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C 5030 Setup Menu (Set-up Mode)
To access the 5030’s main menu press and hold the
Menu
key. To select one of the sub-menu highlight the desired
item with the
or
key. The To navigate to the highlighted sub menu press the
Enter
key. There are multiple
pages of sub-menus which can be paged through by using the
keys.
C1 Basic Settings
A series of settings permit the unit to be programmed according to the user’s wishes. It is always possible to reset all
of the user settings back to the factory settings in Menu>Basic Settings>InitEEPROM. If you reset the unit, you are
starting over completely.
Important!
All flight records, waypoints and routes will be deleted if you reset the unit.
When you have navigated to a desired sub menu, the current setting(s) are displayed. To change a value press
Enter
. The value to be changed will blink and can be modified by using the
keys. Pressing the
Enter
key
installs the new value and a confirmation tone is given and the cursor will advance to the next parameter in the
submenu (if there is one). Pressing the
ESC
key recalls the previous setting.
Term
Meaning
Referenc
e
Factory Setting
QNH
Air pressure at sea level
A2
1013 mB
Record-Interval
Time interval per recorded (track log) point
C2
10 Sec
Sink tone threshold
Sink rate required to sound sink alarm
A6
0.8 m/s (160 fpm)
Stall speed
Stall speed and maximum altitude limit
A4, E1
0 mph
Vario tone
Frequency of ascent tone, Modulation, frequency of Sink
tone, Acoustic Integrator, Changeable beep, pitch
A6
1200 Hz; Mod=5; 700 Hz Damp=8;
Beepch=0; Pitch=3:
TEC
Total Energy Compensation
E6
65 %
Polar data
Two polars: Each with two data pairs
1. at min. sink and 2. at higher speed
A8, E4
25 mph at 197fpm; 47 mph at
630fpm; Altitude at 1000’
Vario/Speed resp. delay
Filter (1-10); Time interval for Analog Vario ( 6-40)
A1
Filter = 2; delay=12(
≈
1.2 sec)
Digital Vario mode
Averager or Net Vario; Averager period (1-30 sec.)
A3
INT; 1 sec.
Time, Date, Year
UTC offset; Day, Month, Year
A7.2
2; Present
Display contrast
Range 0 ... 100 %
75 %
Airspeed correction vane
Vane wheel 70 ... 150 %
A4
100 %
Airspeed correction pitot
Sensor on/off; Pitot sensor 90 ... 150 %
A4
On; 100 %
Vario audio threshold
Threshold for the start of ascent tone - max value is 80 fpm
(0.4 m/s)
4 fpm (.02 m/s)
Pilotname
Pilot name entry; max 17 letters
not set
Speed mode
True or Indicated Airspeed,
Speed range upper 19-68mph; lower 12-62mph
E3
True airspeed; upper speed range
Units
Meter or feet; m/s or ft/min; km/h or mph or knots.
Temperature in degrees C or F. Distance km or miles
m; m/s; km/h; °C; km
InitEEPROM
Back to factory settings
C1
No
Erase all records
Deletion of flight memory (all records)
C2
No
Erase all WP& Routes
Deletion of all WP’s and Routes
C3 C4
No
Init GPS
Entry of position for faster satellite reception
B1
Last position of GPS Reception
Coordinate Format *
dd°mm.mmm; dd.ddddd; dd°mm’ss”; UTM; Swiss Grid
B6
dd°mm.mmm
Recording Mode
Automatic or manual end of flight recording
C2
Automatic
Average thermal climb
The length of the time interval over which climb rate is
averaged in the previous thermal (0.5 - 10 min.)
A 10
20 = 10min.
Glidertype
Glider class for OLC (HG Rigid Wing or HG Flexible Wing or
Paraglider)
Not set
Glider-Id
Your ham radio call sign for OLC
Not set
McCready
Delay for McCready acc. to climb Acoustic dead band in
ft/min (m/sec)
A9
7 seconds; ±100 ft/min
Vario display
Circle or Bar
A7
Yes = Circle
User fields
Number of user-fields for pages 1, 2 & 3 (yes=6, no=4)
B10
1 = yes, 2 = yes, 3 = yes
Init CTRs
Initialize CTRs
No
* The highest accuracy is achieved when using the same coordinate format as most GPS models: dd°mm.mmm
(degrees; minutes and decimals of minutes). With all other formats rounding errors can occur. (up to 65 feet or 20
meters)
