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2.7 External Master Warning Light:
A red external “Master Warning Light” (provided with the MVP) may be mounted in front
of the pilot, high on the aircraft instrument panel. This warning light provides a heads-up
visual warning. If programmed to do so, the “Master Warning Light” will blink any time the
operating level of any monitored function reaches a red and/or yellow operating limit. Pushing any button, or
rotating or pushing the Select knob when the Master Warning Light is blinking will acknowledge the blinking (visual
warning) and the blinking will stop. Also, acknowledging a voice warning using the external “Voice Alarm Control
Panel” will stop the blinking of the “Master Warning Light.”
Acknowledging a yellow blinking display will cause the Master Warning Light to go out. Acknowledging a red
blinking display will cause the Master Warning Light to stop blinking and go solid red.
The “4. Redlines, Limits and Color Setup” screen found in the 6.3.4 section of this manual provides a control to
enable or disable the Master Warning Light for any function. This screen also provides a control to blink red and/or
yellow limits.
As with any warning system, it is important that there are no false alarms. False alarms can desensitize a pilot to all
alarms, which can cause a serious situation to go undetected. Setting proper red and yellow limits for each function
is a key step in eliminating false alarms.
2.8 Voice Alarm Control Panel:
The Voice Alarm Control Panel is an external panel used to control the voice warnings
provided by the MVP. The MVP voice warning system is a powerful system that provides an
immediate and intelligent audible warning regardless of the pilot’s head position or focus. The
instant an operating level of any function reaches a red and/or yellow operating limit, a chime
will sound in the headset and a pleasant female voice will annunciate a phrase, such as:
“Check Oil Pressure,” or “Check Fuel Pressure.”
Task List: If two or more alarms are activated, the alarms are placed on a task list and are announced one at a
time with a one-second delay between alarms. After the last alarm on the task list is announced a five-second delay
will occur. The alarms then once again announced in order.
Power-up Announcement: When the MVP is powered up and the Voice Alarm Control Panel switch is placed in
the “ON” position, the MVP will announce, “Voice Annunciator enabled. Have a nice flight.” This announcement
will be made only once, at the beginning of each flight.
Acknowledging and Silencing an Alarm for One Minute: To acknowledge and silence an alarm, push the
switch on the Voice Alarm Control Panel momentarily to the “ACK” (acknowledge) position. A high tone beep will
be heard in the headset and all active alarms will be silenced for one minute. This is handy if you don’t want to
permanently shut off any alarms but you need silence for one minute in order to deal with other pressing matters.
After one minute the silenced alarms (if still active) once again will be announced in the headset.
During the time one or more alarms are silenced, any newly activated alarm will be announced immediately in spite
of the minute of silence. To silence this new alarm, once again push the Control Panel Switch once momentarily to
the “ACK” position, which will silence the new alarm and all active alarms for one minute.
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