AL50/MPG5
Chapter 8. OPERATION OF THE SIMULATED AIRCRAFT’S SYSTEMS
8-6. NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS
FREQ
SELECT
FREQ
ACTIVATE
Figure 8.29: Frequency selection buttons
There are three working modes for the DME, which you change by pushing the button ACTIVATE
(see picture above):
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The first mode displays the beacon’s frequency and the distance from it in nautical miles.
This mode permits setting the frequency, which you do with the double encoder FREQ. The
small rotary switch changes the digits after the decimal point, the large rotary switch changes
the digits before the decimal point.
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The second mode displays the distance from the beacon in nautical miles, the calculated
groundspeed in knots and the time to the beacon in minutes. The beacon in question is the
one selected on the DME.
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The third mode, which can be identified by the letters RMT being displayed, gives the same
information as the second mode, but the beacon is the one chosen on the NAV1.
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