Garmin Flight Deck 100 - page 102

Embraer Prodigy® Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
190-00728-04 Rev. A
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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
TAWS ANNUNCIATIONS
TerrainAwarenessandWarningSystem(TAWS)annunciationsappear onthePFD totheupper leftofthe
Altimeter.InTAWS-Ainstallations, additionalannunciationsalso appeartothe upperrightof theAirspeed
Indicator. Refer to the Hazard Avoidance Section and Appendix A for information on TAWSalerts and
annunciations.
Figure 2-38 Example TAWS-A Annunciations
ALTITUDE ALERTING
TheAltitude Alerting function provides visual and audio alerts when approaching the Selected Altitude.
WhenevertheSelectedAltitudeischanged,AltitudeAlertingisreset.AltitudeAlertingisbasedonthealtitude
informationshownonPFD1.AltitudeAlertingisindependentoftheAFCS.
ThefollowingoccurwhenapproachingtheSelectedAltitude:
•Uponpassingthrough1000feetoftheSelectedAltitude,the SelectedAltitudeBoxchangestoblacktexton
alightbluebackground,ashesforveseconds,andanauraltoneisgenerated.
•Whentheaircraftpasseswithin200feetoftheSelected Altitude,theSelectedAltitudechangestolightblue
textonablackbackgroundandashesforveseconds.
•AfterreachingtheSelectedAltitude,iftheaircraftiesoutside thedeviationband(±200feetoftheSelected
Altitude),theSelectedAltitudeBoxchangestoyellowtextonablackbackground,ashesforveseconds.In
addition,twoauraltonesaregeneratedfollowedbyan“Altitude”voicealert.
Figure 2-39 Altitude Alerting Visual Annunciations
Within 1000 feet Within 200 feet Deviation of ±200 feet