PFD Operation
4-10 SkyView HDX Pilot’s User Guide – Revision B
If your panel has the optional SV-KNOB-PANEL Knob Panel installed, simply rotate
the SV-KNOB-PANEL’s BARO knob to adjust the BARO BUG.
To quickly sync the Barometer BUG (see Table 7 below for synchronization criteria), push and
hold the knob (½ second click).
If your panel has the optional SV-KNOB-PANEL Knob Panel installed, simply push
and hold the BARO knob (½ second click) to sync the Barometer BUG (see Table 7
below for synchronization criteria).
When BARO is synchronized, a BARO RESET message will appear above the knob.
If none of the conditions below are met the altimeter will not synchronize and “NO SYNC” will
appear in the altimeter box on the PFD. Table 7 below details how the BARO setting is
synchronized:
With SV-ADSB-470/472 Installed
Without SV-ADSB-470/472
Installed
Adjusts the altimeter based on the current GPS Altitude. After the
(BARO) is synchronized a GPSALT message will appear in the altimeter
box on the PFD.
Adjusts the altimeter based on the
METAR of the flight plan's
destination airport if within 20nm.
If there is no flight plan waypoint or
it is too far away then the altimeter
is set to the nearest ADS-B METAR
within 100nm with a valid altimeter
setting. After the (BARO) is
synchronized a SYNC message will
appear in a window above the knob
and the airport identifier will
appear in the altimeter box on the
PFD.
Adjusts the altimeter to the
standard pressure setting (i.e.,
29.92 in Hg, 1013 mbar, or 760
mm Hg).
Above 18,000
ft indicated
altitude
Resets the altimeter to standard pressure altitude for use in the flight
levels (i.e., 29.92 in Hg, 1013 mbar, or 760 mm Hg).
Table 7 – Conditions for Synchronizing BARO BUG
Altitude BUG
The Altitude BUG is displayed in cyan (light blue) on the altitude tape and its associated digital
readout is displayed at the top of the Altimeter. The Altitude BUG is used as a target for the
Pitch axis of the SkyView HDX Autopilot when a pitch axis servo is installed.
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