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KLN 90B GPS

Abbreviated Operation Manual

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Page 1: ...B KLN 90B GPS Abbreviated Operation Manual Rev 1 ORS 20 N ...

Page 2: ... Pilot s Guide 006 08773 0000 Rev 1 for Database update information ORS 20 IMPORTANT Special installation procedures must be followed in order for the KLN 90B to be certified for IFR use Consult the KLN 90B Flight Manual Supplement for the operating limitations of this unit N ...

Page 3: ...The Desired Waypoint Page 24 8 2 The Airport 1 Page APT 1 25 8 3 The Airport 2 Page APT 2 26 8 4 The Airport 3 Page APT 3 26 8 5 The Airport 4 Page APT 4 27 8 6 The Airport 5 Page APT 5 29 8 7 The Airport 6 Page APT 6 29 8 8 The Airport 7 Page APT 7 30 8 9 The Airport 8 Page APT 8 30 8 10 The VOR Page 31 8 11 The NBD Page 31 8 12 The Intersection Page INT 32 8 13 The Supplemental Waypoint Page SUP...

Page 4: ...n Anticipation And Waypoint Alerting 44 13 3 Viewing The Waypoint Pages For The Active Flight Plan Waypoints 44 13 4 Combining Direct To And Flight Plan Operation 45 13 5 The Distance Time Pages 46 13 6 The Distance Time 1 Page D T 1 46 13 7 The Distance Time 2 Page D T 2 47 13 8 The Distance Time 3 Page D T 3 47 13 9 The Distance Time 4 Page D T 4 47 14 0 ALTITUDE ALERTING 48 15 0 UPDATING THE DA...

Page 5: ...ecognizable because it shows the date and time on the right side The bottom left side of the Self Test page must display ANNUN ON to indicate that the KLN 90B has passed an internal self test In most KLN 90B installations the first two characters of the altimeter set ting BARO field will be highlighted in inverse video dark characters on a light background on the right side of the screen This area...

Page 6: ...04 For other areas of the world the airport identifier entered should be identical to how it is charted 6 Rotate the left inner knob until the first character of the airport identifier is displayed Turn the left outer knob one step clockwise to move the flashing segment to the second character position Rotate the left inner knob to select the second character of the identifier Use this procedure t...

Page 7: ...d time on the right side Note If the unit is in the take home mode a page stating that the unit is in the Take Home mode will appear before the Self Test page Press E to acknowledge the state ment and to bring up the Self Test page Verify that the information shown on the left side of the Self Test page is correct and that ANNUN ON is displayed in the bottom left corner If TEST FAIL is displayed t...

Page 8: ...to reset the time use the right outer knob to position the cursor over the time zone Use the right inner knob to select the desired time zone UTC Coordinated Universal Time which is also called Zulu is always a good choice Now turn the right outer knob one step counterclockwise to position the cursor over the entire time field Use the right inner knob to select the correct hour Since 24 hour time ...

Page 9: ...led for VFR only operation a VFR only warning page is displayed after the self test page has been approved This warning page must be acknowledged by pressing E If the KLN 90B has an external GPS CRS switch and the switch is in the OBS posi tion then an OBS warning page will be presented after the self test page has been approved Press the GPS CRS button to put the unit into the LEG mode After the ...

Page 10: ...is mode the KLN 90B performs great circle navigation the shortest distance between two points located on the earth s surface The course deviation output displayed on the unit s internal course deviation indicator CDI and provided to an external HSI or CDI is five nautical miles left and right full scale sensitivity The OBS mode and the approach modes are described in the KLN 90B Pilot s Guide The ...

Page 11: ...h the page types will be displayed is the same as the order they are positioned around the outer knob Thus if APT Airport is displayed in the lower right segment turning the right outer knob one step counterclockwise or nine steps clockwise will display NAV Many types of pages such as NAV have more than one page There are five NAV pages for example Once the type of page has been selected using the...

Page 12: ... type of waypoints in the active flight plan 2 2 Entering Waypoint Identifiers Waypoints are stored in the database by their ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization identifiers To use these waypoints it is only neces sary to enter the ICAO identifier of the waypoint thus saving the labor of entering a latitude and longitude One area of potential confusion is airport identifiers in the Conti...

Page 13: ...right page to position the cursor in the desired location Rotate the appropriate inner knob to select the first character of the way point identifier Turn the appropriate outer knob one step clockwise to move the cursor to the second character position Rotate the inner knob to select the second character Use the outer and inner knobs in this manner until the complete waypoint identifier is display...

Page 14: ...lashing cursor over waypoints two three and four and then will cause the waypoint list to scroll so that the other waypoints in the list may be seen To select the desired waypoint move the cursor over the appropriate choice Press E to view the waypoint page for the selected waypoint Press E to approve the waypoint page 3 0 INITIALIZATION AND TIME TO FIRST FIX Since the KLN 90B stores its position ...

Page 15: ...take as long as 12 minutes It is possible for you to update this information manually which will allow the KLN 90B to reach a NAV ready status much faster To set the time and date follow steps 6 and 7 in section 3 2 Turn On and Self Test If it is necessary to update the position then use the fol lowing steps Remember if acquisition time is not important then it is not necessary to update the time ...

Page 16: ...hen the KLN 90B reaches the NAV ready status and is therefore able to navigate the NAV 2 page will display the present position Verify that the latitude and longi tude or the VOR radial and distance display of present position are cor rect 4 0 DIRECT TO NAVIGATION The D button is used to initiate Direct To navigation navigation from the aircraft s present position direct to a selected waypoint Whe...

Page 17: ...isplayed it doesn t matter at this point Rotate the left inner knob to select the first character of the desired way point s identifier Remember to enter the K C or P prefix for certain airports if required see section 2 2 Entering Waypoint Identifiers Turn the left outer knob one step clockwise to move the flashing portion of the cursor over the second character position Rotate the left inner kno...

Page 18: ...waypoint page displayed on the right side The right side will display the NAV 1 page and the left side will return to the page which was displayed prior to pressing D unless the NAV 1 page was on the left side in which case the pages will revert to the state they were in prior to the direct to operation The selected waypoint is now the active Direct To waypoint 4 3 Direct To Procedure C Select the...

Page 19: ... off course and wish to recenter the left right deviation bar D Bar to proceed direct to the same waypoint Select a non waypoint page NAV D T REF or CTR or the active way point page on the right side Press D The Direct To page is displayed on the left containing the active waypoint identifier Press E 4 5 To Proceed Direct To Another Waypoint You may proceed Direct To another waypoint other than th...

Page 20: ...des the active waypoint identifier A course deviation indicator CDI which displays left and right deviation from the desired track A vertical bar operates like a navigation devia tion needle on a conventional CDI or HSI An on course indication is displayed when the vertical deviation bar is centered on the triangle in the middle of the CDI In En route navigation each dot represents one nautical mi...

Page 21: ... text means of indicating how far and which direction to get back on course It is consistent with the ver tical deviation bar displayed on the NAV 1 page FLY L 2 7 NM means fly left 2 7 nautical miles to get on course Minimum Safe Altitude for present position MSA IMPORTANT refer to the KLN 90B Pilot s Guide to understand the clearance provided by this altitude Minimum Enroute Safe Altitude from p...

Page 22: ...an operation the active flight plan FPL 0 waypoints are displayed using the number associated with the waypoint as it appears on the FPL 0 page Thus the position of the third waypoint in FPL 0 is indicated by a 3 on the NAV 5 page Lines connect the flight plan waypoints An arrow points to the active waypoint and shows the current flight plan leg When operating Direct To a waypoint which is not in ...

Page 23: ... same time The Super NAV 5 page has a unique format unlike any other KLN 90B page This is done so that you get the maximum amount of screen dedicated to graphics display There are no page display indicators in the lower left and right segments of the display to tell you the Super NAV 5 page is being displayed However you will soon learn to recognize the Super NAV 5 page by its unique format The mo...

Page 24: ... graphics display To do so press the right C to display a pop up menu on the right side of the screen Notice from the menu that a circle with a dot in the center represents a VOR a smaller circle represents an NDB and a small diamond represents an airport The VORs NDBs and air ports displayed are those from the nearest waypoint lists described in sec tion 9 0 NEAREST AIRPORTS VORS AND NDBS When th...

Page 25: ...e waypoint displayed in the window will be the default waypoint when D is pressed The following operational hints will make using the Super NAV 5 more enjoyable It is easy to clutter the display with so much data that it is unusable Select a range scale that allows an uncluttered presentation of the chosen VORs NDBs and airports Or deselect VORs or NDBs or air ports as required Experiment and cont...

Page 26: ...ge press M again to return to the pages which were previously in view If all of the messages can not be displayed on one Message page repeated presses of M will show the other mes sages before returning to the pages which were previously being viewed Whenever a message condition exists which requires a specific action by the pilot the message prompt will remain on but not flashing 7 0 SPECIAL USE ...

Page 27: ... if inches was previously selected on the SET 7 page If millibars was selected on the SET 7 page then the cursor will be over the first two digits of the millibar field The left inner knob is used to change the digits and the left outer knob is used to move the cursor to the desired position When the altimeter setting is complete press A to return to the pages previously in view CAUTION Failure to...

Page 28: ...rves to stretch the SUA area in both directions by the selected buffer altitude For example let s say you have selected a buffer of 1000 feet and the actual SUA area exists from 5 000 feet MSL to 12 000 feet MSL In this case you will receive SUA alert messages if you fly at any altitude between 4 000 and 13 000 feet MSL CAUTION It is the pilot s responsibility to avoid those areas of spe cial use ...

Page 29: ... NOTE If an airport VOR or NDB waypoint identifier is not known there is a method described in the KLN 90B Pilot s Guide for entering a portion of the waypoint name and having the KLN 90B automatically retrieve the appropriate waypoint page In addition for airport waypoints a portion of the city name may be entered to retrieve the airport waypoint page See section 3 7 4 of the KLN 90B Pilot s Guid...

Page 30: ...and MLS approach NP APR airport has a nonprecision approach and no ILS or MLS NO APR airport does not have an instrument approach The symbol R indicates that the airport is serviced by an Approach Departure control facility having radar capability 8 4 The Airport 3 Page APT 3 The function of the APT 3 page is to display runway information for the selected airport For many airports the first APT 3 ...

Page 31: ...ighting Runway length in feet Runway surface HRD hard surface TRF turf GRV gravel CLY clay SND sand DRT dirt ICE ice MAT steel matting SHL shale SNW snow blank blank indicates unknown runway surface type 8 5 The Airport 4 Page APT 4 The APT 4 page is used to display communication frequencies for the selected airport Airport identifier An arrow precedes the identifier if it is the active way point ...

Page 32: ...y of 6547 would indicate a frequency of 6 547 kHz Airports which have numerous communication frequencies will have mul tiple Airport 4 pages indicated by APT 4 Part time operation such as for a control tower is indicated with an to the left of a frequency The frequencies associated with a CL B CL C TRSA CTA or TMA are VFR frequencies Airports which have one of these categories of frequen cies also...

Page 33: ...ove the first line The cursor will move to the next line Use the above procedure to select the characters for the second and third lines of the remark Press E to individually approve each line of the remark Press the right C to turn the right cursor function off The Other 4 page OTH 4 contains a listing of all airports containing remarks To delete a previously entered airport remark select the Oth...

Page 34: ...n service is available the fifth line will read OX and the rest of the line will display the specific oxygen service H high pressure HB high pressure bottled L low pressure LB low pressure bottled ALL all of the above oxygen services are available The sixth line of the APT 6 page denotes the presence of a landing fee LANDING FEE The airport has a landing fee NO LDG FEE The airport does not have a ...

Page 35: ...e VOR The class of VOR T terminal L low altitude H high altitude U undefined The VOR frequency MHz The published magnetic variation of the VOR The latitude and longitude of the VOR 8 11 The NDB Page The NDB page contains the following information for Nondirectional bea cons NDBs NDB identifier An arrow precedes the identifier if it is the active way point The name of the NDB The NBD frequency kHz ...

Page 36: ...nce from the nearby waypoint to the intersection This information is not stored with the Intersection page and is lost when leaving the page 8 13 The Supplemental Waypoint Page SUP Supplemental waypoints are user defined waypoints that have not been defined specifically as an airport VOR NDB or intersection The fol lowing information is displayed on a Supplemental waypoint page The name or identif...

Page 37: ...d the larger the step is made through the list You will know when you have reached the nearest list because the top right portion of the waypoint page will flash the relative position of the waypoint to the present position NR 1 indicates the nearest As you scan clockwise from NR 1 NR 2 NR 3 NR 9 the next scan position is the beginning of the complete list Waypoint pages displayed in the nearest l...

Page 38: ... when you re flying over unfriendly terrain when you wish to always have to nearest airport displayed on the right side of the screen while you view another page such as the NAV 1 page on the left side The means for doing this on the KLN 90B is the following 1 Display the nearest airport page by pressing M followed by pressing E 2 Press the right C 3 Rotate the right outer knob clockwise to positi...

Page 39: ... may be created These waypoints must contain an identifier latitude and longitude This manual describes the most common methods of creating user defined waypoints Regardless of which of the three methods described below is utilized for creating a user defined waypoint it is first necessary to enter a unique identifier for the waypoint The identifier can be one to five characters in length To selec...

Page 40: ...efined waypoint is to define the waypoint s position in terms of a radial and distance from any other existing waypoint To create a waypoint in this manner Follow the steps presented in section 10 0 to enter a waypoint identifier Rotate the right outer knob to position the cursor over USER POS and press E A user waypoint page will appear with the identifier at the top of the page and the cursor ov...

Page 41: ...ter a few seconds The original reference may of course be re entered at any time 10 3 Creating A Waypoint By Entering A Latitude Longitude Position The third method of creating a user defined waypoint is to directly enter a latitude longitude position To create a waypoint in this manner Follow the steps presented in section 10 0 to enter a waypoint identifier Rotate the right outer knob to positio...

Page 42: ... deleted without first either deleting the waypoint from the flight plan or deleting the entire flight plan Press Press E 12 0 CREATING AND MODIFYING FLIGHT PLANS The advantages of creating flight plans are 1 the entire route of flight for an upcoming trip can be created and stored prior to departure to reduce workload while enroute and 2 the routes for frequently made trips need to be created jus...

Page 43: ...does not contain a flight plan If all of the flight plan pages contain flight plans refer to section 12 5 Deleting Flight Plans Press the left C to turn on the cursor function for the left page The cursor will be over the first waypoint position NOTE The KLN 90B flight plan operation is designed so that the first waypoint in the flight plan should always be the departure point Remember to enter th...

Page 44: ...est of the waypoints in the flight plan If the flight plan consists of five or more waypoints the waypoints will automatically scroll as necessary to allow entry of the next waypoint When all of the waypoints have been entered in the flight plan the left outer knob may be rotated to move the cursor up and down and manu ally scroll through the waypoints making up this flight plan This is useful if ...

Page 45: ...identifier which you desire to follow the waypoint being added Another way to think of this is to position the cursor over the position in the flight plan you wish the new waypoint to be added For example if TUL is presently the second waypoint in the flight plan and you wish to insert GNP in the number two position in front of TUL move the cursor over TUL Use the left inner knob to enter the firs...

Page 46: ...op of the page If a mistake was made and you do not wish to clear this flight plan press Press E to clear the flight plan 12 6 Storing FPL 0 As A Numbered Flight Plan The active flight plan may be loaded into a numbered flight plan so that it can be recalled for later use This may be desirable for example if the active flight plan was originally created on the FPL 0 page and not as a numbered flig...

Page 47: ... the KLN 90B is actually receiving navigation signals suitable for navigation Note if the unit is in the take home mode it has been tricked into thinking it is receiving signals and therefore the B symbol can be displayed Also the B B symbol will not be displayed if Direct To navigation is occurring If in doubt as to whether or not Direct To opera tion is occurring view the NAV 1 page If the top l...

Page 48: ...ext leg in the flight plan at the very beginning of turn anticipation This occurs when the desired track DTK displayed on the NAV 3 or Super NAV 5 page changes to the value for the next leg A message prompt also begins flashing at the beginning of turn anticipation When the mes sage is viewed it states ADJ NAV IND CRS TO XYZ where XYZ is the new course you should select on the HSI or CDI Note This...

Page 49: ...t is very normal to receive radar vectors in the terminal area and then be given a clearance direct to the first point in the flight plan that was filed The KLN 90B makes this kind of operation very easy to accomplish Whenever you do a Direct To operation to a way point which is in the active flight plan FPL 0 the system will provide navi gation to the waypoint and then automatically resume naviga...

Page 50: ... conjunc tion with flight plan operation The Distance Time pages are specially designed to be most useful when the active flight plan page FPL 0 is dis played simultaneously on the left side 13 6 The Distance Time 1 Page D T 1 When the FPL 0 page is displayed on the left side and the D T 1 page is displayed on the right side the distance DIS and estimated time enroute ETE are displayed for each of...

Page 51: ... on the right side the distance and desired track DTK are displayed The distances are as described for the D T 1 page The desired track is the great circle course between two waypoints You should view the diagram in Appendix A of the KLN 90B Pilot s Guide if you are unfamiliar with this term If a non flight plan page is displayed on the left side the format of the D T 3 page changes to display jus...

Page 52: ... time enroute to the destination waypoint 14 0 ALTITUDE ALERTING If your aircraft does not already have an altitude alerting capability you may wish to use the KLN 90B s capability of assisting you with altitude management during your flying Altitude alerting allows you to select a target altitude and it then provides you with an aural alarm 1000 feet prior to reaching the selected altitude anothe...

Page 53: ...er the desired digit and the right inner knob to change the digits until the entire selected altitude is displayed Only the selected altitude field SEL and the indicated altitude IND of the NAV 4 page are used for altitude alerting The rest of the NAV 4 page is used for vertical navigation which is described in section 5 2 on the KLN 90B Pilot s Guide 6 Press A to return to the pages previously be...

Page 54: ...e aural alarm tone is changeable on the SET 9 page Press the left C to activate the left cursor and use the left inner and outer knobs to select a desired value between 00 and 99 Increasing numbers increases the volume 15 0 UPDATING THE DATABASE The database is housed in a cartridge which plugs directly into the back of the KLN 90B It is designed so that there are two ways for the user to keep the...

Page 55: ...rn so far counterclockwise that the mechanism starts to bind and can no longer be turned The KLN 90B should now be loose from the rack Pull the unit out of the the rack by pulling on the sides of the radio s front panel DO NOT REMOVE BY PULLING ON THE KNOBS Remove the old database cartridge by pulling it straight out the back of the KLN 90B Remove the new database cartridge from its shipping conta...

Page 56: ... KLN 90B as easy as possible In addition the Pilot s Guide describes many very useful KLN 90B features you will want to learn to use which are not cov ered in this manual Some of these features include Non precision approach operations SID STAR selection and use Database coverage areas RAIM prediction Finding waypoints when the identifier isn t known by entering the name or city Trip planning VNAV...

Page 57: ...and General Aviation Honeywell International Inc One Technology Center 23500 West 105th Street Olathe KS 66061 Telephone 913 712 0400 FAX 913 712 1302 www honeywell com 006 08774 0000 Rev 1 06 97 2000 2006 Honeywell International Inc ...

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