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You can access the aviation preferences window by selecting MENU > Settings.


Aviation Settings (PDA)

In the Aviation Settings window, you will see three tabs (View, Details, Aircraft, Air Spaces, Relief). For a description of the features and/or options under each tab, refer to the explanations below.

View Tab

Visible Units on Screen
This option allows you to adjust the amount of aviation data to have in view..

Display Preference
A pilot can choose which of the aviation-related items to display on the map. Unchecking the items does not remove the data, it only hides the data from view. Select Show All to display all features, or leave it unchecked to choose each feature to display.

Details Tab

Airport Display Options
There are three options that control how and when to highlight airports while you are flying. When an airport is highlighted, it will have a blinking red icon.

   ·Mark arpt in range - This option will highlight all of the airports within the specified range with a blinking icon. Your position    must be fixed for this option to work correctly.

   ·Mark nearest arpt - This will highlight the nearest airport to your current location. Your position must be fixed for this option to    work correctly.

   ·Don't mark arpt - When this option is selected, no airports will be highlighted as you travel.


Bearing
There are two different options that determine the way your flight bearing is displayed.

Magnetic Bearing - Display magnetic bearing based on our calculations of the magnetic variance for your location using established standards. The magnetic bearing is the default and applies to the track as well.

True Bearing - Display the true bearing. True bearing is useful for CAP grid searches.

Always use nm
This will automatically switch the distance units to nautical miles when the software is switched into Aviation navigation mode. When unchecked, the units will stay in the previous units, so you will need to use the MENU > More Options > Prefs > Unit tab to change your measurement units.

Fix Cursor
Checking the check box means that your cursor will stay in the middle of the screen and Heading will be up and the map will rotate. Uncheck the box to make North up and the aircraft cursor will rotate to align with your track.

Aircraft Tab-This function allows you to add, delete or change the settings for your aircraft profile(s).

Select a Profile
Click on the arrow and a drop down list will appear allowing you to select the aircraft profile to modify or delete.

Aircraft Profile
Displays the aircraft's information so that you can add, delete or change the settings for your aircraft.

Name	Name of the aircraft
Type	Type of aircraft
Fuel gallons usable	Amount of fuel.
Flight mode	There are four flight mode settings available for each profile: ·Cruise ·Climb ·Descend ·Approach
kts	Speed of the aircraft (nautical miles per hour)
gph	Rate of fuel consumption (in gallons per hour)
Alt ft (Cruise mode)	Altitude of the aircraft (in feet)
ft/min (all except Cruise mode)	Rate of change of altitude (in feet per minute)

Buttons

Add	Add a new aircraft profile to the "My_planes" file.
Delete	Delete the selected profile.
Change	Modify the selected profile's settings.

You can delete all of the existing profiles at once by deleting the My_planes file located in the GPS folder.