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CHAPTER 3 FLYING THE EFD1000 PRO PFD
EFD1000 VFR PFD Pilot’s Guide
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Altitude Alerter
Next, we set our assigned initial altitude of 7,000 feet in the Selected Altitude Field
which enables the Altitude Alerter. We press the Right Knob twice, changing the legend
above the knob to ALT in magenta. Then we turn the Right Knob to set 7,000. This will
help us capture and maintain our assigned altitude.
Set the Altitude Alerter
1. Press the Right Knob until ALT displays above the Right Knob and the
Selected Altitude numerical eld and Bug are enabled for editing, all three
rendered in magenta (Figures 3-20 and 3-21).
2. Rotate the Right Knob to change the value of the Selected Altitude eld.
Rotate clockwise to increase, or counterclockwise to decrease, the value.
3. Once the correct value is selected, and after 10 seconds of inaction, the eld
is disabled and the label, Selected Altitude eld, and Bug are rendered in cyan
(Figure 3-22).
Figure 3-20
Altitude Bug Enabled
Figure 3-22
Altitude Bug Disabled
Figure 3-21
Altitude Field Enabled
NOTE
Synchronizing the altitude sets the selected altitude to
the current altitude (see Chapter 2, Section 2.2.1.3.)
NOTE
Setting the Altitude Alerter provides visual to help the pilot capture and maintain
target altitudes. When set to a new altitude, the Alerter will illuminate a yellow ag
adjacent to the target altitude display; 15 seconds (or 200 feet) before the aircraft will
reach the target altitude (based on current rate of climb or descent). The yellow ag
will extinguish once the target is reached. Subsequently, if the aircraft deviates more
than 200 feet above or below the target altitude, the ag will again illuminate, to alert
the pilot to thedeviation.