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Normal Operation
3. To
view
a
specific
METAR, move the joystick in
the desired direction.
A
pointer will appear on the dis-
play connected to the sym-
bolic aircraft with a flashing
line (see Figure 27). The dis-
tance and bearing between
present position and the
pointer is shown at the
bottom center of the display.
As the joystick is held the
pointer will continue to move.
Figure 27
When the pointer reaches the
edge of the display the map
will pan to keep up with
pointer movement. Release
the joystick to stop moving
the pointer.
When the
pointer moves over a graph-
ical METAR icon, a box will
pop up containing the
IDENT,
NAME
and
CITY/STATE pertaining to
the location and the AGE of
the report (see Figure 28).
4. Press the RNG /RNG
Figure 28
keys to zoom in or out on the
pointer position.
5. Press the MORE INFO
softkey to display the Text
METAR Page for the dis-
played location as in Figure
29.
6. Press the METAR MAP
softkey to return to the pre-
vious display.
7. Press the RESET STICK
softkey to return to the pre-
Figure 29
sent position display. If no
actions are taken for a period of 30 seconds, the display will return to the
aircraft present position display.
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Revision 2 Nov/2002
KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum
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