BendixKing KMD 540 - Addendum System KMD 850 - Manual (Page 80)

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FIS TEXT PAGE OPERATIONAL CONTROLS
MODE - Displays the Select FIS Product Menu.
Joystick - Moving the joystick right or left
moves the cursor through the available
reports.
CHANGE AREA - Pressing the CHANGE
AREA softkey will cycle through the four
options available for the AREA field in the
upper right of the display. Available selections
are DESTINATION, NEAREST, FLPN WPT and USER DEFINED. The
closest available weather reports for the selected AREA will be dis-
played in the REPORTS AVAILABLE IN AREA field.
( PRODUCT) MAP - This softkey is available
when viewing textual weather products that are
available graphically and will reflect the
selected weather product (METAR, AIRMET, SIGMET, etc.). When this
softkey is pressed, the corresponding graphical weather product map will
be displayed with the map centered on the location of the selected
report.
SCAN/DATA - The SCAN feature is only
available when FLPN WPT is the selected
AREA. The DATA feature is available when
USER DEFINED is selected. When the
Control Knob function is set to SCAN, the
inner knob cycles through the available flight plan waypoints. When the
Control Knob function is set to DATA, the outer knob moves the cursor
to the desired character in the desired field. The inner knob allows the
selection of the desired letter or number in each field.
Normal Operation