Garmin SL15M User Manual

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10

SL

15

-S

eries Pi

lot

Gu

ide

sw

itches m

ounted adjacent to

the

heads

et jack

s.

W

hen th

e

in

tercom

is

in

ALL

m

ode,

th

e pil

ot can speak

o

n the ph

one onl

y if

th

e m

ic selec

tor sw

itch

is

in

TE

L

p

ositi

on.

A

ll in

tercom

p

ositi

ons w

ill hear the

te

lephone conv

ersation. I

f

any

passeng

er

places

his

or her s

w

itch into

the “

of

f-

hook

” position

all pas

seng

ers w

ill als

o

be

h

eard

o

n the ph

one.

All w

ill

h

ear

selec

ted

audio.

Com

1 audio is

autom

ati

cally

heard

in the headsets. The pilot

an

d c

opi

lot

w

ill

h

av

e

transm

it

capab

ili

ty

o

n C

om

1

, sim

ply

by

u

sing

th

eir re-

spectiv

e

PTT sw

itch.

In

CR

EW

m

ode, the pilot

and copilot

are

m

ay

use

the telephone, w

ith

their

respectiv

e hook

sw

itch (the pilot select

s TEL

on the m

ic s

elector). Any

passen-

ge

r w

ho plac

es th

eir

sw

itch

in

to

th

e

of

f-

ho

ok

po

si

tio

n w

ill also hav

e

ac

cess to

the phone,

and all

fo

ur pa

ss

eng

ers w

ill

h

ear

th

e conv

ersation.

In

ISO

inte

rco

m

m

ode,

w

hen the SL

15

is

in

the

TEL

m

ode,

the pi

lot po

sitio

n

is in th

e

"P

hon

e

B

oot

h."

On

ly

th

e pilo

t w

ill hear

th

e telep

hon

e, and

o

nly

he w

ill

be

he

ard. He w

ill also hav

e access

to

Co

m

1,

and

w

ill transm

it on that

radio

using

the

PTT. All

selected audio is prov

id

ed.

I

f any

othe

r passeng

er g

oes

“o

ff

hook

” they

w

ill

hear the phone.

In

all

cases,

only

the pilot (and copilo

t in AL

L

or

CREW) w

ill hear the cell-

phone

ring

. At

that tim

e they

can chose

to

a

llow

a

pa

sse

ng

er to tak

e

th

e call,

or

ans

w

er the

phone.

N

O

TE

Because

the

cel

l p

hon

e u

ses an

in

terco

m

circuit

, al

l st

atio

ns

on

tha

t circui

t w

ill

lo

se

in

tercom

ca

pab

ilit

y w

hen

th

e cel

l pho

ne

is i

n u

se.

8

M

arker Beacon (SL15)

The optional Mark

er

Be

acon Receiv

er

us

es

v

isual

and audio indica

tors to alert

yo

u w

hen the a

ircraf

t passes ov

er a

75 MHz trans

m

itter.

The

Blu

e l

am

p,

lab

eled

"

O

,"

is

th

e O

ute

r

Mark

er

lam

p and has an associated

40

0 Hertz '

dash'

ton

e. The lam

p and

tone w

ill be k

ey

ed

at

a rate of

tw

o to

nes/

fl

ashes per

second w

hen

the aircraf

t is in the

ra

ng

e of

the Ou

ter

Mark

er Be

acon.

The

Am

ber lam

p,

la-

be

led "

M

,"

is the Mid

dle Mark

er

la

m

p

and is

coup

led w

ith a 130

0 Hertz ton

e.

It

is k

ey

ed alt

ern

ately

w

ith short '

dot

' an

d long

'd

ash'

bursts

at

9

5 com

bin

atio

ns

pe

r m

inut

e.

The Wh

ite lam

p,

label

ed "

I,

"

is

th

e

In

ner

m

ark

er

an

d has

a 30

00 Hertz '

do

t'

tone.

The lam

p and

tone w

ill be k

ey

ed

at

a rate

of

s

ix

tim

es

per second.

The audio f

rom

the

Mark

er

Beacon

Rec

eiv

er can be heard by

selecting

the

"M

KR

" pu

sh

-butt

on sw

itch

. To

ad

ju

st

th

e v

ol

um

e

le

ve

l, the

re is

a

serv

ice ad-

7

SL

15-

Series Pilot

Guide

fi

eld a

djus

tm

ent.

Throug

h three

indiv

idual

sig

nal processors,

the am

bient nois

e

ap

pearing

in

all six

m

icroph

ones is constan

tly

bein

g sam

pled

. Non

-v

oi

ce

sig

-

na

ls

are blo

ck

ed

. Whe

n

so

m

eo

ne speak

s,

onl

y th

eir m

icroph

one circui

t open

s,

placing

their v

oice on the

intercom

.

The sy

st

em

is desig

ned

to

b

lock

cont

inu

ous ton

es,

theref

ore

pe

opl

e

hu

m

m

in

g

or w

histli

ng

in

m

on

oto

ne m

ay

be bl

ock

ed

af

te

r a

fe

w

m

om

en

ts.

NOTE

Fo

r co

nsiste

nt perfo

rma

nce, an

y he

ad

se

t micro

pho

ne

mu

st be

p

laced

wit

hin

¼-

inc

h o

f

yo

ur

lip

s,

pr

ef

er

ab

ly

ag

ain

st

th

em

. (r

ef:

RT

CA/

D

O

-2

14

,

1.

3.1.1 (a

)).

It

is also a

go

od

idea to k

eep the m

icr

oph

one ou

t o

f

a direct w

ind

p

ath.

Mov

ing

yo

ur head

throug

h

a v

ent air

stream

m

ay

cause the

Intel

liVox

®

to

o

pe

n mo

me

n-

ta

ril

y.

Th

is is

no

rm

al

.

The

Intel

liVox

® is desig

ned to

w

ork

w

ith no

rm

al aircraf

t cab

in no

ise

le

ve

ls

(70

dB

and abov

e).

I

t lov

es airpla

ne noise!

Theref

ore,

it m

ay

not recog

nize

speech

and c

lip

sy

llables in

a quiet cabin,

s

uch

as in

th

e

hang

ar,

or w

ith

out

th

e

eng

ine

runn

ing

. This is norm

al.

For o

ptim

um

m

icroph

one

perf

orm

an

ce,

UPS A

viat

ion

Tech

nol

og

ie

s

reco

m

-

m

end

s in

stalla

tion

o

f a Microph

one

Mu

ff

Kit

f

ro

m

Oreg

on Aero (1

-8

00-

88

8-

69

10).

Thi

s w

ill

n

ot

onl

y op

tim

iz

e V

OX

perf

orm

an

ce,

bu

t w

ill

im

prov

e th

e

ov

erall clarity

of

al

l y

our com

m

uni

catio

ns.

6.2

Volume C

o

ntrol

The v

olum

e con

tro

l k

nob adju

sts

th

e lou

dness of

th

e inte

rcom

f

or th

e

pilo

t a

nd

co

pilo

t onl

y.

I

t h

as n

o e

ff

ect

on

selec

ted

rad

io

lev

els,

m

usic

in

put

le

ve

ls

or p

as-

seng

ers'

v

olum

e lev

el.

A

djust

th

e radi

os a

nd

int

erco

m

v

olu

m

e

fo

r a

com

fortabl

e l

isteni

ng

le

ve

l f

or th

e

pi

lot

. Most g

eneral av

iat

ion

h

eadsets tod

ay

ha

ve

bui

lt-

in

v

olu

m

e con

trols;

there

fore,

pass

eng

er

vo

lum

e ca

n be a

djus

ted at the headset. I

f

des

ired, passen-

ge

r v

olum

e lev

el can be adju

st

ed by

a

screw

dri

ve

r

ad

justm

en

t a

t t

he top

o

f th

e

tray

. See

th

e instal

lati

on m

anual

f

or detai

ls.

6.

2.

1

M

o

n

o

h

ea

d

se

ts

i

n

Ste

reo

In

st

al

la

tio

n

All passeng

er heads

ets

are

connected in

parallel.

Theref

ore, if

a m

ona

ura

l headset is plug

ge

d in to a

SL

15 Stereo

installation,

one channel w

ill be

sh

or

te

d.

A

lt

hou

gh

no

d

am

ag

e

to

th

e un

it

w

ill

occu

r,

all

pass

eng

ers

w

ill

lose one channel,

unles

s the

y

sw

itch

to

th

e

“M

ON

O”

m

ode

on

th

e h

eadset.

6.3

Intercom Modes

The lo

w

er sw

it

ch on the

le

ft

sid

e

is

a 3-

posit

ion

m

od

e

sw

itc

h

th

at all

ow

s

th

e

pi

lot

to

tailo

r

th

e i

ntercom

f

uncti

on

to

be

st

m

eet

th

e cu

rrent

co

ck

pi

t si

tuat

ion

.

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