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Rev 4 Aug/2007
KMD 250 Pilot's Guide
Section 2
FIS Operation
GRAPHICAL WEATHER WATCHES PAGE OPERATIONAL
CONTROLS
WX Function Select Key - Cycles through Graphical
Weather Products, Textual Weather Products and
Stormscope®.
Rotary Knob - Turning the Rotary Knob cycles through
the graphical NEXRAD, METAR, AIRMET, SIGMET,
Convective SIGMET, Alert Weather Watches and FIS
Network Status Pages.
Joystick - Moving the Joystick allows panning of the
map and placement of the pointer over the desired
weather activity to be viewed.
RNG
▲▲//
RNG
▼▼
- Displays ZOOMING TO ### nm and
advances the indicator to the next range. The upper button
increases range, the lower button decreases it. The
selected range is displayed in the lower left corner of the
display with the outer range ring the displayed range and
the inner range ring is half the displayed range.
USING THE GRAPHICAL WEATHER WATCHES PAGE
1. Press the WX Function
Select Key until the FIS
Graphics Page is displayed. If
necessary, turn the Rotary
Knob to obtain the Graphical
Weather Watches display sim-
ilar to Figure 2-47. Weather
Watches (AWW) will be dis-
played at the bottom of the dis-
play.
NOTE: This page will not be
accessible until a valid FIS
signal has been acquired and
processed by the system.
2. Press the RNG
▲▲//
RNG
▼▼
Key to zoom in on the display. The map is
centered on the present position indicated by the symbolic aircraft.
3. To view a specific Weather Watch, move the joystick in the desired
direction and place the pointer on the desired Weather Watch border
(see Figure 2-48). A box will pop up containing the Weather Watch des-
ignator, TYPE and the AGE of the report.
Normal Operation
Figure 2-47
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