North up
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Forum Name: IFD 5 Series & IFD 4 Series Touch Screen GPS/NAV/COM
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URL: http://forums.avidyne.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=491
Printed Date: 28 Apr 2025 at 3:54pm
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Topic: North up
Posted By: roy32jm
Subject: North up
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2014 at 11:21pm
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Made the 30 min flight home from the shop with 2 new 540's, 340, G600 and audio panel. A lot of new panel to work with on a less than optimal day The map remained in a North up mode regardless of the selection on the aux page or range. Was true of both 540's. I must be missing something. ------------- be on time, do what you say, finish what you start, say please and thank you |
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Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2014 at 11:47pm
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Yes, you are. You change from North UP, to Track (or heading) UP to Track (or heading) UP 240* by clicking in the bottom right knob.
The AUX page selection sets whether you will have TRACK UP or HEADING UP, when in a bearing related mode on the display. * Orest |
Posted By: roy32jm
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 12:20am
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Thanks Orest. ------------- be on time, do what you say, finish what you start, say please and thank you |
Posted By: Gring
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 7:21am
| Don't forget heading up is only available if you have a heading input from an EFIS or HSI with bootstrap. |
Posted By: brou0040
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 9:07am
| What? So with a standard non-HSI 6 pack panel, I won't be able to fly with track up? Even the most basic GPS's do this without needed external sources. |
Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 9:28am
Track up is no problem. You just will not be able to fly heading up unless the IFD540 has some way of knowing the heading. Regards, Bob ------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
brou0040 wrote:Posted By: Gring
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 10:02am
| No. Please reread my post. You always have the option of north up, track up, or track arc up. If you have a heading input then you can select heading or track. Otherwise it is just Track |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 1:45pm
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To be explicit, yYou have a choice of: A) North UP, Track UP, Track UP (240*) or B) North UP, Heading UP, Heading UP (240*) You can only do (B) if you have a heading input from an airdata source. Whether A or B, is selected on the AUX page, user settings. The three available modes are selected by pushing on the right bottom knob. * Orest |
Posted By: brou0040
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 3:43pm
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Sorry about that, I guess I missed the detail that was trying to be pointed out between track and heading. I'm glad everything will work fine. I've been trying to keep straight what capability I won't have because I don't have all the fancy peripherals and I thought this was another hidden limitation. |