SkyView Classic Pilot’s User Guide –
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August 2014
New: Support for SV-COM-X83 8.33 kHz COM radio.
New: Support for Video Input Adapter. Allows display of video via NTSC
and PAL S-Video and composite connections. Note: Only compatible
with SkyView Touch and newer SkyView SV-D1000 (s/n >= 6000) and
SV-D700 (s/n >= 4000) displays.
New: Virtual-DME (non-certified) distance to VORs via GPS when the
VOR identifier is known. Magenta distance is displayed on HSI info area
on PFD.
New: SHOW AIRSPACES WITHIN XXXX FT option to declutter airspaces
that aren’t a factor at the current aircraft altitude.
New: Wide field of view option for Synthetic Vision under PFD > MODE
> WIDE. Setting also proportionately scales the pitch ladder.
New: Vne can now be set as TAS.
New: Option to turn on color-
coded weather “dots” at airports with
METARS via MAP MENU > WEATHER OPTIONS > METAR ICONS (SV-
ADSB-470/472 required).
New: BARO sync will now obtain either the nearest METAR (when ADS-
B is available in-flight), set to 29.92 (when at/above 18k feet or no ADS-
B on board), or to make the altimeter match GPS altitude (when on the
ground).
Added: Alert when engine sensor definitions do not match across
multiple displays in a SkyView system.
Added: Caution alert if transponder hex code is not set.
Added: Option to alert the pilot when the current BARO setting and the
nearest METAR-based altimeter setting are significantly different
(requires SV-ADSB-470/472).
Added: Audible “AUTOPILOT” callout when the autopilot is engaged.
Added: Alerts when SV-AP-PANEL, or SV-KNOB-PANEL go offline.
Added: Alert when an external Level button is connected and detected
stuck at boot.
Added: GPS-based distances to bearing sources in HSI info area (when
only one bearing source is displayed).
Added: Alert for detectable audio subsystem failures.
Added: MAP MENU > FLIGHT PLAN OPTIONS > PLAN GROUND SPEED
lets SkyView perform ETE, ETA, and other speed-dependent calculations
at a user-specified ground speed when not flying.
Improved: Traffic service/device reception quality indicator on map
page.
Improved: Additional failure detection and annunciation of rate
sensors, accelerometers, and pressure transducers in the SV-ADAHRS-
20X.
Improved: Alert that annunciates when there is no high-res terrain
available for the current aircraft location (usually because a different
world region is loaded).
Improved: Joystick knob menu now annunciates successful sync of any
bug or BARO setting when you press/hold the joystick knob.
Improved: Bugs can now be turned on and off per display via
PFD>BUGS. The presence of an autopilot no longer forces all bugs to be
shown on all displays.
Improved: Display dimming algorithm and menu control scheme
improved to disallow brightness settings that would result in an illegible
(too dim) display.
