BENDIXKing KMD 550, KMD 850 Quick Reference

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KMD 550/850 Multi-Function Display

Quick Reference

For Software Version 01/14 or Later

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1. Brightness Control

2. Data Card

3. Display

4. Available Functions Legend

5. On/Off Control

6. Selected Function Indicators

7. Function Select Keys

8. Control Knobs (Inner and
Outer Knob)

9. Power Labels

10. Soft Labels

11. Joystick

12. Power Keys

13. Fault Indicator

FUNCTION SELECT KEYS

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Topo On

Map

Topo Off

Map

WX Radar*

Stormscope

FIS Graphical

Products

FIS Textual

Products

EGPWSTAS/TCAS

Setup Pages

External

NTSC Video

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AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS ICONS

Icon Description

Flight plan information being received and displayed.

Flight plan information being received but not displayed.

Stormscope®information being received and displayed.

Stormscope®information being received and displayed. Strikes have occurred within
25 nm.

Stormscope®information being received but not displayed.

Stormscope®information being received but not displayed. Strikes have occurred
within 25 nm.

Stormscope®information not being received / data invalid.

Standby weather radar being displayed.

Active weather radar being displayed.

Weather radar in standby mode, not being displayed.

Weather radar in active mode, not being displayed.

Weather radar data invalid / not being received. Previously in standby.

Weather radar data invalid / not being received. Previously active.

Standby traffic sensor being displayed.

Active traffic information being displayed.

Traffic sensor in standby mode, not being displayed.

TIS service not available.

Traffic sensor active, not being displayed.

Traffic sensor data invalid / not being displayed.

EGPWS with warnings are enabled, being displayed.

EGPWS with warnings are disabled, being displayed.

EGPWS with warnings are enabled, not being displayed.

EGPWS with warnings are disabled, not being displayed.

EGPWS data invalid / not being received.

No FIS data is currently being received but previously received data is being displayed
on the present page.

FIS data is currently being received from a signal and displayed on the present page.

FIS data is not being received or displayed on the present page.

FIS data is currently being received from a signal but not displayed on the present
page.

Fault with connection or data link radio.

FIS graphical METAR overlay is available but not displayed.

FIS graphical METAR overlay is enabled and displayed.

FIS data not being received. FIS graphical METAR overlay is available but not dis­played.

FIS data not being received. FIS graphical METAR overlay is enabled and displayed.

VDL radio fault. FIS graphical METAR overlay is available but not displayed.

VDL radio fault. FIS graphical METAR overlay is enabled and displayed.

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INTERACTION OF CONTROLS

AUX

Not

Active

Soft Key

Soft Key

Soft Key

Soft Key

Soft Key

Not

Active

Not

Active

* Not available in all configurations

TERR

Not Active

Selects Terrain

Warnings

Inhibited

* or

Enabled*.Active

Active

Sequence

through 120

˚ and

360

˚ views

(Default = 360

˚).

Active when over-

lays available.

Brings up overlay

select

Soft Keys.

Rotate to select

Tst, Nrm, Set

(Default = Nrm).

Not Active

TRFC

Not Active

Sequence through

Relative and

Absolute modes.

Active

Active

Sequence through

Normal, Above

and Below views.

Active when over-

lays available.

Brings up overlay

select

Soft Keys.

Rotate to select

Sby, Tst, On, Off.

Rotate to select

Mute On, Mute

Off.

WX - FIS

Used to point at

items on map.

Displays SELECT

FIS PRODUCT

Menu.

Active

Active

Not Active

Active when overlays

available. Brings up

overlay select

Soft

Keys.

Rotate to select

report identifier. Also,

sequences Graphical

Weather Pages.

Rotate to select

report identifier. Also,

sequences Graphical

Weather Pages.

WX - Stormscope

®

Clears Strikes

Sequence through

Cell and Strike

modes.

Active

Active

Sequence through

120

˚ and 360˚

views.

Active when over-

lays available.

Brings up overlay

select

Soft Keys.

Not Active

Not Active

WX - Radar

Controls Tilt and

Track Line.

Sequence through

WX, WX/ARL

*

and GND

Mapping modes.

Active

Active

Sequence through

Horizontal and

Vertical Profile

*

views.

Active when over-

lays available.

Brings up overlay

select

Soft Keys.

Rotate to select

Sby, Tst, On, Set

(Default = Sby).

Gain control*

MAP

Used to point at any item on

map.

Soft Key

labeled RESET

STICK when joystick is

active.

Active

Active

Soft Key

labeled MORE

INFO when joystick is active

to get more info about items

pointed to on the map.

Active when overlays avail-

able. Brings up overlay

select

Soft Keys.

Rotate to bring up Airport

More Info page and select

the airport identifier.

Rotate to bring up Airport

More Info page and select

the airport identifier.

JOYSTICK

MODE

RNG

RNG

VIEW

OVLY

OUTER

KNOB

INNER

KNOB

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MAP FUNCTION

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1 Display Range - RNG:####nm
2 Current Track - TRK:###
3 Current Ground Speed - GS:###kt
4 Distance to Pointer - PDIS: ###.#nm
5 Position Readout - Current aircraft position
6 Control Knob Label - Indicates Control Knob is active for data entry
7 Bearing to Pointer - PBRG: ###
8 MORE INFO Soft Label
9 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range, inner ring radius is

one half the selected range

10 RESET STICK Soft Label
11 Joystick Label
12 Lightning Overlay
13 GPS Flight Plan Overlay - Current GPS flight plan
14 Aircraft Symbol - Indicates present position. Stylized airplane when

heading input is present, a plus symbol with no heading.

15 Distance to Waypoint - DIS:###.#nm
16 North Pointer
17 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color)

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MAP ICONS

Feature Conditions Map Icons Other Characteristics

TOPO on TOPO off

Political
Boundary

Not displayed

Railway Not displayed

Roads Major Not displayed

Prime Not displayed

Other Not displayed

Victor
Airways

Heliroutes

Airspace
Boundary

FIR/UIR Boundary label will be FIR,

UIR, or F/U per airspace
type.

Class A/B/C Boundary label will be A, B,

or C per airspace type.

Class D/E/F/G Boundary label will be D, E,

F or G per airspace type.

Class Unknown

Danger Boundary label will be DGR.

Restricted Boundary label will be RES.

Prohibited Boundary label will be PHB.

MOA/MATZ Boundary label will be MOA

or MATZ per airspace type.

Other SUA (Radar
Area, Alert, Caution,
Training, Warning or
Unspecified/
Unknown)

Boundary label will be RAD,
ALT, CTN, TNG, or WNG.
No label for unknown or
unspecified.

Cities Not displayed

Intersections
(INTs)

Obstacles Lighted - Tall Label will indicate MSL ele-

vation followed by AGL ele­vation in parentheses [e.g.
“1546 (590)”]. Tall is defined
as over 1,000 ft. AGL.

Lighted - Short

Lighted - Tall

Lighted - Short

NDBs

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OVERLAYING DATA

OVERLAY TYPE

DISPLAY FLIGHT PLAN STORMSCOPE®TRAFFIC FIS METAR

MAP - TOPO ON Yes Yes

1

Yes

2

Yes

MAP - TOPO OFF Yes Yes

1

Yes

2

Yes

WX - Weather Radar Yes

1

Yes Yes

3

No

WX - Stormscope

®

Yes

1

N/A No No

WX - NEXRAD Yes Yes

1

No No
WX - Graphical METARs Yes No No N/A
WX - Graphical AIRMETs Yes Yes

1

No No
WX - Graphical SIGMETs Yes Yes

1

No No
WX - Graphical Conv SIGMETs Yes Yes

1

No No
WX - Graphical Wx Watches Yes Yes

1

No No
TERR Yes Yes

1

Yes

2

No

TRFC Yes

1

No N/A No

1 Requires remote heading input
2 TCAS/TAS requires remote heading input
3 TIS requires remote heading input

Feature Conditions Map Icons Other Characteristics

TOPO on TOPO off

VORs With DME

Without DME

Airports Hard runway +

IFR approach

Line rep­resents

primary runway

Line rep­resents

primary runway

If the database does not
have runways for the air­port, then the icon will not
indicate a runway (no line
will be displayed).

Hard runway, no
IFR approach

Line rep­resents

primary runway

Line rep­resents

primary runway

IFR approach
available

Line rep­resents

primary runway

Line rep­resents

primary runway

Soft or unknown
runways

Line rep­resents

primary runway

Line rep­resents

primary runway

Airport
Runways

Primary, hard
surface

Runways are shown for
airports within 5 nm of
current position and
selected range is 10 nm
or less. Runway ends are
labeled with the proper
runway identifier if
selected range is 1 nm.

Other hard sur­face

Primary soft sur­face

Other soft sur­face

Helipads

VRPs Not displayed

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WEATHER RADAR

AVAILABLE WEATHER RADAR FUNCTION ICONS

Icon Description

Standby weather radar being displayed.

Active weather radar being displayed.

Weather radar in standby mode, not being displayed.

Weather radar in active mode, not being displayed.

Weather radar data invalid / not being received. Previously in standby.

Weather radar data invalid / not being received. Previously active.

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1 Aircraft Symbol
2 Knob Function Label - Rotating the outer knob selects between

Standby (SBY), Test (TST), ON and SET modes.

3 Display Range Indications
4 Tilt Angle - XX.X Degrees up (U) or down (D).
5 Joystick Function Label - Moving the joystick up and down adjusts

the radar tilt. Moving the joystick left and right adjusts the location of
the yellow track line.

6 Stabilization Indication
7 Track Angle
8 WX Radar Mode Indication - TEST, WX, WX/ARL (Auto Range Limiting

or MAP (Ground Mapping Mode)

9 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available

(black) and displayed (color)

10 Fault Message Window - See Error and Fault Messages

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STORMSCOPE

AVAILABLE STORMSCOPE FUNCTION ICONS

LIGHTNING ICONS

WX-500

WX-1000E

Icon Description

Stormscope®information being received and displayed.

Stormscope®information being received and displayed. Strikes have occurred within
25 nm.

Stormscope®information being received but not displayed.

Stormscope®information being received but not displayed. Strikes have occurred
within 25 nm.

Stormscope®information not being received / data invalid.

Lightning

Icon

Color Used on Pages Additional Requirements

White MAP (TOPO-ON or

TOPO-OFF)

The small solid icon is used when
the display selected range is 25 nm
or greater.

White WX, TRFC, TERR

White
Outline

MAP (TOPO-ON or
TOPO-OFF)

The large outlined icon is used when
the display selected range is less
than 25 nm.

White
Outline

WX, TRFC, TERR

Lightning

Icon

Intensity

Level

Color Used on

Pages

Comments

1 (Light) White

with
black
border

MAP,
WX,
TERR

The small solid icon is used when the dis­play selected range is 25 nm or greater.

The WX-1000E indicates areas of lightning
detected (not individual discharges). Light
activity (level 1) is an area with up to 8
strikes/minute; moderate (level 2) is an area
with 9-25 strikes/minute and heavy (level 3)
is an area with 26 or more strikes/minute.

2 (Moderate)

3 (Heavy)

1 (Light) White

with
black
border

MAP,
WX,
TERR

The large outlined icon is used when the
display selected range is less than 25 nm.

The larger icon reminds the user that the
accuracy of lightning placement is not as
good as that suggested by the map scale.

2 (Moderate)

3 (Heavy)

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FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICES

DATALINK WEATHER

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SUBSCRIBING TO FIS SERVICES

SETTING UP A FIS SUBSCRIPTION

Get Display ID

from unit in airplane

Select the desired

services

Update Data Card if needed.

Update at least once per year

to ensure continued FIS Services

Go to Bendixking.com

or call 1-800-247-0230

to subscribe to FIS Services

Receive Subscription

Code(s) and print them

out

Enjoy flying with FIS
Services!

Enter Display ID during

registration

(This is only required first

time you subscribe)

Take printed out code(s)
to the airplane and enter

code(s) on the FIS Subscription

Status Page

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Note the FIS Display ID and contact Wingman Services at
www.bendixking.com or call 1-800-247-0230. This ID is used to obtain the
Subscription Code. After obtaining the Subscription Code press the ADD
SUBSCR Key.

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Use the inner knob to enter characters and the outer knob to move to the
next field.

After the last character is entered, press the ENTER Key. After the sub­scription is accepted it will be displayed.

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CHECKING FIS SUBSCRIPTIONS

NOTE: Only the validity period for subscriptions is shown on the display. To
determine which products are available with each subscription, access the
account on Wingman Services at www.bendixking.com.

Symbol Status Description

Unknown The system time is not known or no subscription is programed.

Future The current system time is prior to the displayed starting date.

This subscription is not valid for enabling access to FIS today
but it will become valid at some point in the future.

Valid The current system time is after the displayed starting date and

before the displayed ending date.

Almost Expired The current system time is within seven (7) days of the dis-

played ending date.

Expired The current system time is beyond the displayed ending date.

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AVAILABLE FIS FUNCTION ICONS

NEXRAD PAGE

Icon Description

No FIS data is currently being received but previously received data is being displayed
on the present page.

FIS data is currently being received from a signal and displayed on the present page.

FIS data is not being received or displayed on the present page.

FIS data is currently being received from a signal but not displayed on the present
page.

Fault with connection or data link radio.

FIS graphical METAR overlay is available but not displayed.

FIS graphical METAR overlay is enabled and displayed.

FIS data not being received. FIS graphical METAR overlay is available but not dis­played.

FIS data not being received. FIS graphical METAR overlay is enabled and displayed.

VDL radio fault. FIS graphical METAR overlay is available but not displayed.

VDL radio fault. FIS graphical METAR overlay is enabled and displayed.

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1 Range Scale - Indicated selected range.
2 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color).

3 North Pointer - Indicates north.
4 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range and inner ring radius

is one half the selected range.

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 No Coverage Area - Crosshatch pattern indicates area of no coverage.
9 Precipitation - NEXRAD precipitation returns.

10 Aircraft Symbol - Indicates present aircraft position and heading (if

available) or track.

11 Age of Data - Age of the data based on current time minus NEXRAD

issue time.

12 Age Status Bar - Indicates percentage of age versus elapsed time before

expiration. The bar will be green the first 50% then turn yellow.

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NEXRAD INTENSITY

Precipitation intensity is depicted using colors
as follows:

Magenta Intense Level 5-8 50+ dBz

Red Heavy Level 3-4 40-50 dBz

Yellow Moderate Level 2 30-40 dBz

Green Light Level 1 15-30 dBz

GRAPHICAL METAR PAGE

GRAPHICAL METAR COLOR CODING

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1 Range Scale - Indicated 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.

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GRAPHICAL AIRMET PAGE

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1 Range Scale - Indicated selected range.
2 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color).

3 North Pointer - Indicates north.
4 MODE - Indicates the weather product being displayed.
5 Control Knob Icon - Displayed when the Control Knobs are available for

cycling through the graphical weather products.

6 Joystick Label - Indicates joystick is active and can be used to pan map.
7 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range and inner ring radius

is one half the selected range.

8 Aircraft Symbol - Indicates present aircraft position and heading (if

available) or track.

9 AIRMET Boundary - Color coded line indicating the boundaries of an

AIRMET.

10 AIRMET Color Key - Colors indicating AIRMET type.
11 IN - Indicates the current aircraft position is “IN” an IFR AIRMET.

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GRAPHICAL SIGMET PAGE

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1 Range Scale - Indicated selected range.
2 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color).

3 North Pointer - Indicates north.
4 MODE - Indicates the weather product being displayed.
5 Control Knob Icon - Displayed when the Control Knobs are available for

cycling through the graphical weather products.

6 Joystick Label - Indicates joystick is active and can be used to pan map.
7 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range and inner ring radius

is one half the selected range.

8 Aircraft Symbol - Indicates present aircraft position and heading (if

available) or track.

9 SIGMET Boundary - Color coded line indicating the boundaries of a

SIGMET.

10 SIGMET Color Key - Colors indicating SIGMET type.

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GRAPHICAL CONVECTIVE SIGMET PAGE

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1 Range Scale - Indicated selected range.
2 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color).

3 North Pointer - Indicates north.
4 MODE - Indicates the weather product being displayed.
5 Control Knob Icon - Displayed when the Control Knobs are available for

cycling through the graphical weather products.

6 Joystick Label - Indicates joystick is active and can be used to pan map.
7 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range and inner ring radius

is one half the selected range.

8 Aircraft Symbol - Indicates present aircraft position and heading (if

available) or track.

9 Convective SIGMET Boundary - Color coded line indicating the boundaries

of a Convective SIGMET.

10 IN - Indicates the current aircraft position is “IN” a thunderstorm Convective

SIGMET.

11 Convective SIGMET Color Key - Colors indicating Convective SIGMET

type.

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GRAPHICAL ALERT WEATHER WATCHES PAGE (AWW)

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1 Range Scale - Indicated selected range.
2 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color).

3 North Pointer - Indicates north.
4 MODE - Indicates the weather product being displayed.
5 Control Knob Icon - Displayed when the Control Knobs are available for

cycling through the graphical weather products.

6 Joystick Label - Indicates joystick is active and can be used to pan map.
7 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range and inner ring radius

is one half the selected range.

8 Aircraft Symbol - Indicates present aircraft position and heading (if

available) or track.

9 Weather Watch Boundary - Color coded line indicating the boundaries

of an Alert Weather Watch.

10 IN - Indicates the current aircraft position is “IN” a severe thunderstorm

watch area.

11 Weather Watch Color Key - Colors indicating Alert Weather Watch type.

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FIS TEXT PAGE

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1 Text Field - The encoded weather report is displayed in this field.
2 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color).

3 Selected Report Info - Displays name, city and state of selected report.
4 Selected Area Identifier - Displays the identifier of the area selection.
5 Area Selection - Pressing the CHANGE AREA soft key cycles

between Destination, Flightplan WPT, Nearest and User Defined.

6 Mode - Pressing the MODE key will display the SELECT FIS PRODUCT

Menu.

7 UTC - Current UTC time.
8 Report - Each horizontal movement of the joystick will move the

cursor over the next report in the AVAILABLE REPORTS field.

9 Available Reports - Shows available reports based on the selection

in the AREA field. Special, urgent or amended reports are highlighted in
yellow.

10 Scroll Bar - Indicates there are more available reports than can be

displayed on the screen. Move the joystick left/right to cycle through
the reports.

11 Change Area Soft Key - Cycles the AREA field between Destination,

Flightplan Waypoint (FLPN WPT), Nearest and User Defined.

12 METAR Map Soft Key - When this key is pressed the graphical METAR

page is displayed with the map centered on the selected METAR. This
is only available when valid data for graphical METARs is being received.

13 Age of Report- Age of report based on UTC time minus time of report.

The bar indicates percentage of age versus elapsed time before
expiration. The bar will be green the first 50% then turn yellow.

14 Knob Function Label - Indicates the knob function is set to DATA

input (USER DEFINED) or SCAN data (FLPN WPT).

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METARs

TAFs

PIREPs & Area Products

R

ad

ius in N

autical M

iles of S

elected A

rea

0 50 100 150

S

elected A

rea

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TRAFFIC AVOIDANCE

AVAILABLE TRAFFIC FUNCTION ICONS

TCAS/TAS SYMBOLOGY

NON-THREAT TRAFFIC

PROXIMITY INTRUDER TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC ADVISORY (TA)

RESOLUTION ADVISORY (RA)

“NO-BEARING” TRAFFIC

Icon Description

Standby traffic sensor being displayed.

Active traffic information being displayed.

Traffic sensor in standby mode, not being displayed.

TIS service not available.

Traffic sensor active, not being displayed.

Traffic sensor data invalid / not being displayed.

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1 Display Range - RNG:##nm
2 TAS (TCAS) Operating Mode - TAS (TCAS) TST, TAS (TCAS) SBY,

TA Only, TA/RA or TAS (TCAS) Fail

3 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color)

4 Current Flight Level - FL:###
5 Altitude Volume - NORMAL, ABOVE, BELOW or UNRESTRICTED (not

available in all configurations)

6 Traffic Intruder Symbols - Indicates type of traffic, altitude of traffic and

vertical trend of traffic.

7 “No Bearing” Intruder Dispay Area - AA #.#NM ±XX (Where AA is TA

or RA)

8 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range, inner ring radius is

always two nautical miles

9 Outer Knob Icon - Shows current knob selection

10 Aircraft Symbol - Stylized airplane indicating aircraft position

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Covered by US Pat. 6512975

TIS SYMBOLOGY

PROXIMITY INTRUDER TRAFFIC

PROXIMITY INTRUDER NON-ALTITUDE REPORTING
(NAR) TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC ADVISORY (TA)

TRAFFIC ADVISORY NON-ALTITUDE REPORTING (NAR)

TIS Capable Mode S Radar Sensor Sites

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1 Display Range - RNG:##nm
2 TIS Operating Mode - TIS ON, TIS OFF or TIS FAIL
3 Available Functions - Displays icons representing data available (black)

and displayed (color).

4 Current Flight Level - FL:###
5 Display Orientation - When in magnetic heading-up orientation, Mag###°

Hdg; when in magnetic track-up orientation, Mag###° Trk; when heading

or track is not available from the system, No Hdg or Trk. The received traffic
bearing and ground track is corrected when the system has heading or track.

6 Traffic Intruder Symbols - Indicates type of traffic, altitude of traffic, vertical

trend of traffic and ground track of traffic.

7 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range, inner ring radius is

always two nautical miles.

8 Knob Icon - Outer knob selects TIS ON or OFF. Inner knob selects MUTE

ON or MUTE OFF for muting of “TIS Unavailable” audio message.

9 Aircraft Symbol - Stylized airplane indicating aircraft position.

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TERRAIN AVOIDANCE

AVAILABLE TERRAIN FUNCTION ICON

Icon Description

EGPWS with warnings enabled, being displayed.

EGPWS with warnings disabled, being displayed.

EGPWS with warnings enabled, not being displayed.

EGPWS with warnings disabled, not being displayed.

EGPWS data invalid / not being received.

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1 Display Range - RNG:###nm
2 Terrain Awareness State - Displays EGPWS TEST when self-test is active, TERR

FAIL when terrain is INOP due to a fault, TERR N/A when terrain is not available

(no fault) and TERR INHBT when Terrain Awareness Warnings have been manually
inhibited. The terrain picture will be blacked out if the state is TERR FAIL or TERR

N/A (Some installations will also be blacked out for TERR INHBT).

3 Aircraft Symbol - Stylized airplane except in north-up mode when it is a plus

symbol. Indicates present position.

4 Outer Rotary Knob (not present for all installations) - Allows selection of Normal

(NRM), Test (TST) or Settings (SET) mode. Default is Normal.

5 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range, inner ring radius is one half

the selected range. Value of inner ring displayed at bottom of inner ring in 360°
views and at the left edge of the inner ring in 120° views.

6 EGPWS Peaks Elevation (not present for all installations) - Maximum peaks

elevation displayed over Minimum peaks elevation, #####

7 GPS Flight Plan Overlay - Current GPS flight plan.
8 Display Orientation - When in magnetic heading-up orientation, Mag###° Hdg;

when in true heading-up orientation, Tru###° Hdg; when in magnetic track-up
orientation, Mag###° Trk; when in true track-up orientation, Tru###° Trk; when in
north- up orientation, NORTH

9 EGPWS Geometric Altitude (not present for all installations) - ##### MSL (Mean

Sea Level) or ##### GSL (Geodetic Sea Level) depending on system configuration.

10Check Altitude Flag Window - CHECK ALT
11Icon Bar - Icons representing data available (black) and displayed (color).

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