Honeywell KMD 250, Pilot'S Manual

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Rev 4 Aug/2007
KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
Section 2
FIS Operation
CHANGING WEATHER
PRODUCTS
1. Press the CHOOSE
PRODUCT Softkey to display
the SELECT WX PRODUCT
window as shown in Figure 2-
57.
2. Turn the Rotary Knob or
move the Joystick up or down
to highlight the desired weather
product.
3. Press the SELECT Softkey.
If a Graphical Weather Product
is selected, refer to that partic-
ular Graphical Weather
Products section for operation.
4. If desired, press the
RNG
▲ ▲
/RNG
▼ ▼
Keys to change
the reporting radius for the
selected
FILTER AREA . The
default distance for METARs is
50nm and TAFs is 100nm. All
others are 150nm. The user
selected distance can be from
50 to 300nm.
Note that in Figure 2-58,
METARs have been selected
with the default
RNG of 50 nm.
In this example all METAR
reports within 50nm of the
User
Defined location of KJHW are
listed in the AVAILABLE
METARS field. The scroll bar
indicates not all reports are dis-
played. Move the Joystick to the right to select the different reports.
In Figure 2-59 the RNG
▲ ▲
Key has been used to change the report RNG
to 150 nm. Note that more reports are now in the AVAILABLE METARS
field due to selecting the larger 150nm radius.
The AVAILABLE METARS field (or TAFS, PIREPS, etc.) lists closest
first, furthest last. For instance, the display shown in Figure 2-53 lists all
available METARs within 50nm of KJHW (the selected
FILTER AREA ).
Normal Operation
Figure 2-57
Figure 2-58
Figure 2-59
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