Revision 6 Feb/2009
KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum
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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 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.
☞
☞
☞
Destination
Flightplan
Waypoint
Nearest
User
Defined
☞
Figure 85
METARs
TAFs
PIREPs & Area Products
Radius in Nautical Miles of Selected Area
0
50
100
150
Selected Area
Figure 84
Figure 83
Normal Operation
