PS Engineering PMA5000EX Pilot’s Guide - Manual (Page 9)

202-550-0100 Page 9 Jan 2010 PMA5000EX Pilot Guide
Audio Advisory In-
put
You can use the utility
jack as an input for your
portable traffic advisory
or terrain avoidance unit.
Unless you have music playing in Music 1 through the rear connector,
we recommend that you turn music muting off, with the “Mute” but-
ton, so this audio is not interrupted.
We’ve built some intelligence into the PMA5000EX, too. If you do
have music 1 playing, the PMA5000EX will then interpret the jack
input as a priority audio, and not mute it.
NOTE
The front jack is no substitute for the required installation of alerts
such as the GPS waypoint or autopilot tones. These still must be hard
wired into the back by your installer.
Music Input
When you plug an iPod or similar portable music device into the front
jack, it is treated as Music #1, and will be muted in accordance with
your control option. You can control the music volume from your
device, or, set it at the loudest setting, and then use the front panel
controls on the PMA5000EX to adjust the music.
Alternate Music Distribution
This mode allows you to configure your music to be either independ-
ent of the intercom mode, or to make Music 2 dependent on the inter-
com mode.
An external switch (or installation strap) must be installed to use the
Alternate Music Distribution mode. In the Alternate Distribution
mode, Music 2 will be active only when the intercom is in the CREW
mode, and only the passengers will hear it. This distribution is similar
to other brands of audio panels, and allows the passengers to have
their music source come on only when they are not hearing the crew.
When the music is independent (the standard distribution method),
Music 1 will always go to the pilot and copilot positions, and is never
heard by the passengers. Music 2 is always heard by the passengers,
and never by the pilot and copilot.
Crew