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ADDITIONAL FEATURES
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
Figure 8-1 Synthetic Vision Imagery
SVS OPERATION
SVSisactivatedfromthePFDusingthesoftkeyslocatedalongthebottomedgeofthedisplay.Pressingthe
softkeysturnstherelatedfunctiononoroff.WhenSVSisenabled,thepitchscaleincrementsarereducedto
10degreesupand7.5degreesdown.Themajorpitchscalemarksandnumericlabelsareshownatvedegree
increments.
SVSfunctionsaredisplayedonthreelevelsofsoftkeys.ThePFD SoftkeyleadsintothePFDfunctionSoftkeys,
including synthetic vision. Pressing the
SYN VIS
SoftkeydisplaystheSVSfeaturesoftkeys.Thesoftkeysare
labeled PATHWAY, SYN
TERR, HRZN
HDG
, and APTSIGNS. The BACK Softkeyreturnstotheprevious
levelofsoftkeys.SyntheticTerrainmustbeactivebeforeanyotherSVSfeaturemaybeactivated.
HRZN
HDG
, APTSIGNS, and PATHWAY Softkeys are only available when the SYN
TERR Softkey is
activated(graywithblackcharacters).AfteractivatingtheSYN TERRSoftkey,theHRZN
HDG
, APTSIGNS,
and PATHWAYsoftkeysmaybeactivatedinanycombinationtodisplaydesiredfeatures.Whensystempower
is cycled, the last selected state (on or off) of the SYN TERR, HRZN
HDG
, APTSIGNS, and PATHWAY
softkeysisrememberedbythesystem.
•PATHWAYSoftkeyenablesdisplayofrectangularboxesthatrepresentcourseguidance.
•SYN
TERRSoftkeyenablessyntheticterraindepiction.
•HRZN
HDG
Softkeyenableshorizonheadingmarksanddigits.
•APTSIGNSSoftkeyenablesairportsignposts.