2 turn-on and self test – BendixKing KLN 900 - Pilots Guide User Manual
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3.2 TURN-ON AND SELF TEST
Enough of the preliminaries. Let’s get started into actu-
ally turning the KLN 900 on and using it! Figure 3-2 will
fold out and allow you to use it as a reference as you read
this chapter, especially if you don’t have a KLN 900
immediately at hand. The steps below take a lot of words
to explain, but you will find that in actual use you will
accomplish these steps in just a few moments.
NOTE: When power is applied to the KLN 900 it always
“wakes up” in the Enroute-Leg mode. Only the Enroute-
Leg mode is described in this chapter. In this mode the
KLN 900 performs great circle navigation (the shortest
distance between two points located on the earth’s sur-
face). The course deviation output displayed on the unit’s
internal course deviation indicator (CDI) and provided to
an external HSI or CDI is five nautical miles left and right,
full-scale sensitivity. The other modes of the unit are
described in section 5.9, chapter 6, and chapter 9.
1. Turn-on the KLN 900 by pressing the power/bright-
ness knob to the “in” position. The power/brightness
knob is located on the upper right side of the unit. It
takes just a few seconds for the screen to warm up.
2. The Turn-On page will be displayed for a few sec-
onds (figure 3-3). During this time the KLN 900 per-
forms an extensive internal test. The ORS
(Operational Revision Status) level number in the
upper right corner of the display should match one of
the ORS levels indicated on the first page of this
Pilot’s Guide. If desired, you may program four lines
of personalized information (such as your name, the
type of aircraft, and your aircraft’s identification num-
ber) which is displayed each time the Turn-On page
is in view. The procedure for doing this is described
in section 5.7.
When the internal test is complete, the Turn-On page
will automatically be replaced by the Self Test page
(figure 3-4). NOTE: if the KLN 900 is being operated
without an external configuration module, the
Configuration Module page (figure 3-5) will be dis-
played. Simply press
E
to acknowledge and pro-
ceed. If the KLN 900 is operating in the take-home
mode, the Take-Home Warning page (figure 3-6) is
displayed and must be acknowledged by pressing
E
. See section 5.14 for more information on the
Take-Home mode.
NOTE: The IFR/VFR selection shown in figure 3-6 is
available on ORS 04 and later versions of the KLN 900.
If desired, the IFR/VFR selection allows you to temporar-
ily configure the KLN 900 for IFR APR (Approach), IFR
ENR (En route), or VFR operations.
GPS ORS 04
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SELF TEST IN PROGRESS
DIS 34.5NM|DATE/TIME
+++++j+‚⁄++| 31 JUL 99
OBS IN 242^|08:10:03CST
OUT 315^|ALT 1100ft
RMI 130^|BARO:
29
.92"
ANNUN ON| APPROVE?
enr-leg
CRSR
EXTERNAL CONFIGURATION
MODULE NOT PRESENT.
ACKNOWLEDGE?
Figure 3-3
Figure 3-4
Figure 3-5
WARNING:
SYSTEM IS IN TAKE-
HOME MODE: DO NOT
USE FOR NAVIGATION
IFR/VFR: IFR APR
ACKNOWLEDGE?
enr-leg ent
Figure 3-6