Changing Modes & Area - Honeywell Bendix/King KMD 550 Pilot's Manual Addendum

Normal Operation
CHANGING MODES & AREA
1. Press the MODE Key to
display the SELECT FIS
PRODUCT Menu as shown
in Figure 83. Use the Joystick
or the Control Knobs to
select the desired textual
product.
The type of report selected is
then displayed in the MODE
field at the top of the display.
Figure 83
Figure 84 shows the relation-
ship between the selected AREA and the selected MODE. The system
filters and then displays reports for the selected MODE based on the dis-
tance from the selected AREA. The REPORTS AVAILABLE IN AREA
field lists closest first, furthest last.
For instance, the display shown in Figure 80 lists all available METARs
within 50nm of KIXD (the selected AREA). KIXD is also a reporting sta-
tion which is listed first in the REPORTS AVAILABLE IN AREA. Use the
joystick to scroll across through the available reports. Urgent, special or
amended reports will be highlighted in yellow.
Note that the displayed report in Figure 80 is 61 minutes old. The bar
indicates a percentage of time left before expiration. The bar will be
green the first 50%, then turn yellow.
METARs
TAFs
PIREPs & Area Products
0 50 100 150
Radius in Nautical Miles of Selected Area
Figure 84
☞ ☞ ☞
User
Flightplan
Destination Nearest
Defined
Waypoint
☞
Figure 85
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Revision 6 Feb/2009
KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum