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Embraer Prodigy® Flight Deck 300 Pilot’s Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 6 HAZARD AVOIDANCE
6.1 XM Satellite Weather .......................................... 327
Activating Services .................................................... 328
Using XM Satellite Weather Products .......................... 329
6.2 Airborne Color Weather Radar .......................... 356
System Description ................................................... 356
Principles of Pulsed Airborne Weather Radar ............... 356
NEXRAD and Airborne Weather Radar ....................... 357
Antenna Beam Illumination ....................................... 357
Safe Operating Distance ............................................ 360
Basic Antenna Tilt Setup ............................................ 361
Weather Mapping and Interpretation ......................... 363
Ground Mapping and Interpretation ........................... 375
6.3 TAWS-B ................................................................. 376
Displaying TAWS-B Data ............................................ 377
TAWS-B Page ........................................................... 380
TAWS-B Alerts .......................................................... 382
System Status ........................................................... 388
6.4 TAWS-A ................................................................. 390
TAWS-A Page ........................................................... 392
TAWS-A Alerts .......................................................... 394
System Status ........................................................... 406
TAWS-A Abnormal operations .................................... 407
6.5 Traffic Information Service (TIS) ........................ 409
Displaying TRAFFIC Data ........................................... 410
Traffic Map Page ....................................................... 412
TIS Alerts ................................................................. 413
System Status ........................................................... 415
6.6 TCAS II Traffic ....................................................... 417
TCAS II Symbology .................................................... 417
TCAS II Alerts ........................................................... 418
System Test .............................................................. 421
Operation ................................................................ 422
System Status .......................................................... 428
SECTION 7 AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
7.1 AFCS Controls ...................................................... 432
7.2 Flight Director Operation ................................... 434
Activating the Flight Director ..................................... 434
AFCS Status Box ....................................................... 435
Flight Director Modes ................................................ 436
Flight Director Selection ............................................ 436
Command Bars ......................................................... 437
7.3 Vertical Modes ..................................................... 438
Pitch Hold Mode (PIT) ............................................... 439
Selected Altitude Capture Mode (ALTS) ....................... 440
Altitude Hold Mode (ALT) .......................................... 440
Vertical Speed Mode (VS) .......................................... 442
Flight Level Change Mode (FLC) ................................. 443
Vertical Navigation Modes (VPTH, ALTV) ..................... 445
Glidepath Mode (GP) (SBAS Only) .............................. 450
Glideslope Mode (GS) ............................................... 452
Takeoff (TO) and Go Around (GA) Modes .................... 453
7.4 Lateral Modes ...................................................... 454
Roll Hold Mode (ROL) ............................................... 455
Low Bank Mode ....................................................... 455
Heading Select Mode (HDG) ...................................... 456
Navigation Modes (GPS, VOR, LOC, BC) ...................... 457
Approach Modes (GPS, VAPP, LOC) ............................. 459
7.5 Autopilot and Yaw Damper Operation ............. 461
Flight Control ........................................................... 461
Engaging the Autopilot and Yaw Damper .................... 462
Control Wheel Steering ............................................. 462
Disengaging the Autopilot and Yaw Damper ................ 463
7.6 Example Flight Plan ............................................ 464
Departure ................................................................ 465
Intercepting a VOR Radial .......................................... 467
Flying a Flight Plan/GPS Course ................................. 468
Descent ................................................................... 469
Approach ................................................................. 473
Go Around/Missed Approach ..................................... 475
7.7 AFCS Annunciations and Alerts ......................... 477
AFCS CAS Messages ................................................. 477
AFCS Voice Alerts ...................................................... 478
Overspeed Protection ................................................ 478
SECTION 8 ADDITIONAL FEATURES
8.1 Synthetic Vision System (SVS) ........................... 480
SVS Operation .......................................................... 481
SVS Features ............................................................ 483
Field of View ............................................................ 491
8.2 SafeTaxi ................................................................ 493
SafeTaxi Database Cycle Number and Revision ............ 496
8.3 ChartView ............................................................. 499
ChartView Softkeys ................................................... 499
Terminal Procedures Charts ....................................... 500