BendixKing SILVER CROWN PLUS System SILVER CROWN PLUS - Manual (Page 36)

Silver Crown Plus Pilot’s Guide
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Additional channels may be
programmed by pressing the COMM
TRANSFER button and using the
same procedure. To exit the program
mode and save the channel
information, momentarily push the
CHAN button. This will cause the unit
to return to the previous frequency
entry mode. The unit will also exit the
channel program mode if there is no
button or knob activity for 20
seconds.The channel selection mode
can then be entered by momentarily
pushing the CHAN button (Figure 9).
FIGURE 9
Entering channel selection mode
“CH” is displayed next to the last
used channel number.
NOTE: If no channels have been
programmed, channel 1 appears with
dashes
displayed.
The comm frequency knobs can
be used to select the desired channel
(Figure 10).
FIGURE 10
Selecting desired channel
The unit will automatically exit the
channel mode, with the channel
frequency remaining in the STANDBY
window, if no channel is selected
within 5 seconds after entering the
channel selection mode. The channel
frequency is then made the ACTIVE
frequency in the normal manner by
pressing the COMM TRANSFER
button.
NOTE: An optional remote-mounted
channel switch may be installed that
increments the next programmed
channel into the standby window each
time the switch is activated. The unit
is placed in the transmit mode by
depressing the MIC KEY button.
The unit has a stuck microphone
alert feature. If the microphone is
keyed continuously for greater than
33 seconds, the transmitter stops
transmitting and the active Comm
frequency flashes to alert the pilot of
the stuck microphone condition.
NOTE: Radio control of airport runway
lighting is available at selected
airports to provide airborne control of
lights by keying the aircraft’s
microphone. Approved lighting
systems may be activated by keying
the microphone as indicated below:
7 times in 5 sec. - Highest intensity
available
5 times in 5 sec. - Medium or lower
intensity
3 times in 5 sec. - Lowest intensity
available
Due to the close proximity of
airports using the same frequency, an
airport’s radio controlled lighting
receiver may be set at a low
sensitivity, requiring the aircraft to be
relatively close to activate the system.
It is also important to be very
deliberate with the keying. The
requirement for the ground station
decoder is such that it will not respond
to very rapid or “staccato”
transmissions. If the first attempt at
lighting the runway lights is
unsuccessful, repeat with a slower,