BendixKing KMD 250 - Manual (Page 172)

2-53 Rev 4 Aug/2007 KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
Section 2
FIS Operation
FIS TEXTUAL PRODUCTS OPERATIONAL CONTROLS
WX Function Select Key - Cycles through Graphical
Weather Products, Textual Weather Products and
Stormscope®.
MAP Softkey - Depending on which tex-
tual product is currently being viewed, this
softkey will be labeled for corresponding
graphical product page. For example, if
viewing the textual METAR page this softkey will be labeled METAR
MAP as shown here. If viewing the textual AIRMETs page this softkey
will be labeled AIRMET MAP and so on.
NOTE: If no location description is provided in the textual AIRMET the
AIRMET cannot be depicted graphically. These AIRMETs are denoted
by displaying the AIRMET identifier in green within the textual AIRMET.
Also, the AIRMET MAP Softkey will not be available.
CHANGE AREA Softkey - Pressing the
CHANGE AREA softkey will cycle
through the four options available for the
FILTER AREA field in the upper part of
the display. Available selections are
Destination, Nearest, FPL WPT and User Defined. The closest avail-
able weather reports for the selected FILTER AREA will be displayed in
the AVAILABLE reports field.
CHOOSE PRODUCT Softkey - Pressing
the CHOOSE PRODUCT softkey will dis-
play the SELECT WX PRODUCT
window. Use the Rotary Knob or Joystick
to highlight the desired weather product.
Rotary Knob/Joystick - These may be used to high-
light the desired weather product in the SELECT WX
PRODUCT window. The Rotary Knob may also be
used to scroll through flightplan waypoints and enter air-
port identifiers.
SELECT Softkey - After highlighting the
desired weather product in the SELECT
WX PRODUCT window, pressing the
SELECT Softkey will display the chosen
weather product.
RNG
▲ ▲/RNG▼ ▼ Keys - The KMD 250 displays all textual
weather product reports available within a specified radius
of the selection made in the FILTER AREA. This specified
radius can be changed by pressing the RNG
▲ ▲/RNG▼ ▼
Keys.
Normal Operation
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