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KMD 550/850 FIS Addendum

Normal Operation

5. Press the OK softkey
when finished making selec-
tions. The display will be as
shown in Figure 91.

6. Move the joystick right or
left to view available reports.

NOTE: Available reports
highlighted in yellow, like
KMCW in Figure 91, indi-
cates the report is a special
report, urgent report or an
amended or corrected report.

7. Press the METAR MAP
softkey to display the
selected report location (in
this case KCAV) centered on
the Graphical METAR dis-
play as shown in Figure 92.

NOTE: The METAR MAP
softkey is only available
when viewing METARs and
valid data for graphical
METARs is being received.

Finding User Defined Areas by Name or City

When the identifier of the desired location is known, the method previ-
ously described can be used to select it. However, if the identifier is not
known, the name of the location can be entered. The system will also
allow entry of just the first few characters of the location name to help
find it in the database. If nei-
ther the identifier nor the
location name is known, the
city/state can be scanned.

To Enter Location Name:

The following example shows
entering EAGLE GROVE
MUN
as a location.

1. Turn the outer Control
Knob one click clockwise.
Figure 93 will be displayed.

Figure 92

Figure 93

Figure 91