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Disposal
Old electrical and electronic equipment marked with this symbol
can contain substances hazardous to human beings and the
environment. Never dispose these items together with unsorted
municipal waste (household waste). In order to protect the
environment and ensure the correct recycling of old equipment
as well as the re-utilization of individual components, use either
public collection or private collection by the local distributor of old electrical
and electronic equipment marked with this symbol.
Contact the local distributor for information about what type of return system
to use.
About the manual
Intended readers
This manual is a user manual for the AVIATOR 700 System. The readers of this
manual include aircraft personnel and passengers who want to use Classic
Aero, SwiftBroadband and Swift64 services.
For the daily use of the system there are no specific skills required. However, it
is important that you observe all safety requirements listed in this manual, and
operate the system according to the guidelines in this manual.
Manual overview
The manual contains the following chapters:
• Introduction - an overview of the Inmarsat Aero system and its services.
Also a brief description of the AVIATOR 700 system.
• Get started - a description of how to start up the system.
The AVIATOR 700 system is available in two versions:
AVIATOR 700 approved to RTCA specification DO- 178B
level E and DO-254 level E
AVIATOR 700D approved to RTCA specification DO-178B
level D and DO-254 level D.
In general descriptions the nomenclature AVIATOR 700
covers both versions. Where necessary, the Level D
system is specified as AVIATOR 700D.