Terrain avoidance – BendixKing KMD 540 - Quick Reference Guide System KMD 550 User Manual
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TERRAIN AVOIDANCE
AVAILABLE TERRAIN FUNCTION ICON
1 Display Range - RNG:###nm
2 Terrain Awareness State - Displays EGPWS TEST when self-test is active, TERR
FAIL when terrain is INOP due to a fault, TERR N/A when terrain is not available
(no fault) and TERR INHBT when Terrain Awareness Warnings have been manually
inhibited. The terrain picture will be blacked out if the state is TERR FAIL or TERR
N/A (Some installations will also be blacked out for TERR INHBT).
3 Aircraft Symbol - Stylized airplane except in north-up mode when it is a plus
symbol. Indicates present position.
4 Outer Rotary Knob (not present for all installations) - Allows selection of Normal
(NRM), Test (TST) or Settings (SET) mode. Default is Normal.
5 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range, inner ring radius is one half
the selected range. Value of inner ring displayed at bottom of inner ring in 360
°
views and at the left edge of the inner ring in 120
° views.
6 EGPWS Peaks Elevation (not present for all installations) - Maximum peaks
elevation displayed over Minimum peaks elevation, #####
7 GPS Flight Plan Overlay - Current GPS flight plan.
8 Display Orientation - When in magnetic heading-up orientation, Mag###
° Hdg;
when in true heading-up orientation, Tru###
° Hdg; when in magnetic track-up
orientation, Mag###
° Trk; when in true track-up orientation, Tru###° Trk; when in
north- up orientation, NORTH
9 EGPWS Geometric Altitude (not present for all installations) - ##### MSL (Mean
Sea Level) or ##### GSL (Geodetic Sea Level) depending on system configuration.
10 Check Altitude Flag Window - CHECK ALT
11 Icon Bar - Icons representing data available (black) and displayed (color).
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Icon
Description
EGPWS with warnings enabled, being displayed.
EGPWS with warnings disabled, being displayed.
EGPWS with warnings enabled, not being displayed.
EGPWS with warnings disabled, not being displayed.
EGPWS data invalid / not being received.