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If AIRPORTS, VORS, NDBS, INTS or AIRWAYS was selected on Screen 13, the first item in the data
entry box on screen 16 is AREA:. This is an area filter, which can be set to a specific ICAO country or
area code. If set to EG for example, only items in British airspace will appear in the list. Similarly, if
set to LF, only items in French airspace will be displayed. In the USA, the airspace is sub-divided into
seven areas known as K1 – K7. The area filter can again be set to any of these areas (see Appendix
02 for a full list of country and area codes).
If the area filter is set to ALL, all the data from the selected database contained on the memory card
for the entire area covered will appear in the list.
If AIRPORTS was selected on Screen 13 the cursor will be positioned over the word ICAO:. Airports may
be selected by ICAO code, airport name or associated city name and in addition, once an airport has
been selected, a particular runway threshold at that airport can be selected. If you wish to select an
airport by name or associated city name, use the joystick to move the cursor down to name then right to
the first character. If you wish to select a specific runway threshold, move the cursor down to R/W then
right to the word NONE. Moving the joystick up or down will now allow you to select a specific runway
threshold (if threshold information is available for that airport in the Jeppesen database).
When selecting names, use the joystick to scroll the initial letters through the alphabet. Once the
required initial letter has been selected, move the joystick to the right and repeat the process. In this
way you can scroll through all the items from the selected database, narrowing your search field. If
you move the joystick to the left, the cursor will also move left one step, allowing you to make another
selection.
On this Screen, Key 5 labelled MORE INFO gives additional information about the selected item.
When an airport is selected but no runway, the entry into your flight plan will be the name displayed
followed by the airport's ICAO code. When a runway is selected, the entry into your flight plan will be the
airport's ICAO code followed by the runway ident. For example, if you select runway 32L at Goodwood,
the entry to your flight plan would be EGHR 32L.
Once you have reached the desired item, pressing Key 1, ENTER, will select it and either return you to
Screen 12, Flight Plan Program/Edit Screen, entering the item to your flight plan or invoke the DIRECT
TO and take you to Screen 47, MAP Mode with NAV Information, depending on which entry flight plan
to Screen 13 you happen to have used.
If VOR’s, NDB’s or intersections/approach waypoints were selected on Screen 13, Database Selection
Screen, you will see a two letter ICAO area code displayed to the right of the identifier. If you have the
area filter set to ALL, you can move the cursor over to the two letter ICAO code and select items with
similar names in other areas. For example, there are four NDB’s in the Europe area with the indent
‘AB’. To select any one of these, first select AB then move the cursor to the right so that it is
positioned over the two letter ICAO code. By moving the joystick up and down is it now possible to
select EK, ES, LF or LO as a country code. By doing this you can select the ‘AB’ NDB in Finland
(EK), Sweden (ES), France (LF) and Austria (LO).
When selecting a beacon, intersection or approach waypoint, check the ICAO area code
carefully since there are many duplicates present in the database. Checking the area code will
eliminate any ambiguity.
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