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SL15

-Ser

ies P

ilot G

uide

UPS

Avi

atio

n Te

chno

logi

es, I

nc.

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oad,

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15-S

erie

s Pilo

t Gui

de

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part

of th

is d

ocum

ent m

ay b

e re

prod

uced

in a

ny fo

rm o

r by

any

mea

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he e

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arks

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atio

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14

SL15

-Ser

ies P

ilot G

uide

Not

es

3 SL

15-S

erie

s Pilo

t Gui

de

OPE

RAT

ION

G

EN

ER

AL

INFO

RM

AT

ION

1

SC

OPE

Th

is se

ctio

n pr

ovid

es d

etai

led

oper

atin

g in

stru

ctio

ns fo

r the

UPS

Avi

atio

n Te

chno

logi

es S

L15

Aud

io S

elec

tor P

anel

/Inte

rcom

Sys

tem

. Ple

ase

read

it

care

fully

bef

ore

usin

g th

e eq

uipm

ent s

o th

at y

ou c

an ta

ke fu

ll ad

vant

age

of

its c

apab

ilitie

s.

This

sect

ion

is d

ivid

ed in

to fo

ur se

ctio

ns c

over

ing

the

basi

c op

erat

ing

area

s of

the

SL15

syst

ems.

They

are

Aud

io S

elec

tor,

Tran

scei

ver S

elec

tion,

Inte

r-co

m, a

nd M

arke

r Bea

con

Rec

eive

r.

SL15

con

trol

s

2

Po

wer

Sw

itch

(EM

G-F

ail S

afe

Ope

ratio

n)

Uni

t pow

er is

turn

ed o

n an

d of

f by

push

ing

the

volu

me

knob

. In

the

OFF

or

"EM

G" p

ositi

on, t

he p

ilot i

s con

nect

ed d

irect

ly to

Com

1. T

his a

llow

s com

-m

unic

atio

n ca

pabi

lity

rega

rdle

ss o

f uni

t con

ditio

n. A

ny ti

me

pow

er is

re-

mov

ed o

r tur

ned

OFF

, the

aud

io se

lect

or w

ill b

e pl

aced

in th

e fa

il-sa

fe

mod

e.

The

pow

er sw

itch

also

con

trols

the

audi

o se

lect

or p

anel

func

tions

, int

er-

com

, and

mar

ker b

eaco

n re

ceiv

er. U

nles

s the

mic

sele

ctor

is in

Com

3

mod

e, a

t lea

st o

ne o

f the

sele

cted

aud

io L

EDs w

ill b

e on

(Com

1 o

r Com

2)

. 3

Mic

roph

one

Sele

ctor

(All

mod

els)

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4 SL

15-S

erie

s Pilo

t Gui

de

Whe

n th

e m

ic se

lect

or sw

itch

is in

the

Com

1 p

ositi

on, b

oth

pilo

t and

cop

ilot

will

be

conn

ecte

d to

the

Com

l tra

nsce

iver

. Onl

y th

e pe

rson

who

pre

sses

thei

r Pu

sh T

o Ta

lk (P

TT),

will

be

hear

d ov

er th

e ai

rcra

ft ra

dio.

Tur

ning

the

rota

ry sw

itch

to th

e C

OM

2 p

ositi

on w

ill p

lace

pilo

t and

cop

ilot o

n C

om 2

. Th

e SL

15 g

ives

prio

rity

to th

e pi

lot�s

PTT

. If

the

copi

lot i

t tra

nsm

ittin

g, a

nd th

e pi

lot p

ress

es

his P

TT, t

he p

ilot�s

mic

roph

one

will

be

hear

d ov

er th

e se

lect

ed c

om tr

ansm

itter

. Tu

rnin

g th

e m

ic se

lect

or fu

lly c

ount

ercl

ockw

ise

plac

es th

e pi

lot a

nd c

opilo

t on

Com

3. C

om 3

rece

ive

audi

o is

aut

omat

ical

ly p

lace

d in

the

head

set (

and

spea

ker i

f sel

ecte

d). C

om 1

and

/or C

om 2

rece

iver

aud

io c

an b

e se

lect

ed to

m

onito

r tho

se tr

ansc

eive

rs.

The

SL15

-Ser

ies h

as a

n au

tom

atic

sele

ctor

mod

e. A

udio

from

the

sele

cted

tra

nsce

iver

is a

utom

atic

ally

hea

rd in

the

head

sets

and

spea

ker.

You

can

che

ck

this

func

tion

by sw

itchi

ng fr

om C

OM

1 to

CO

M 2

and

wat

ch th

e se

lect

ed a

udio

lig

ht o

n th

e se

lect

or c

hang

e fro

m C

OM

1 to

CO

M 2

. Thi

s ens

ures

the

pilo

t will

al

way

s hea

r the

aud

io fr

om th

e tra

nsce

iver

he

is tr

ansm

ittin

g on

. W

hen

switc

hing

the

mic

sele

ctor

rota

ry sw

itch

from

CO

M 1

to C

OM

2, w

hile

C

OM

2 a

udio

had

bee

n se

lect

ed, C

om 1

aud

io w

ill c

ontin

ue to

be

hear

d. T

his

elim

inat

es th

e pi

lot h

avin

g to

switc

h C

om 1

aud

io b

ack

on, i

f des

ired.

W

hen

switc

hing

from

CO

M 1

to C

OM

2 w

hile

Com

2 h

as N

OT

been

sele

cted

, C

om 1

aud

io w

ill b

e sw

itche

d of

f. In

ess

ence

, sw

itchi

ng th

e m

ic se

lect

or w

ill

not e

ffect

the

sele

ctio

n of

Com

aud

io.

The

�TEL

� po

sitio

n, fu

lly C

W o

n th

e m

ic se

lect

or sw

itch,

is th

e pi

lot�s

�ho

ok�

switc

h, w

hen

the

syst

em is

inte

rface

d to

an

appr

opria

te a

ppro

ved

wire

less

tele

-co

mm

unic

atio

n sy

stem

, suc

h as

the

AirC

ell s

yste

m. P

laci

ng th

e m

ic se

lect

or in

TE

L pl

aced

the

pilo

t mic

roph

one

and

head

phon

es o

n th

e ce

llpho

ne. T

he p

ilot

PTT

will

switc

h th

e pi

lot m

ic to

the

CO

M 1

, and

allo

w c

ontin

ued

airc

raft

com

-m

unic

atio

ns a

s wel

l. Th

e co

pilo

t will

als

o be

abl

e to

tran

smit

on C

OM

1 w

ith h

is P

TT a

s wel

l. N

OT

E

Plac

ing

the

mic

sele

ctor

switc

h in

the

TEL

posi

tion

will

dis

able

pilo

t and

cop

i-lo

t int

erco

m, a

s the

inte

rcom

cir

cuit

is tr

ansf

erre

d to

the

tele

phon

e us

e. In

cr

ew o

r ISO

mod

e, p

laci

ng th

e sw

itch

in T

EL m

ode

rem

oves

the

pass

enge

rs

acce

ss to

the

tele

phon

e.

3.1

Swap

Mod

e (S

witc

h fr

om C

om 1

to C

om 2

rem

otel

y)

With

a y

oke

mou

nted

, mom

enta

ry sw

itch,

the

pilo

t can

cha

nge

from

the

curr

ent

Com

tran

scei

ver t

o th

e ot

her b

y de

pres

sing

this

switc

h. W

hen

"Sw

ap M

ode"

is

activ

e, a

n an

nunc

iato

r in

the

low

er ri

ght c

orne

r of t

he u

nit w

ill il

lum

inat

e, in

di-

13

SL15

-Ser

ies P

ilot G

uide

by u

s. Th

is w

arra

nty

is v

oid

if th

ere

is a

ny a

ttem

pt to

dis

sem

ble

this

pro

duct

w

ithou

t fac

tory

aut

horiz

atio

n. T

his w

arra

nty

give

s you

spec

ific

lega

l rig

hts,

and

you

may

als

o ha

ve o

ther

righ

ts, w

hich

may

var

y fro

m st

ate

to st

ate.

Som

e st

ates

do

not

allo

w th

e ex

clus

ion

of li

mita

tion

of in

cide

ntal

or c

onse

quen

tial d

am-

ages

, so

the

abov

e lim

itatio

n or

exc

lusi

ons m

ay n

ot a

pply

to y

ou.

All

item

s rep

aire

d or

repl

aced

und

er th

is w

arra

nty

are

war

rant

ed fo

r the

re-

mai

nder

of t

he o

rigin

al w

arra

nty

perio

d. U

PS A

viat

ion

Tech

nolo

gies

, Inc

. re-

serv

es th

e rig

hts t

o m

ake

mod

ifica

tions

or i

mpr

ovem

ents

to th

e pr

oduc

t with

out

oblig

atio

n to

per

form

like

mod

ifica

tions

or i

mpr

ovem

ents

to p

revi

ousl

y m

anu-

fact

ured

pro

duct

s. 10

.2 F

acto

ry S

ervi

ce

The

unit

is c

over

ed b

y a

26-m

onth

lim

ited

war

rant

y. S

ee w

arra

nty

info

rmat

ion.

C

all U

PS A

viat

ion

Tech

nolo

gies

, Inc

. at (

800)

525

-672

6 be

fore

you

retu

rn th

e un

it. T

his w

ill a

llow

the

serv

ice

tech

nici

an to

pro

vide

any

oth

er su

gges

tions

for

iden

tifyi

ng th

e pr

oble

m a

nd re

com

men

d po

ssib

le so

lutio

ns.

Afte

r dis

cuss

ing

the

prob

lem

with

the

tech

nici

an a

nd y

ou o

btai

n a

Ret

urn

Aut

horiz

atio

n N

umbe

r, sh

ip th

e pr

oduc

t to:

U

PS A

viat

ion

Tech

nolo

gies

, Inc

. 23

45 T

urne

r Roa

d, S

.E.

Sa

lem

, OR

973

02

U.S

.A. T

oll F

ree

800

.525

.672

6

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12

SL15

-Ser

ies P

ilot G

uide

edge

).

9.3

Con

curr

ent M

essa

ges

Whe

n a

reco

rded

mes

sage

or a

udio

ann

unci

atio

n is

pla

ying

, the

oth

er a

udio

so

urce

is m

omen

taril

y in

hibi

ted.

For

inst

ance

, if a

n IR

S m

essa

ge is

bei

ng

play

ed, t

he a

udio

ann

unci

atio

n w

ill n

ot b

egin

unt

il th

e IR

S m

essa

ge is

fin-

ishe

d. C

onve

rsel

y, th

e IR

S re

cord

ing

cann

ot b

e pl

ayed

as l

ong

as th

ere

is a

n au

ral a

lert

bein

g pl

ayed

. The

re is

no

reco

rdin

g m

ade

if pl

ayin

g a

reco

rdin

g or

ann

unci

atio

n.

10 W

arra

nty

and

Serv

ice

10.1

War

rant

y In

ord

er fo

r the

fact

ory

war

rant

y to

be

valid

, the

inst

alla

tions

in a

cer

tifie

d ai

rcra

ft m

ust b

e ac

com

plis

hed

by a

n FA

A-c

ertif

ied

avio

nics

shop

and

au

thor

ized

UPS

Avi

atio

n Te

chno

logi

es d

eale

r. If

the

unit

is b

eing

inst

alle

d by

a n

on-c

ertif

ied

indi

vidu

al in

an

expe

rimen

tal a

ircra

ft, a

fact

ory-

mad

e ha

rnes

s mus

t be

used

for t

he w

arra

nty

to b

e va

lid. T

his h

arne

ss m

ay b

e pu

r-ch

ased

dire

ctly

from

PS

Engi

neer

ing

(865

-988

-980

0). U

PS A

viat

ion

Tech

-no

logi

es. w

arra

nts t

his p

rodu

ct to

be

free

from

def

ect i

n m

ater

ial a

nd w

ork-

man

ship

for a

per

iod

of 2

6-m

onth

s fro

m th

e da

te o

f ins

talla

tion

as re

cord

ed

in a

ircra

ft lo

gboo

k an

d/or

on

FAA

For

m 3

37.

UPS

Avi

atio

n Te

chno

logi

es, I

nc. w

arra

nts t

his p

rodu

ct to

be

free

from

de-

fect

in m

ater

ial a

nd w

orkm

ansh

ip fo

r a p

erio

d of

26-

mon

ths f

rom

the

date

of

inst

alla

tion.

Dur

ing

this

26-

mon

th w

arra

nty

perio

d, U

PS A

viat

ion

Tech

-no

logi

es, I

nc. a

t its

opt

ion,

will

send

a re

plac

emen

t uni

t at o

ur e

xpen

se if

th

e un

it sh

ould

dis

play

any

unu

sual

beh

avio

r.

All t

rans

port

atio

n ch

arge

s for

retu

rnin

g th

e de

fect

ive

units

are

the

resp

on-

sibi

lity

of th

e pu

rcha

ser.

All

dom

estic

tran

spor

tatio

n ch

arge

s for

retu

rnin

g th

e ex

chan

ge o

r rep

aire

d un

it to

the

purc

hase

r will

be

born

e by

UPS

Avi

a-tio

n Te

chno

logi

es, I

nc. T

he ri

sk o

f los

s or d

amag

e to

the

prod

uct i

s bor

ne

by th

e pa

rty m

akin

g th

e sh

ipm

ent,

unle

ss th

e pu

rcha

ser r

eque

sts a

spec

ific

met

hod

of sh

ipm

ent.

In th

is c

ase,

the

purc

hase

r ass

umes

the

risk

of lo

ss.

This

war

rant

y is

not

tran

sfer

able

. Any

impl

ied

war

rant

ies e

xpire

at t

he e

xpi-

ratio

n da

te o

f thi

s war

rant

y. U

PS A

viat

ion

Tech

nolo

gies

SH

ALL

NO

T B

E LI

AB

LE F

OR

INC

IDEN

TAL

OR

CO

NSE

QU

ENTI

AL

DA

MA

GES

. Thi

s w

arra

nty

does

not

cov

er a

def

ect t

hat h

as re

sulte

d fro

m im

prop

er h

andl

ing,

st

orag

e or

pre

serv

atio

n, o

r unr

easo

nabl

e us

e or

mai

nten

ance

as d

eter

min

ed

5 SL

15-S

erie

s Pilo

t Gui

de

catin

g th

at th

e M

ic S

elec

tor s

witc

h po

sitio

n is

no

long

er c

urre

nt. T

o ca

ncel

"S

wap

Mod

e," t

he p

ilot m

ay e

ither

pre

ss th

e yo

ke m

ount

ed sw

itch

agai

n, o

r tu

rn th

e M

ic S

elec

tor S

witc

h to

the

Com

that

is a

ctiv

e.

4

Rec

eive

r Aud

io S

elec

tor (

All m

odel

s)

Rec

eive

r aud

io is

sele

cted

thro

ugh

two

mom

enta

ry a

nd si

x la

tche

d, p

ush-

butto

n, b

ackl

it sw

itche

s. C

om 1

and

Com

2 a

re th

e m

omen

tary

switc

hes.

Bec

ause

the

rota

ry m

icro

phon

e se

lect

or sw

itch

cont

rols

wha

t tra

nsce

iver

is b

e- ing

hear

d, th

e C

om l

and

Com

2 p

ush-

butto

ns a

re o

f the

mom

enta

ry ty

pe a

nd d

o no

t rem

ain

in w

hen

sele

cted

. Thi

s is a

lso

part

of th

e "a

uto�

func

tion.

You

will

al

way

s hea

r the

aud

io fr

om th

e tra

nsce

iver

that

is se

lect

ed fo

r tra

nsm

it by

the

rota

ry m

ic se

lect

or sw

itch.

Th

e us

ers c

an id

entif

y w

hich

rece

iver

s are

sele

cted

by

notin

g w

hich

of t

he

gree

n sw

itch

LED

s are

illu

min

ated

. Pus

h bu

ttons

labe

led

Nav

1, N

av 2

, DM

E,

MK

R (M

arke

r), A

DF,

AU

X (a

uxili

ary)

, and

SPR

(Spe

aker

) are

"lat

ched

" typ

e sw

itche

s. W

hen

one

of th

ese

butto

ns is

pre

ssed

, it w

ill st

ay in

the

"in"

pos

ition

. Pr

ess t

he sw

itch

agai

n an

d it

be in

the

"out

" pos

ition

and

rem

ove

that

rece

iver

fro

m th

e au

dio.

4.

1

Sp

eake

r Am

plifi

er

The

"SPR

" in

the

push

-but

ton

sect

ion

stan

ds fo

r spe

aker

. Thi

s sw

itch

will

pl

ace

all s

elec

ted

audi

o on

the

cock

pit s

peak

er w

hen

this

switc

h is

sele

cted

. N

OTE

: Exc

ept f

or th

e un

switc

hed

audi

o, th

e sp

eake

r am

plifi

er is

not

act

ive

in

the

"Spl

it M

ode.

" U

nsw

itche

d au

dio,

(aut

opilo

t dis

conn

ect,

altim

eter

war

ning

, etc

.) w

ill c

ome

thro

ugh

the

spea

ker r

egar

dles

s of t

he sp

eake

r but

ton

posi

tion.

4.

1.1

Publ

ic A

ddre

ss F

unct

ion

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15-S

erie

s Pilo

t Gui

de

In S

L15

vers

ions

abo

ve �

F� se

rial n

umbe

r for

the

top

boar

d (2

nd se

t of u

nit s

e-ria

l num

bers

) a p

ublic

add

ress

func

tion

was

add

ed. T

o ac

cess

this

func

tion,

a

switc

h is

inst

alle

d to

con

nect

the

top

conn

ecto

r, pi

n 18

, to

grou

nd. T

his p

lace

s th

e pi

lot m

icro

phon

e on

the

spea

ker o

utpu

t (Pi

n W

) whe

n th

e PT

T is

pus

hed.

Th

e co

pilo

t can

con

tinue

to u

se th

e se

lect

ed c

om ra

dio.

W

e re

com

men

d th

at th

e sw

itch

trans

fer t

he a

udio

from

the

cock

pit s

peak

er to

a

cabi

n sp

eake

r for

pub

lic a

ddre

ss. T

his w

ill p

reve

nt fe

edba

ck.

4.2

Key

�C

lick�

Th

e SL

15 is

equ

ippe

d w

ith a

�cl

ick�

func

tion

that

pro

vide

s an

aura

l fee

dbac

k to

the

user

in a

dditi

on to

the

tact

ile b

utto

n pu

sh. T

his s

ound

can

be

enab

led

or

disa

bled

by

sim

ulta

neou

sly

hold

ing

the

CO

M 1

and

CO

M 2

but

tons

in fo

r at

leas

t 5 se

cond

s. A

ny p

erso

n he

arin

g th

e ra

dios

will

als

o he

ar th

e ke

y cl

ick.

A

llow

at l

east

20

seco

nds b

etw

een

turn

ing

the

key

clic

k on

and

off.

5

Spl

it M

ode

Turn

ing

the

rota

ry sw

itch

to C

OM

1/C

OM

2 p

lace

s the

SL1

5 in

to "S

plit

Mod

e."

This

pla

ces t

he p

ilot o

n C

om 1

and

the

copi

lot o

n C

om 2

. An

exam

ple

of th

is

usef

ul fe

atur

e is

whe

n th

e pi

lot m

ay w

ant t

o ta

lk to

Air

Traf

fic C

ontro

l, w

hile

th

e co

pilo

t may

be

spea

king

to F

light

Wat

ch. A

lthou

gh th

is m

ode

has l

imita

-tio

ns (s

ee b

elow

) we

belie

ve y

ou w

ill fi

nd th

is to

be

a us

eful

feat

ure.

Sw

itchi

ng to

Com

2/C

om l

will

reve

rse

the

�Spl

it M

ode�

radi

o se

lect

ion.

The

pi

lot w

ill b

e on

Com

2 a

nd th

e co

pilo

t will

be

on C

om 1

.

NO

TE

Due

to th

e na

ture

of V

HF

com

mun

icat

ions

sign

als,

and

the

size

con

stra

ints

in

gene

ral a

viat

ion

airc

raft,

it is

pro

babl

e th

at th

ere

will

be

som

e bl

eed-

over

in

the

Split

mod

e, p

artic

ular

ly o

n ad

jace

nt fr

eque

ncie

s. U

PS A

viat

ion

Tech

nolo

gies

mak

es n

o w

arra

nty

abou

t the

suita

bilit

y of

Spl

it M

ode

in a

ll ai

rcra

ft co

nditi

ons.

Split

Mod

e doe

s not

turn

off o

ther

(Nav

, AD

F, et

c.) se

lected

audi

o to pilot. H

owev

er,

the c

opilo

t will

only

hear

the s

electe

d com

mun

icatio

ns re

ceive

r.

5.1

Split

Mod

e IC

S In

split

mod

e, th

e pi

lot a

nd c

opilo

t are

usu

ally

isol

ated

from

eac

h ot

her o

n th

e in

terc

om, s

imul

tane

ousl

y us

ing

thei

r res

pect

ive

radi

os. D

epre

ssin

g th

e IC

S bu

t-to

n in

Spl

it M

ode

will

act

ivat

e V

OX

inte

rcom

bet

wee

n th

e pi

lot a

nd c

opilo

t po

sitio

ns. T

his p

erm

its in

terc

omm

unic

atio

n w

hen

desi

red

betw

een

the

crew

. Pr

essi

ng th

e IC

S bu

tton

agai

n di

sabl

es th

is c

rew

inte

rcom

func

tion.

6

Int

erco

m O

pera

tion

6.1

Inte

lliVo

x® V

OX-

Sque

lch

No

adju

stm

ent o

f the

Inte

lliVo

x® sq

uelc

h co

ntro

l is n

eces

sary

. The

re is

no

11

SL15

-Ser

ies P

ilot G

uide

just

men

t loc

ated

on

the

top

of th

e un

it. S

ee S

ectio

n 2.

5 A

thre

e-po

sitio

n sw

itch

is u

sed

to se

t the

rece

iver

sens

itivi

ty a

nd to

test

the

in-

dica

tor l

amps

. Use

"HI"

sens

itivi

ty in

itial

ly. T

his a

llow

s you

to h

ear t

he o

uter

m

arke

r bea

con

abou

t a m

ile o

ut. T

hen

sele

ct th

e �L

O�

sens

itivi

ty to

giv

e yo

u a

mor

e ac

cura

te lo

catio

n of

the

Out

er M

arke

r. Th

e m

omen

tary

dow

n sw

itch

posi

-tio

n is

mar

ker t

est,

labe

led

"T/M

" and

illu

min

ates

all

thre

e la

mps

sim

ulta

ne-

ousl

y to

ass

ure

the

lam

ps (i

nter

nal a

nd e

xter

nal)

are

in w

orki

ng o

rder

. TST

do

es n

ot a

ctiv

ate

MM

sens

e ou

tput

. In

uni

ts w

ith se

rial n

umbe

rs a

bove

�F�

serie

s in

the

first

set o

f num

bers

, a

mar

ker m

ute

func

tion

was

add

ed. P

ress

ing

the

mar

ker m

ode

sele

ct d

own

(to

�T/M

�) w

ill c

ause

the

mar

ker a

udio

to m

ute

for t

hat b

eaco

n. T

he n

ext b

eaco

n re

ceiv

ed w

ill re

-act

ivat

e th

e au

dio.

9

Int

erna

l Rec

orde

r Sys

tem

(Opt

iona

l) Th

e In

terc

om R

ecor

ding

Sys

tem

(ref

erre

d to

her

e as t

he IR

S) is

a di

gita

l rec

ordi

ng

syste

m a

llow

ing

auto

mat

ic st

orag

e an

d pl

ayba

ck o

f airc

raft

radi

o tra

ffic.

O

pera

ting

as a

con

tinuo

us lo

op re

cord

er, (

first

mes

sage

rece

ived

will

be

the

last

hea

rd),

the

reco

rder

has

one

min

ute

of re

cord

ing

time

or u

p to

16

mes

-sa

ges.

With

its o

wn

built

in V

OX

circ

uit,

ther

e ar

e no

but

tons

to p

ress

to st

art

reco

rdin

g. T

he sy

stem

aut

omat

ical

ly b

egin

s to

reco

rd th

e in

stan

t the

radi

o be

-co

mes

act

ive.

Onl

y ai

rcra

ft ra

dio

audi

o in

pilo

ts h

eads

et is

reco

rded

and

onl

y th

e pi

lot w

ill h

ear t

he p

layb

ack

audi

o.

9.1

Inte

rnal

Rec

orde

r Ope

ratio

n R

ecor

ding

is a

utom

atic

; the

re is

no

actio

n re

quire

d by

the

pilo

t. To

pla

y ba

ck

the

last

reco

rded

mes

sage

, sim

ply

pres

s the

mom

enta

ry sw

itch

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

the

IRS.

Eac

h ad

ditio

nal p

ress

of t

he b

utto

n w

ill p

lay

the

prec

edin

g re

cord

ed

mes

sage

. You

mus

t wai

t for

the

mes

sage

to fi

nish

pla

ying

bef

ore

acce

ssin

g th

e pr

ior m

essa

ge.

To c

ance

l the

pla

ybac

k, p

ress

and

hol

d th

e pl

ayba

ck b

utto

n fo

r tw

o se

cond

s. Th

e ne

xt ti

me

the

butto

n is

pre

ssed

, the

nex

t ear

lier m

essa

ge w

ill b

e he

ard.

9.2

Audi

o M

essa

ging

sys

tem

(Opt

ion

1, O

ptio

n 2,

onl

y)

Whe

n th

is o

ptio

n is

inst

alle

d, th

e SL

15 c

onta

ins s

ix st

ored

mes

sage

s. A

n ou

t-si

de a

nnun

ciat

or, s

uch

as a

n El

ectro

nics

Inte

rnat

iona

l eng

ine

gage

syst

em tr

ig-

gers

thes

e m

essa

ges.

Whe

n th

ere

is a

n an

noun

cem

ent,

it w

ill b

e re

peat

ed e

very

tw

o se

cond

s unt

il th

e re

mot

e- m

ount

ed A

CK

but

ton

is p

ushe

d. T

his s

tops

the

play

ed a

nnun

ciat

ion,

unt

il th

e ne

xt a

nnou

ncem

ent i

s req

uire

d (th

e ne

xt fa

lling

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SL15

-Ser

ies P

ilot G

uide

switc

hes m

ount

ed a

djac

ent t

o th

e he

adse

t jac

ks.

Whe

n th

e in

terc

om is

in A

LL

mod

e, th

e pi

lot c

an sp

eak

on th

e ph

one

only

if

the

mic

sele

ctor

switc

h is

in T

EL

pos

ition

. All

inte

rcom

pos

ition

s will

hea

r the

te

leph

one

conv

ersa

tion.

If a

ny p

asse

nger

pla

ces h

is o

r her

switc

h in

to th

e �o

ff-ho

ok�

posi

tion

all p

asse

nger

s will

als

o be

hea

rd o

n th

e ph

one.

All

will

hea

r se

lect

ed a

udio

. Com

1 a

udio

is a

utom

atic

ally

hea

rd in

the

head

sets

. The

pilo

t an

d co

pilo

t will

hav

e tra

nsm

it ca

pabi

lity

on C

om 1

, sim

ply

by u

sing

thei

r re-

spec

tive

PTT

switc

h.

In C

RE

W m

ode,

the

pilo

t and

cop

ilot a

re m

ay u

se th

e te

leph

one,

with

thei

r re

spec

tive

hook

switc

h (th

e pi

lot s

elec

ts T

EL o

n th

e m

ic se

lect

or).

Any

pas

sen-

ger w

ho p

lace

s the

ir sw

itch

into

the

off-h

ook

posi

tion

will

als

o ha

ve a

cces

s to

the

phon

e, a

nd a

ll fo

ur p

asse

nger

s will

hea

r the

con

vers

atio

n.

In IS

O in

terc

om m

ode,

whe

n th

e SL

15 is

in th

e T

EL

mod

e, th

e pi

lot p

ositi

on

is in

the

"Pho

ne B

ooth

." O

nly

the

pilo

t will

hea

r the

tele

phon

e, a

nd o

nly

he w

ill

be h

eard

. He

will

als

o ha

ve a

cces

s to

Com

1, a

nd w

ill tr

ansm

it on

that

radi

o us

ing

the

PTT.

All

sele

cted

aud

io is

pro

vide

d. If

any

oth

er p

asse

nger

goe

s �of

f ho

ok�

they

will

hea

r the

pho

ne.

In a

ll ca

ses,

only

the

pilo

t (an

d co

pilo

t in

ALL

or C

REW

) will

hea

r the

cel

l-ph

one

ring.

At t

hat t

ime

they

can

cho

se to

allo

w a

pas

seng

er to

take

the

call,

or

answ

er th

e ph

one.

NO

TE

Be

caus

e th

e ce

ll ph

one

uses

an

inte

rcom

cir

cuit,

all

stat

ions

on

that

cir

cuit

will

lo

se in

terc

om c

apab

ility

whe

n th

e ce

ll ph

one

is in

use

. 8

M

arke

r Bea

con

(SL1

5)

The

optio

nal M

arke

r Bea

con

Rec

eive

r use

s vis

ual a

nd a

udio

indi

cato

rs to

ale

rt yo

u w

hen

the

airc

raft

pass

es o

ver a

75

MH

z tra

nsm

itter

. Th

e B

lue

lam

p, la

bele

d "O

," is

the

Out

er M

arke

r lam

p an

d ha

s an

asso

ciat

ed

400

Her

tz 'd

ash'

tone

. The

lam

p an

d to

ne w

ill b

e ke

yed

at a

rate

of t

wo

tone

s/fla

shes

per

seco

nd w

hen

the

airc

raft

is in

the

rang

e of

the

Out

er

Mar

ker B

eaco

n.

The

Am

ber l

amp,

la-

bele

d "M

," is

the

Mid

dle

Mar

ker l

amp

and

is c

oupl

ed w

ith a

130

0 H

ertz

tone

. It

is k

eyed

alte

rnat

ely

with

shor

t 'do

t' an

d lo

ng 'd

ash'

burs

ts a

t 95

com

bina

tions

pe

r min

ute.

Th

e W

hite

lam

p, la

bele

d "I

," is

the

Inne

r mar

ker a

nd h

as a

300

0 H

ertz

'dot

' to

ne. T

he la

mp

and

tone

will

be

keye

d at

a ra

te o

f six

tim

es p

er se

cond

. Th

e au

dio

from

the

Mar

ker B

eaco

n R

ecei

ver c

an b

e he

ard

by se

lect

ing

the

"MK

R" p

ush-

butto

n sw

itch.

To

adju

st th

e vo

lum

e le

vel,

ther

e is

a se

rvic

e ad

-

7 SL

15-S

erie

s Pilo

t Gui

de

field

adj

ustm

ent.

Thro

ugh

thre

e in

divi

dual

sign

al p

roce

ssor

s, th

e am

bien

t noi

se

appe

arin

g in

all

six

mic

roph

ones

is c

onst

antly

bei

ng sa

mpl

ed. N

on-v

oice

sig-

nals

are

blo

cked

. Whe

n so

meo

ne sp

eaks

, onl

y th

eir m

icro

phon

e ci

rcui

t ope

ns,

plac

ing

thei

r voi

ce o

n th

e in

terc

om.

The

syst

em is

des

igne

d to

blo

ck c

ontin

uous

tone

s, th

eref

ore

peop

le h

umm

ing

or w

hist

ling

in m

onot

one

may

be

bloc

ked

afte

r a fe

w m

omen

ts.

NO

TE

Fo

r con

sist

ent p

erfo

rman

ce, a

ny h

eads

et m

icro

phon

e m

ust b

e pl

aced

w

ithin

¼-in

ch o

f you

r lip

s, p

refe

rabl

y ag

ains

t the

m. (

ref:

RTC

A/D

O-2

14,

1.3.

1.1

(a)).

It

is a

lso

a go

od id

ea to

kee

p th

e m

icro

phon

e ou

t of a

dire

ct w

ind

path

. Mov

ing

your

hea

d th

roug

h a

vent

air

stre

am m

ay c

ause

the

Inte

lliVo

x® to

ope

n m

omen

-ta

rily.

Thi

s is n

orm

al.

The

Inte

lliVo

x® is

des

igne

d to

wor

k w

ith n

orm

al a

ircra

ft ca

bin

nois

e le

vels

(70

dB a

nd a

bove

). It

love

s airp

lane

noi

se! T

here

fore

, it m

ay n

ot re

cogn

ize

spee

ch

and

clip

sylla

bles

in a

qui

et c

abin

, suc

h as

in th

e ha

ngar

, or w

ithou

t the

eng

ine

runn

ing.

Thi

s is n

orm

al.

For o

ptim

um m

icro

phon

e pe

rfor

man

ce, U

PS A

viat

ion

Tech

nolo

gies

rec

om-

men

ds in

stal

latio

n of

a M

icro

phon

e M

uff K

it fro

m O

rego

n A

ero

(1-8

00-8

88-

6910

). Th

is w

ill n

ot o

nly

optim

ize

VO

X p

erfo

rman

ce, b

ut w

ill im

prov

e th

e ov

eral

l cla

rity

of a

ll yo

ur c

omm

unic

atio

ns.

6.2

Volu

me

Con

trol

Th

e vo

lum

e co

ntro

l kno

b ad

just

s the

loud

ness

of t

he in

terc

om fo

r the

pilo

t and

co

pilo

t onl

y. It

has

no

effe

ct o

n se

lect

ed ra

dio

leve

ls, m

usic

inpu

t lev

els o

r pas

-se

nger

s' vo

lum

e le

vel.

Adj

ust t

he ra

dios

and

inte

rcom

vol

ume

for a

com

forta

ble

liste

ning

leve

l for

the

pilo

t. M

ost g

ener

al a

viat

ion

head

sets

toda

y ha

ve b

uilt-

in v

olum

e co

ntro

ls;

ther

efor

e, p

asse

nger

vol

ume

can

be a

djus

ted

at th

e he

adse

t. If

desi

red,

pas

sen-

ger v

olum

e le

vel c

an b

e ad

just

ed b

y a

scre

wdr

iver

adj

ustm

ent a

t the

top

of th

e tra

y. S

ee th

e in

stal

latio

n m

anua

l for

det

ails

. 6.

2.1

M

ono

head

sets

in S

tere

o In

stal

latio

n

All

pass

enge

r hea

dset

s are

con

nect

ed in

par

alle

l. Th

eref

ore,

if a

mon

aura

l hea

dset

is p

lugg

ed in

to a

SL

15 S

tere

o in

stal

latio

n, o

ne c

hann

el w

ill b

e sh

orte

d. A

lthou

gh n

o da

mag

e to

the

unit

will

occ

ur,

all p

asse

nger

s will

lose

one

cha

nnel

, unl

ess t

hey

switc

h to

the

�MO

NO

� m

ode

on th

e he

adse

t.

6.3

Inte

rcom

Mod

es

The

low

er sw

itch

on th

e le

ft si

de is

a 3

-pos

ition

mod

e sw

itch

that

allo

ws t

he

pilo

t to

tailo

r the

inte

rcom

func

tion

to b

est m

eet t

he c

urre

nt c

ockp

it si

tuat

ion.

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8 SL

15-S

erie

s Pilo

t Gui

de

The

desc

riptio

n of

the

inte

rcom

mod

e fu

nctio

n is

val

id o

nly

whe

n th

e un

it is

no

t in

the

"Spl

it" m

ode.

The

n, th

e pi

lot a

nd c

opilo

t int

erco

m is

con

trolle

d w

ith

the

ICS

butto

n.

I SO

: (U

p Po

sitio

n): T

he p

ilot i

s iso

late

d fr

om th

e in

terc

om a

nd is

con

nect

ed

only

to th

e ai

rcra

ft ra

dio

syst

em. H

e w

ill h

ear t

he a

ircra

ft ra

dio

re-

cept

ion

(and

side

tone

dur

ing

radi

o tra

nsm

issi

ons)

. Cop

ilot w

ill

hear

pas

seng

ers�

inte

rcom

and

Ent

erta

inm

ent 1

, whi

le p

asse

nger

s w

ill h

ear c

opilo

t int

erco

m a

nd E

nter

tain

men

t 2. N

eith

er w

ill h

ear

airc

raft

radi

o re

cept

ions

or p

ilot t

rans

mis

sion

s. A

LL

: (M

iddl

e Po

sitio

n): A

ll pa

rties

will

hea

r the

airc

raft

radi

o an

d in

terc

om.

Cre

w w

ill h

ear E

nter

tain

men

t 1, p

asse

nger

s will

hea

r Ent

erta

inm

ent 2

. Dur

ing

any

radi

o or

inte

rcom

com

mun

icat

ions

, the

mus

ic v

olum

e au

tom

atic

ally

de-

crea

ses.

The

mus

ic v

olum

e in

crea

ses g

radu

ally

bac

k to

the

orig

inal

leve

l afte

r co

mm

unic

atio

ns h

ave

been

com

plet

ed.

CR

EW

(Dow

n Po

sitio

n): P

ilot a

nd c

opilo

t are

con

nect

ed o

n on

e in

terc

om c

han-

nel a

nd h

ave

excl

usiv

e ac

cess

to th

e ai

rcra

ft ra

dios

. The

y m

ay a

lso

liste

n to

En-

terta

inm

ent 1

. Pas

seng

ers c

an c

ontin

ue to

com

mun

icat

e w

ith th

emse

lves

with

-ou

t int

erru

ptin

g th

e C

rew

and

als

o m

ay li

sten

to E

nter

tain

men

t 2.

Any

time

the

SL15

is in

eith

er th

e C

OM

1/C

OM

2, C

OM

2/C

OM

1 ("

Split

M

ode"

), th

e pi

lot a

nd c

opilo

t int

erco

m is

con

trolle

d w

ith th

e IC

S bu

tton.

The

pa

ssen

gers

will

mai

ntai

n in

terc

omm

unic

atio

ns, b

ut n

ever

hea

r airc

raft

radi

os.

6.3.

1

En

tert

ainm

ent I

nput

The

audi

o se

lect

or p

anel

has

pro

visi

ons f

or tw

o se

para

te e

nter

tain

men

t inp

ut

devi

ces.

They

ope

rate

inde

pend

ently

in th

e SL

15. T

he v

olum

e co

ntro

l doe

s not

af

fect

mus

ic le

vel.

W

hile

in th

e IS

O (I

sola

te) m

ode,

the

copi

lot w

ill h

ear E

nter

tain

men

t 1 w

hile

th

e fo

ur p

asse

nger

s will

hea

r Ent

erta

inm

ent #

2. T

he p

ilot w

ill h

ear e

nter

tain

-m

ent 1

, at a

mut

ed le

vel.

In n

orm

al o

pera

tion,

whe

neve

r a p

erso

n sp

eaks

, or i

f th

e ai

rcra

ft ra

dio

beco

mes

act

ive,

the

mus

ic w

ill a

utom

atic

ally

mut

e an

d th

en

will

gra

dual

ly re

turn

to th

e or

igin

al li

sten

ing

leve

l whe

n th

e in

terc

om o

r rad

io

conv

ersa

tion

ceas

es.

Whe

n in

the

ALL

mod

e, p

ilot a

nd c

opilo

t will

hea

r Ent

erta

inm

ent 1

inpu

t whi

le

all p

asse

nger

s will

hea

r the

Ent

erta

inm

ent 2

sour

ce. W

hile

in th

e C

REW

mod

e,

pilo

t and

cop

ilot w

ill h

ear e

nter

tain

men

t inp

ut #

1 w

hile

the

pass

enge

rs m

ay

liste

n to

ent

erta

inm

ent i

nput

#2.

It

is a

lso

poss

ible

to u

se o

nly

one

ente

rtain

men

t inp

ut d

evic

e fo

r bot

h en

terta

in-

men

t inp

uts.

How

ever

, it i

s sug

gest

ed th

at a

switc

h (D

PDT)

be

inst

alle

d be

-tw

een

the

sing

le e

nter

tain

men

t dev

ice

and

ente

rtain

men

t inp

ut #

1. T

his w

ill

allo

w th

e pi

lot a

nd c

opilo

t dec

ide

if th

ey h

ear e

nter

tain

men

t whi

le in

the

Cre

w

mod

e.

6.3.

2

So

ft M

ute

and

Soft

Mut

e in

hibi

t

9 SL

15-S

erie

s Pilo

t Gui

de

The

Soft

Mut

e fe

atur

e as

sure

s tha

t the

airc

raft

radi

o tra

nsm

issi

ons w

ill n

ot b

e

mis

sed

due

to e

nter

tain

men

t pla

ying

. Whe

n th

ere

is ra

dio

rece

ptio

n or

inte

rcom

co

nver

satio

n, th

e m

usic

leve

l is d

ropp

ed to

a lo

w, o

r bac

kgro

und

leve

l. W

hen

the

radi

o or

inte

rcom

traf

fic c

ease

s, th

e le

vel g

radu

ally

retu

rns t

o no

rmal

. Th

e fro

nt p

anel

ICS

switc

h co

ntro

ls m

utin

g of

ent

erta

inm

ent s

ourc

e #1

(for

pi

lot a

nd c

opilo

t). P

ushi

ng th

is b

utto

n pl

aces

the

ICS

in K

aroa

ke (o

r sin

g al

ong)

mod

e, w

hich

inhi

bits

the

soft

mut

e fe

atur

e. T

his a

llow

s the

mus

ic to

co

ntin

ue u

nint

erru

pted

by

inte

rcom

or r

adio

traf

fic w

hen

cock

pit w

orkl

oad

is

appr

opria

te. P

ushi

ng th

e bu

tton

agai

n w

ill re

leas

e th

e m

ute

inhi

bit f

unct

ion.

Th

e pa

ssen

ger m

usic

, sou

rce

#2, c

an b

e pl

aced

in th

e K

aroa

ke m

ode

if a

re-

mot

e sw

itch

is in

stal

led

in th

e ai

rcra

ft. S

ee w

iring

info

rmat

ion

for d

etai

ls.

7

Tel

epho

ne M

ode

(Whe

n in

terf

aced

with

a E

ach

inte

rcom

pos

ition

has

a "h

ook

switc

h." T

he p

i-lo

t's h

ook

switc

h is

the

"TEL

" mod

e on

the

audi

o pa

nel,

the

othe

rs a

re d

iscr

ete

Mod

e Pi

lot H

ears

C

o-Pi

lot

Hea

rs

Pass

enge

r H

ears

Te

leph

one

Com

men

ts

Isol

ate

A/C

Rad

ios

Pilo

t Sid

eton

e (d

urin

g ra

dio

trans

mis

sion

) En

terta

inm

ent

1 is

mut

ed

Co-

Pilo

t and

pa

ssen

ger

inte

rcom

En-

terta

inm

ent #

1

Pass

enge

r and

C

opilo

t int

erco

m

Ente

rtain

men

t #2

�Pho

ne B

ooth

� m

ode.

Pilo

t has

ex

clus

ive

use

of

the

tele

phon

e.

In T

EL, P

ilot

conn

ecte

d to

C

om 1

for P

TT

Tx a

nd re

ceiv

e.

Oth

ers

hear

Tel

, if

off h

ook.

This

mod

e al

-lo

ws

the

pilo

t to

com

mun

icat

e w

ithou

t the

oth

-er

s bo

ther

ed b

y th

e co

nver

sa-

tions

. Cop

ilots

an

d pa

ssen

gers

ca

n co

ntin

ue to

co

mm

unic

ate

and

liste

n to

m

usic

.

All

Pilo

t C

o-Pi

lot

A/C

Rad

io

Pass

enge

rs

Ente

rtain

men

t #1

Co-

Pilo

t Pi

lot

A/C

radi

o Pa

ssen

gers

En

terta

inm

ent

#1

Pass

enge

rs

Pilo

t C

o-Pi

lot

A/C

Rad

io

Ente

rtain

men

t #1

All h

ave

acce

ss

to p

hone

th

roug

h H

ook

Switc

h. P

ilot

acce

ss th

roug

h TE

L sw

itch.

All

hear

tele

phon

e au

dio

if of

f hoo

k.

This

mod

e al

-lo

ws

all o

n bo

ard

to h

ear r

adio

re

cept

ion

as w

ell

as c

omm

unic

ate

on th

e in

terc

om.

Mus

ic a

nd in

ter-

com

is m

uted

du

ring

inte

rcom

an

d ra

dio

com

-m

unic

atio

ns.

Cre

w

Pilo

t C

o-Pi

lot

A/C

Rad

io

Ente

rtain

men

t #1

Co-

Pilo

t Pi

lot

A/C

Rad

io

Ente

rtain

men

t #1

Pass

enge

rs

Ente

rtain

men

t #2

Pilo

t doe

s no

t ha

ve p

hone

ac

cess

, unl

ess

the

mic

sel

is in

th

e TE

L po

si-

tion.

Pas

sen-

gers

hav

e ph

one

thro

ugh

an o

n/of

f Hoo

k Sw

itch.

Pa

ssen

gers

he

ar p

hone

This

mod

e al

-lo

ws

the

pilo

t an

d co

-pilo

t to

conc

entra

te o

n fly

ing,

whi

le th

e pa

ssen

gers

can

co

mm

unic

ate

amon

gst t

hem

-se

lves

.