describes the Graphical METARs display. The
only difference between VDL and XM is the Datalink Wx Status icon.
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1 Range Scale - Indicates selected range.
2 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)
and displayed (color).
3 Graphical METAR Icon - Ceiling indicated in top box, visibility in the
bottom box and ICAO identifier of issuing airport. Note that ICAO identifiers
are not displayed on all range settings.
4 North Pointer - Indicates north.
5 MODE - Indicates the weather product being displayed.
6 Control Knob Icon - Displayed when the Control Knobs are available for
cycling through the graphical weather products.
7 Joystick Label - Indicates joystick is active and can be used to pan map.
8 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range and inner ring radius
is one half the selected range.
9 Aircraft Symbol - Indicates present aircraft position and heading (if
available) or track.
10 METAR Color Key - Colors indicating flight rules pertaining to ceiling
and visibility.
Revision 6 Feb/2009
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