SV-D700, SV-D1000 and SV-D1000T Operation
SkyView Classic Pilot’s User Guide –
Revision Z
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factors. Be sure to understand the traffic-detection capabilities of your traffic
device thoroughly so you understand how to best interpret the position of the
traffic displayed on SkyView.
Traffic targets are displayed using the same symbols that are used on the Map Page display of
traffic. See the traffic section in the SV-MAP-270 Navigation Mapping Software section for
complete descriptions of the types of targets that may be shown. Unlike the Map Page display,
however, relative altitude is not provided numerically on Synthetic Vision. Instead, relative
altitude is depicted by having the traffic symbols appear either above or below the zero pitch
line, just like they would be if you were looking at traffic out the window. For example, in the
figure above, all of the traffic targets being displayed are above our current altitude. Similarly,
traffic targets that are shown to the left or right of the center of the attitude indicator are not
directly ahead of you.
Traffic displayed on the PFD page can be configured to include just Traffic
Advisories (TA), all targets, or no targets. See the SkyView System Installation Guide
for information on how to configure how traffic is displayed.
Note that traffic is not visually scaled for distance. In other words, targets always appear the
same size on the Synthetic Vision depiction, no matter how far away they are. However, yellow
Traffic Advisory Targets (threats) are displayed larger than the diamond shaped Proximity
Advisory Targets and Non-Threat Targets to accentuate their increased importance.
Figure 47
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Traffic Advisory on
Synthetic Vision
Figure 48
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Proximity Advisory on
Synthetic Vision
Figure 49
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Non-Threat on
Synthetic Vision
Additionally, yellow Traffic Advisory targets contain a number within them that represents how
far away they are (in miles, nautical miles, or kilometers, depending on your system setup) from
your aircraft. The yellow Traffic Advisory target in Figure 50, for example, is 3 miles away, to the
left, above, and descending.
Figure 50
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Traffic Alert
When a Traffic Advisory target is present, a yellow Traffic Alert Message appears on the PFD
Page near the top of the IAS tape. Note that Traffic Advisory targets behind your aircraft will
generate alerts. They can be seen on the Map Page, but will not be visible on the Synthetic
Vision display as Synthetic Vision only shows the view in front of the aircraft.
