BendixKing KLN 900 - Pilots Guide - Manual (Page 48)

3-21 Rev 2
Did you notice that as you entered the “K” in step 3 that
the second and third characters also changed? That is
because every time you enter a character (in this case
the “K”), the KLN 900 searches its database to offer the
first waypoint in the database which begins with the char-
acters you have already entered. Since the KLN 900
considers numbers lower in order than letters, K00 is the
first airport identifier in the database beginning with a “K”.
Let’s do one more example to show how this database
search can save you time and effort.
For the second example let’s select Bloomington VOR
whose identifier is BMI.
1. Make sure you have turned the right cursor off from
the previous example. Now rotate the right outer knob
to display a VOR type page (figure 3-67).
2. Press the right C to bring the cursor on the screen
over the first character in the VOR identifier (figure 3-
68).
3. Enter a “B” with the right inner knob (figure 3-69).
4. Use the right outer knob to position the cursor over
the second character and use the right inner knob to
select the “M” (figure 3-70). Surprise! When you
entered the “M”, the KLN 900 searched its database
for the first VOR identifier beginning with “BM” and
found BMI. You didn’t have to enter the last charac-
ter. Many times you will only have to enter several
characters of the waypoint identifier and the KLN 900
will furnish the rest.
5. Press the right C when you are done entering data
so you can view other pages.
3.7.2 Selecting Waypoints By Scanning
To select waypoints using the scanning method:
1. Select the desired waypoint type (APT, VOR, NDB,
INT, or SUP) on the right side by using the right outer
knob.
2. Pull the right inner knob to the "out" position.
3. Turn the right inner knob clockwise to scan through
the waypoints in alphabetical order, or counterclock-
wise to scan in reverse alphabetical order.
Remember that numbers are considered lower in
order than letters. Thus, the airport identifier K98
comes before KAAF.
The faster you turn the knob while scanning, the larger
the step through the waypoints. This variable rate
scanning allows you to get from one end of the list to
the other very quickly. When the knob is turned
slowly, you will go through the waypoints one at a
time.
| JAN D
|JACKSON
| H
|112.60 5^E
|N 32^30.44'
|W 90^10.05'
VOR | J AN D
|JACKSON
| H
|112.60 5^E
|N 32^30.44'
|W 90^10.05'
CRSR
| B AC D
|BANDA ACEH
| U
|113.40 1^W
|N 5^31.35'
|E 95^25.34'
CRSR
| B M I
|BLOOMINGTON
| L
|108.20 3^E
|N 40^28.85'
|W 88^55.87'
CRSR
Figure 3-67 Figure 3-68
Figure 3-69 Figure 3-70