BendixKing KMD 540 - Addendum System KMD 850 - Manual (Page 69)

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Revision 6 Feb/2009 KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum
Normal Operation
2. Press the RNG
▲ ▲//RNG▼ ▼
Key to zoom in on the dis-
play. The map is centered on
the present position indicated
by the symbolic aircraft.
3. To view a specific
SIGMET, move the joystick in
the desired direction and
place the pointer on the
desired SIGMET border (see
Figure 63). A box will pop up
containing the SIGMET des-
ignator, TYPE and the AGE
of the report.
4. Press the RNG
▲ ▲//RNG▼ ▼
keys to zoom in or out on the
pointer position.
5. Press the MORE INFO
Softkey to display the Text
SIGMET Page for the dis-
played location as in Figure
64. The text describing
SIGMET location is displayed
in green to help differentiate
between location information
and weather information.
When the text report is
accessed from the map, the
text will automatically be
scrolled to the beginning of
the weather information.
6. Press the SIGMET MAP
Softkey to return to the pre-
vious display.
7. Press the RESET STICK
Softkey to return to the pre-
sent position display. If no
actions are taken for a period of 30 seconds, the display will return to the
aircraft present position display.
8. To view the graphical SIGMET LEGEND, move the joystick pointer to
an empty area on the map and press the MORE INFO softkey. The
legend will be displayed as in Figure 65. Move the joystick to remove the
legend from the display.
Figure 63
Figure 64
Figure 65