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Embraer Prodigy® Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES
8.1 SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEM (SVS)
WARNING:
Use appropriate primary systems for navigation, and for terrain, obstacle, and traffic avoidance.
SVS is intended as an aid to situational awareness only and may not provide either the accuracy or reliability
upon which to solely base decisions and/or plan maneuvers to avoid terrain, obstacles, or traffic.
The optional SyntheticVisionSystem (SVS)isa visualenhancementto theProdigy®Flight Deck100. SVS
depictsaforward-looking attitudedisplayof thetopographyimmediately infrontof theaircraft.The eldof
viewis30degreestotheleftand35degreestotheright.SVSinformationisshownonthePrimaryFlightDisplay
(PFD),oronthe MultifunctionDisplay(MFD)inReversionary Mode(Figure8-132). Thedepictedimageryis
derivedfromtheaircraft attitude,heading,GPSthree-dimensional position,anda ninearc-seconddatabaseof
terrain,obstacles, and other relevant features.  The terrain data resolution of nine arc-seconds,meaning that
theterrainelevationcontoursarestoredinsquaresmeasuringnine arc-secondsoneachside,isrequiredforthe
operationofSVS.Lossofanyoftherequireddata,includingtemporarylossoftheGPSsignal,willcauseSVSto
bedisableduntiltherequireddataisrestored.
TheSVSterraindisplayshowslandcontours(colorsareconsistentwiththoseofthetopographicalmapdisplay),
largewaterfeatures,towers,andotherobstaclesover200’AGLthatareincludedintheobstacledatabase.Cultural
featuresonthe groundsuchas roads,highways,railroadtracks, cities,andstate boundariesarenot displayed
evenifthosefeaturesarefoundontheMFDmap.Theterraindisplayalsoincludesanorth–southeast–westgrid
withlinesorientedwithtruenorthand spacedatonearc-minuteintervalstoassistinorientation relativetothe
terrain.
TheTerrainAwarenessandWarningSystem(TAWS)isintegrated withinSVStoprovide visualandauditory
alertstoindicatethepresenceofterrain andobstaclethreatsrelevanttotheprojectedightpath. Terrainalerts
are displayed in red and yellow shading on the PFD.
Theterraindisplayis intendedforsituationalawarenessonly.It maynotprovidetheaccuracy ordelityon
whichtobasedecisions andplanmaneuvers toavoidterrainor obstacles.Navigation mustnotbepredicated
solelyupontheuseoftheTAWSterrainorobstacledatadisplayedbytheSVS.
The following SVS enhancements appear on the PFD:
•Pathways
•FlightPathMarker
•HorizonHeadingMarks
•TrafcDisplay
•AirportSigns
•RunwayDisplay
•TerrainAlerting
•ObstacleAlerting