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Embraer Prodigy® Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES
HORIZON HEADING
TheHorizon Heading is synchronized with the HSI and shows approximately 60 degrees of compass
headingin30-degreeincrementsontheZeroPitchLine.Horizon Headingtickmarksanddigitsappearing
onthezeropitchlinearenotvisiblebehindeithertheairspeedoraltitudedisplay.HorizonHeadingisused
forgeneralheadingawareness,andisactivatedanddeactivatedbypressingtheHRZN HDGSoftkey.
TRAFFIC
WARNING:
Intruder aircraft at or below 500 ft. AGL may not appear on the SVS display or may appear as a
partial symbol.
Trafcsymbolsaredisplayedintheir approximatelocationsasdetermined bytherelatedtrafc systems.
Trafcsymbolsaredisplayed inthree dimensions,appearinglarger asthey aregettingcloser, andsmaller
whentheyarefurtheraway.Trafcwithin250feetlaterallyoftheaircraftwillnot bedisplayedontheSVS
display.Trafcsymbolsandcoloringareconsistentwiththat usedfortrafcdisplayedin theInsetmapor
MFDtrafcpage.Ifthetrafcaltitudeisunknown,thetrafcwillnotbedisplayedontheSVSdisplay.For
moredetailsrefertothetrafcsystemdiscussionintheHazardAvoidancesection.
AIRPORT SIGNS
AirportSignsprovideavisualrepresentationofairportlocationandidenticationon thesyntheticterrain
display.Whenactivated, thesigns appearonthe displaywhen theaircraft isapproximately15 nmfrom
anairport and disappear at approximately 4.5 nm.  Airport signs are shown without the identier until
theaircraftisapproximatelyeight nauticalmilesfromthe airport.Airportsigns arenotshownbehind the
airspeedoraltitudedisplay.AirportsignsareactivatedanddeactivatedbypressingtheAPTSIGNSSoftkey.
Figure 8-8 Airport Signs
Airport
Sign with
Identifier
(Between
4.5 nm and
8 nm)
Airport
Sign
without
Identifier
(Between
8 nm and
15 nm)
Traffic