PS Engineering PMA8000D Pilot’s Guide - Manual (Page 11)

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seconds to indicate this mode is active. Music muting will follow the
modes listed above.
Smart Function Keys (SFK) Configuration
These secondary functions give the PMA8000D some special capa-
bilities.
“Intercom” Alternate Intercom mode allows the passengers and crew
to converse, in ALL intercom mode, without distracting the crew from
radio duties. The passenger microphones are cut out from the crew
when the radio is active, and the passengers never hear aircraft radios.
Press and hold the COM 3 button until the audio annunciation starts
(about 1 second) to activate the function, and you will hear “Alternate
Intercom Function.” Hold the button again to exit, and you will hear
“Standard Intercom Function.” This mode is invoked from either au-
dio panel, and applied to both crew positions.
“Monitor” activates a Monitor Mode. In this case, the audio from
the COM radio that is selected for transmit will mute the other COM
audio when it is active. For example, if COM 1 is selected to transmit
to ATC, but COM 2 is receiving weather information; the ATC will
mute the audio from the weather while ATC is transmitting. In Moni-
tor mode, the RCV COM indicator will blink every few seconds as a
status indication. The monitor applies to the individual crewmember’s
audio panel. Monitor mode is reset to off when the unit is turned off.
For the copilot’s panel, “Music” controls music distribution, and has
three states; Standard Music Distribution, Alternate Music Distri-
bution and Music 1 All Headsets.
Music 1 (the Bluetooth device or the Music 1 input on the rear con-
nector) can be distributed to all headsets depending on intercom
mode. In the Pilot’s panel, “Music” just turns Music 1 on or off.
“Intercom”
COM 3
“Monitor”
AUX
“Music”
Mute
Alternate Intercom
Mode
Monitor Mode Music Distribution
in Copilot Audio Panel Only
State 1 State 2 State 1 State 2 State 1 State 2 State 3
Alternate
Intercom
Function
Standard
Intercom
Function
Monitor on Monitor off Standard
music
distribution
Alternate
music
distribution”
Music 1 all
headsets