Using the HXr Moving Map
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1. 19 4 F Dewpoint 9 C 15 8 F RH 86 Altimeter 29 88 1011 9 mb Winds 10 19 kts gusts to 27 kts Visibility 4 miles Ceiling 2100 AGL Clouds broken 2100 AGL overcast 5000 AGL Weather haze Press FREQ to access radio Press PLATE to load TAF displays the Terminal tuning softkeys SET COM or approach plates for the Aerodrome Forecast if SET NAV airport if stored in the available Only if receiving system See current weather from an These display a scrollable list of for installed ADS B or XM frequencies for the airport more information on receiver Note that METAR Press Right Knob to send the how to load approach information shows up in the frequency to a remotely plates into HXr body of the Details page mounted radio or panel mounted radio with serial input from the display unit such as Garmin SL30 SL40 1219 125 9 3 11 Nearest Airport Weather Report or NAVAID L 2 4 From the MAP page press the Right Knob From PFD screen press FLT PLAN softkey Press the NEAR softkey then choose AIRPORT WTHR FREQ METAR or NAVAID e WTHR FREQ includes nearest AWOS and ASOS weather frequencies that you can select and monitor e METAR shows a list of METARS from nearby airports if you are equipped with an XM or ADS B weather receiver and receiving information This is extremely useful if weather is closing in on your location NOTE WTHR FREQ and METAR softkeys do not appear on the Flight2. HDG 3 13 Traffic Display The HXr map screen displays traffic targets if the aircraft is equipped to receive either TIS or ADS B traffic information See Section 7 Hazard Avoidance for more information on viewing interpreting and configuring traffic alerts 3 14 Displaying Approach Plates The Map Chart split screen view allows you to display a PDF approach plate on the left half of one of the display units This feature is designed for multi screen installations with the chart and map displayed on a multi function display See Appendix of this manual for complete instructions on downloading saving and accessing free up to date NACO approach plates on the HXr 3 12 Horizon HXr User Manual Draft Revision Al GR T Section 3 Moving Map To view an approach plate on HXr 1 Access the Waypoint Details page of the airport you will fly the approach into 2 Press the PLATE softkey This will bring up a list of approach plate PDF files that are stored in the airport s folder on the USB thumb drive 3 Use the knob to highlight the approach plate you want to see Press the knob or press the VIEW softkey to display the plate 4 The MAP CHART screen will automatically appear with the plate on the left and moving map on the right Softkeys for zooming scrolling panning and rotating the plate are displayed along the bottom of the screen 5 Press the HOME softkey to bring up the regular home screen softkeys note that the MAP CHAR
3. GR T Section 3 Moving Map 3 1 Map Screen Overview When equipped with a GPS receiver the HXr provides a moving map screen that is viewable in several different forms Full screen split screen with PFD engine instruments or approach plate and pilot selectable inset windows All of the map views have the same basic components Aeronatuical features Airports airspaces fixes and navaids When zoomed in runways are displayed as individual strips with labeled extended runway centerlines Topographical features Cities towns major roads borders rivers lakes obstacles and terrain Terrain can be color coded as a visual proximity warning Airplane symbol Represents your present GPS position Range Zoom All map views use the lower two vertical softkeys to zoom in and out Compass rose Heading arc Magnetic compass reference Path Line Thin white line represents either present SS heading or present ground track as set in the Moving Map setup menu and radiates forward from the airplane symbol Flight Plan Course Lines Magenta is the active leg all others are white See Flight Planning amp Navigation y SY AD N Heading Bug Course Line Green course line that appears A pear creck when the EFIS is set to navigate in HDG mode Weather information Weather data such as radar and METARs ADS B or XM receiver required 3 2 Moving Map Database The moving map is derived from the internal synthetic vision terrain da
4. Plan s Nearest pages NOTE On the Flight Plan page the NEAR softkey only appears if you are following an internal flight plan because flight plans utilizing external GPS units external flight plans cannot be edited from within the GRT EFIS unit See Navigation amp Flight Planning section of this manual for more information In the example below AIRPORT was chosen Turn the Right Knob to highlight desired airport then press GO TO or gt gt softkey to create a Direct To flight plan with the selected airport as the waypoint Press EXIT to exit Flight Plan page and return to the PFD or Map screen Bearing __CTAF 135 650 2MIS R MI78 R 26MI R J O8C 7 296 122 900 41c LI 01 122 900 24C Il 123 000 z998 15 5 122 900 35C 3 3 122 900 8D4 5 4 122 800 6MI7 R 16 9D9 123 075 MIS 2R MI amp 8 R UL LA GRT AVIONICS 3 12 Panning the Map To view objects and waypoints outside of the map viewing area you can slew or pan the map 1 Press SCREEN gt Map Options gt SLEW Four arrow softkeys appear along with BACK which navigates back to the Map Options softkey set and HOME which exits the SLEW view 2 The SLEW map view is always in North Up mode Press the arrow softkeys to pan the map north south east or west The map range zoom keys and Map Selection Tool work just as they would on the HOME map screen Beaven DEAN a Horicon Rock River OA RUNU NING Juneau PUSH SYNC SEL
5. S bezel labeled RNG are used to zoom in out on all map screens and insets The map range is displayed e In the upper right corner of the Inset window e In the upper left corner of the full and split map screen views Map range notation aA sj i A oa e100 Map range controls ALT 1200 10 ALI T 112 55 133 17 950 Ae IAS 143 330 ae 3508 Be NTE d j L35 8 8nm 046 ETA 6m03s N y SE L A Upper portion of split screen map shown Map Inset Window Revision Al Horizon HXr User Manual Draft 3 5 3 6 Path Line 3 7 3 6 The Path Line is the fine white line between the Airplane Symbol and the heading track readout Up Reference as set in the Moving Map set menu If the map orientation is set to Track Up this line is a visual indicator of the map features to be crossed if the present ground track remains the same In Heading Up mode this line has less value because the path is affected by crosswinds When the path line crosses over an airspace boundary and the altitude of the aircraft falls within the airsoace upper and lower limits the airspace boundary line turns yellow as shown at right or flashes bright red in the case of prohibited areas In this screenshot the Heading Bug course line bright green points off to the 10 o clock position but the aircraft is not following the desired heading The path line crosses into the airspace warning the pil
6. T split screen view stays up Press left INSET softkey at any time to display the zoom and scroll controls for the approach plate again NOTE The MAP CHART view functions as a Home screen To switch back to primary flight display or full map screen press SCREEN softkey then select PFD MAP or MAP ENG as appropriate POR ALT INAV L35 9 6nm 036 ETE 6m12s f 1200 ALI g BIG BEAR CITY CALIFORNIA AL 9469 FAA INTON EENAA CE 11209 t APP CRS Rey ida Oe RNAV GPS RWY 26 meam ew wry 4 256 Apt Elev 6752 BIG BEAR CITY L35 TUTAR E Circling NA narh of Rwy 8 26 DME DME RNP 0J NA 330 i NA Visibility reduction by helicoptos NA When local altimeter seting nol received procedure NA 7 SQL ON PUSH OFF HOLD ADJ ACTIVE aM STEY BoOFF g 3 g R 8 B SW 1 0H APA 2013 t 02 MAY 2013 Revision Al Horizon HXr User Manual Draft ae
7. ap Choose the Default Map Color While several options for terrain shading and weather are available in the easily accessible Map Options softkeys there are two basic color options that are set up in the Moving Map Set Menu Background Color The backdrop for any screen that does not show topography It forms the default background for the radar and METAR screens e Turn Background Color ON to display an even olive green background color for the map This creates a neutral background that displays all of the text and features clearly e Turn Background Color OFF to display a black background for the map Pilots may prefer this option over the colored background for flying at night Color Airports Using METARS This setting colors the airport symbols of airports with METAR reports according to VFR IFR and Marginal VFR flight conditions when there is an operating weather receiver on board amp in data range See Section 7 Hazard Avoidance for more information on METARS GRESO Background Color OFF with METAR Background Color ON with METAR airport color coding airport color coding Choose Your Airplane Symbol The airplane symbol represents your aircraft s present position and can be customized as a conventional airplane or a canard To change the symbol to a canard profile 2 Press MORE gt Set Menu gt Moving Map 3 Scroll to Plane Symbol and select Canard ak Canard Revision Al Horizon HXr User Manual Draft 3 3 S
8. d in the same way as public airports except with an R inside the circle symbol as shown in the examples at right Note the runway orientation stripe of WI67 shown here at a map range of 20 miles or less The detailed view is only available if at least one runway at the airport has coordinates in the navigation database Otherwise the circle icon for that airport is always shown Private airports often don t have actual runway coordinates in the database therefore the detailed view may not be available for private airports Runway coordinates can be added to the database manually See Section of this manual Destination Airport If an airport is the last waypoint in the flight plan it is treated as the destination airport Extended centerlines are shown for the destination airport at or below 20 miles of map range to make it easier to locate the final approach path for the intended runway The perpendicular mark on each extended centerline is placed 1 mile from the end of the runway Runway labels are always shown for the destination airport even if it is not the nearest airport 1 mile final marker In the screenshot to the right we see the aircraft turning onto final approach for a clearly labeled Runway 36 in Oshkosh WI KOSH Oshkosh has multiple runways the centerlines of which are all displayed on this map The ye Runway magenta line is the original GPS flight plan tracking to the y Extended center of the ai
9. ection 3 Moving Map GRT 3 4 In Flight Map Setup Map Options From any Home screen press SCREEN gt Map Options to access the softkeys shown below Map Background Options The SHOW softkey lets the pilot choose one of several mapping data sets to display on the map This setting affects all map screens Full partial and inset See Section 7 Hazard Avoidance for more information on viewing weather and terrain warnings Press SCREEN gt Map Options to access the SHOW softkey choices RADAR Displays ADS B or XM NEXRAD radar if the aircraft is equipped with an operable receiver and within range SHADE Displays topography shading similar to that shown on a VFR Sectional chart The data is derived from the internal synthetic vision database See Map Topography Shading on Page 3 4 for more information TERRAIN Uses the base SHADE topography and adds yellow and red coloring as a visual terrain proximity warning WIND Shows winds aloft received by XM Weather Not yet functional with ADS B as of HXr software release 1g METARS North Up map view option only Displays airport symbols colored according to the latest received METAR report and displays a surface wind vector ceiling in hundreds of feet and visibility as shown at right NONE Displays default map settings as defined in the Moving Map setup menu Shows basic map background either olive or black as set up in Section 3 3 with no topography shading Displa
10. he b gt direct to softkey to create a Direct To flight plan to the selected waypoint e Press NEAR softkey then AIRPORTS NAVAIDS WTHR FREQ or METARs softkey to choose a list of nearby waypoints AWOS ASOS frequencies or METAR reports NOTE The WPT DETAILS softkey always shows the details for the active waypoint in the flight plan NOT theed waypoint on the map BURINN TARTA S ARAWO MDO UN ch RO ck Riven na 08 GOPBE S EPEE PUSH SYNC WPT CREATE SEL HDG DETAILS WP KUNU 105 4 4 SELECT DETAILS Revision Al Horizon HXr User Manual Draft 3 9 3 10 Waypoint Details Page The Waypoint Details or Airport Facilities Directory page can be accessed several different ways a Through the Map screen using the Map Selection Tool Highlight a waypoint then press right knob b Through a Flight Plan page by highlighting an airport or NAVAID and pressing the Right Knob c View details of active GPS waypoint by pressing WPT DETAILS softkey on the Map screen y l KOSH Hev 808 WITTMAN RGNL 9 16 DETAILS gt 3423 x 75 Hard No Ligh UNICOM 122 95 Runway 5648 x 150 Hard Light CTAF 118 5 3061 x 75 Hard Ligh APP DEP 127 0 Info gt 8002 x 150 Hard Light TWR 118 5 GND ATIS Fuel LOOLL Oxygen Lat N43 59 07 Lon W088 33 42 Mag Var 1 0E City OSHKOSH WISCONSIN Weather Station KOSH Observed 23 53 UTC 16 February 2006 Temperature 7 C
11. or Heading up on the Primary Flight Display Set Menu page Airport Symbols and Label Fonts The airport and font sizes can be enlarged from the default small setting To change font and airport symbol sizes 1 Highlight Airport Symbol Size and or Label Font Size and choose a size option Map Screen Declutter Settings In some areas of the country there are so many airports fixes and navaids that the map gets cluttered up with information The HXr has settings to relieve the congestion on the map automatically Range Filter To maintain the readability of the map feature labels the text size always stays the same on the screen As a result Zooming OUT can create an overabundance of information on the map called clutter There are several settings in the Moving Map setup menu that allow you to choose which pieces of information you want to see on the map at certain zoom levels In general only the items important for long range planning should be displayed on the map at long range 1 Scroll to the settings for Max or Min Map Range 2 Choose a distance for each map feature or leave it in the default setting 3 Select OFF to never display the feature on the map Auto Declutter Automatically remove items from the map in congested areas starting with small airports first To turn on off 1 Scroll to Auto Declutter and turn it ON or OFF as desired 42 Horizon HXr User Manual Draft Revision Al GR T Section 3 Moving M
12. ot that the airspace will be penetrated if the current ground track stays the same Airspace The GRT map database contains information for all the airspace in the U S including lateral and altitude boundaries controller frequencies and times of operation Use the Map Selection Tool and Waypoint Details page to access information about different airspaces along your route GRT AVIONICS ake Winnebago FoxR OSH des Monts 10 Soe Rush lake DE Airspace Boundaries Airspace boundaries are colored according to the U S VFR Sectional Chart with the exception of restricted areas which are bright red for visibility tere Conor Rorty RIVER i TA ROCKY RIVE ai Class B Class C Horizon HXr User Manual Draft Restricted Prohibited TFR red and MOA violet Revision Al GR T Section 3 Moving Map Airspace Labels When the aircraft s projected path crosses an airspace boundary the airspace is highlighted and the airspace dimensions appear next to it This feature also considers altitude Airspace projected 33 S se eB to pass below or above the aircraft is not highlighted PEW SEEE FoxRnwor In the screenshot at the right the boundary of the Class D airport is FRB oa en OBI K yellow because the aircraft is on course to enter it The dimensions of S the airspace are noted inside the airspace boundary ring at the 2 O clock position Upper number represents top of air
13. rport The green line radiating eastward from i S the airplane symbol represents the heading bug which was set up for a left base for Runway 36 Heading Bug course 3 8 Horizon HXr User Manual Draft Revision Al ESRI 3 9 Map Selection Tool When the Map screen is displayed the Right Knob functions as a selection tool that can be used to Rocky RIVET e Select and go direct to a waypoint e Access the Waypoint Information Page e View airport information and airspace dimensions A data box appears below the Airplane Symbol that displays saii h important information for map features highlighted by the yellow Map Selection Tool cursor shown at right To use the Map Selection Tool 1 From the Map screen press the Right Knob to activate 5 the Map Selection Tool Wietitny gt KYU a Y ain River Tears Cass B 160 to 100 ap 262 12 4 2 Rotate the knob until the yellow line intersects the waypoint or airspace in question The edges of selected airspace glow turquoise The dimensions are displayed on the map and in a data box below the airplane symbol When airspace is highlighted the data box displays the airspace class altitude range and the bearing distance to the point highlighted For airports the data box displays the identifier and bearing distance to the center of the airport After highlighting a waypoint e Press the right knob again to display the Waypoint Details page Press t
14. space in hundreds of feet Lower number represents bottom or SFC for ground surface The airspace class D 1s to the right Rush lake DE NOTE Labels and dimensions for airspaces that are not in the path of the aircraft are not displayed on the map for a cleaner decluttered presentation 3 8 Map Symbology Symbols on the map other than airports and airspace are depicted as the following NOTE U S state boundaries are thin white lines Navigation Map Features eel e Q VORTAC EEE Populated place city or town Fix AN Man made obstacle Color corresponds s to Terrain warning black yellow or red Revision Al Horizon HXr User Manual Draft e Section 3 Moving Map GRT Airports amp Runways Airport symbols resemble those found on VFR sectional charts but they automatically adapt to the selected map range and declutter options Public airports are depicted as a tan circle icon when the map range is greater than 10 miles At or below 20 mile range a white stripe is added that shows the orientation of the longest runway at the airport See WI67 below right At a range of 10 miles or less each runway is displayed in the detailed view Runways are shown with blue borders in their magnetic orientation Hard surface runways are white and turf or soft runways are green The nearest airport detailed view also features runway identifier labels as shown in the large image of KHXF at right Private airports are depicte
15. tabase the GRT cities water railroads roads state boundaries database and the Navigation Database The Navigation Database should be updated every 56 days A free version is available from the GRT website continental U S only Users outside the U S must use the Jeppesen subscription based service Both Navigation Database options display airports airspace navaids fixes and obstacles on the map Airport Facilities and radio frequency information is also included in the database and is viewable on the EFIS through the map screen For more information see Section 10 Software Updates amp Database Maintenance NOTE Databases from external GPS units are not capable of populating the moving map They can only transmit GPS position flight plan data and autopilot commands across to the EFIS system Revision Al Horizon HXr User Manual Draft a7 Section 3 Moving Map GRT 3 3 Map Screen Setup amp Customization Setup Menu The Map Screen has many options for customization in the Moving Map Setup Menu NOTE To access the Moving Map setup menu press MORE gt Set Menu gt Moving Map Map Screen Orientation The map can be set up for Track Up Heading Up or North Up To choose the desired orientation 1 Highlight Up Reference on top of the Moving Map setup page 2 Select Track Heading or North NOTE This setting affects all map screens including the Insets It does not affect the heading tape on the PFD which can be set for Track
16. ys colored airport symbols according to METAR data if the aircraft is equipped with an operational weather receiver is within range ADS B and is set up to do so in the Moving Map Setup Menu as described in Section 3 3 Compass Rose Display Options 3 4 The VIEW softkey lets the pilot choose the presentation of the map compass rose For more information on the heading and compass rose presentation on the map screen see Section 2 6 Heading Indicator Press SCREEN gt Map Options to access the VIEW compass options ARC Displays the compass rose as an arc in front of the airplane symbol CENTER Displays the compass as a 360 compass rose with the airplane symbol in the center NORTH Displays the map as North UP Horizon HXr User Manual Draft Revision Al GR T Section 3 Moving Map Map Topography Shading The SHADE option under the SHOW menu colors the map according to the terrain and the Topography Shading Color Key shown to the right The base colors are enhanced by shadows in mountainous terrain to give the map texture and bring attention to the mountain peaks Elevations are derived from the internal synthetic vision database Elevation in Feet Above Sea Level To i 1E TES Uk y T h a a Bearyt ax i aa r j F a t L DA Yr i Pi i j ae E ay a i j w F E w 1 i 2 7 i aE a i pe 3 5 Map Range Controls amp Indications The lower two right side buttons on the EFI
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