SV-D700, SV-D1000 and SV-D1000T Operation
SkyView Classic Pilot’s User Guide –
Revision Z
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Obstacles are shown at their actual height above the ground. In other words, if the flight path
marker is above the top of an obstacle in the Synthetic Vision version, your aircraft should clear
it in real life as well.
The tower symbology used to denote different types of obstacles is the same as used in the
Moving Map depiction. See the Moving Map Symbology section of this guide for more
information.
Traffic on Synthetic Vision
When a device that can receive traffic information is installed and configured, traffic can be
displayed within the Synthetic Vision display to improve situational awareness.
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Traffic Display on Synthetic Vision
Traffic information is informational only, and does not relieve the pilot-in-command
of his or her responsibility to see and avoid traffic.
The graphical depiction of traffic is only displayed when Synthetic Vision is turned
on via the PFD>SYNVIS menu option. However, the yellow textual “TRAFFIC” alert
message on the PFD page is always shown when Traffic Advisories are known and
traffic is enabled.
Traffic is displayed as reported by the device sending it to SkyView. The precision
and accuracy of the location of traffic targets may vary from device to device, and
this may impact how accurately the position is represented on the SkyView display.
For example: TIS traffic updates, such as those received by the SV-XPNDR-26X, may
be anywhere from 2-12 seconds old due to radar latency and other technical
