Honeywell KMD 250 - Tis Normal Operation

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Rev 3 Dec/2005
KMD 250 Pilot’s Guide
Section 3
Traffic Avoidance
Traffic Information Service
TIS NORMAL OPERATION
NOTE: TIS availability may be intermittent during turns or other maneu-
vering where the aircraft structure can block the line of sight between the
Mode S radar and the Mode S transponder antenna.
To display the TIS traffic page press the TRFC Function
Select Key.
The following illustration defines the data that appears on the TIS Traffic
Display Page:
1 Display Range - RNG:####.
2 Function Status Icons - Displays icons representing data available and displayed.
3 Range Rings - Outer ring radius is selected range, inner ring radius is always
2 nm.
4 Current Flight Level - FL:###
5 Audio Muting - When audio muting is turned on by pressing the ENABLE MUT
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Softkey, TIS Mute ON will be displayed in this field.
6 Heading - Current aircraft magnetic heading (HDG) or ground track (TRK). If no
heading or track information is available, the the field displays NO HDG/TRK.
7 Active Flight Plan
8 Traffic Intruder Symbols - Indicates type of traffic, altitude of traffic, vertical trend
of traffic and ground track of traffic.
9 Flight Level Softkey - Pressing FLIGHT LEVEL toggles the Flight Level display
on or off.
10 Aircraft Symbol - Indicates present position.
11 Audio Mute Softkey - Pressing the MENU Key will display the muting softkey.
Pressing this softkey will toggle between DISABLE MUTE and ENABLE MUTE.
12 Pop-Up Softkey - Pressing the MENU Key will display the pop-up softkey. Pressing
this softkey will toggle between DISABLE POP-UP and ENABLE POP-UP. When
enabled, the Traffic Page will be displayed whenever there is a traffic alert.
13 System ON/OFF - Rotary Knob selects TIS ON or OFF.
14 Page Display Name
15 TIS Operating Mode - Displays TIS ON, TIS OFF or TIS FAIL.
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