Hitting Skip one last time will return you to normal time of day
display and lock in your new time.
You may now toggle between Local and Zulu time by hitting the Time
button. Local time is always displayed in 12-hour format, while Zulu time
is in 24-hour format.
Elapsed Timer and pseudo-Hobbs Meter
The DVR
®
Clock begins timing your flight as soon as the unit is turned
on. To display elapsed times, switch the Mode switch to the
center
posi-
tion. All elapsed times are displayed in “hours.tenths” format.
Hitting the Time button while the Mode switch is centered will toggle
between elapsed flight time and cumulative Hobbs time. The DVR “Hobbs”
meter is a timer which logs all time that the DVR has been on. This is a fairly
accurate way to keep track of how many total hours you have flown.
NOTE: The elapsed timer is cleared every time the clock is turned off. To clear
the Hobbs meter, you must reset the clock. This means all previous program-
ming will be erased, and you’ll need to reset time etc. To reset the Hobbs
meter, first turn the unit off, then press and hold down the time, play,
record and skip buttons at the same time. Then turn the unit back on and
reset the clock.
“Cron” Countup Timer
We have found count
up
timers to be more useful in the air than tradition-
al countdown timers, which must be pre-loaded with a countdown time,
usually during busy cockpit operations.
Moving the Mode switch to the far left puts the DVR into
chronological countup timer mode. This is the only mode which
displays running seconds, necessary for FAR Part 91.205.
Use this mode for timing turns, approaches, etc. Pushing the Time button
in “Cron” mode zeros the timer. The timer will roll
over to :00 after one hour.
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