Sandel SN4500 Manual

SN4500
Primary Navigation Display
with
Reversionary Attitude Mode
Pilot’s Guide
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WELCOME TO THE SN4500
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Pilot information
Publication Date: 25-MAR-2010
This guide provides information on the use and operation of the
SN4500 Primary Navigation Display.
Information in this manual is current as of publication or revision
date. Specifications and operational details are subject to change
without notice at the discretion of Sandel Avionics, Inc.
Copyright
Copyright 2010 Sandel Avionics, Inc.
May be covered by one or more US and foreign patents, including:
US Patent Nos. 6,259,378, 6,670,892, 6,507,288, 6,750,788,
6,972,695, and 7,187,304. Australia Patent No. 750,651. China
Patent No. 1211639C. Israel Patent Nos. 135,174, 153,460, and
155,983.
All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced,
stored or distributed without written permission of Sandel Avionics,
Inc. Additional copies of this manual are available from:
Sandel Avionics, Inc.
2401 Dogwood Way
Vista, CA 92081
USA
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.sandel.com
Revision notice
The “Effectivity, Errata, and Revision History” allow the use of this
Pilot Guide with a specific software release. The “Effectivity,
Errata, and Revision History” specifically lists the software to which
this Pilot’s Guide applies and corrects any errors or omissions in this
revision of the Pilot’s Guide. Document number 82009-PG-ERR,
Effectivity, Errata, and Revision History” can be found on page XI of
this Pilot’s Guide.
Operational and legal issues
WELCOME TO THE SN4500
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The information displayed on the SN4500 is generated by external
equipment. It is the pilot’s responsibility to ensure the correct
configuration and use of the external equipment. The SN4500 is
subject to all legal and operational limitations of the equipment
supplying data to it. Always refer to your approved Aircraft Flight
Manual Supplement for operation and limitations on the use of
installed equipment.
Note: Because aircraft vary in their installed equipment, it is
important to note that what is displayed on the SN4500 may vary
depending on the presence or absence of equipment.
Please keep in mind that it is required by Federal Aviation
Regulations to have on board current charts appropriate to the
flight. The moving map on the SN4500 does not fulfill this
requirement. A current internal database is not required but is
recommended. The internal database supplies supplemental data
only (such as nearest airports, navaids and airspace). Flight plan
waypoints and IFR approaches are supplied to the SN4500 by the
associated IFR approved GPS receiver. Supplemental data is
intended for positional awareness only and should not be used for
primary navigation.

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Approvals
The FAA has approved the SN4500 under the following TSOs:
C3d: Turn and Slip Instrument
C4c: Bank and Pitch Instruments
C6d: Direction Instrument, Magnetic (Gyroscopically
Stabilized
C34e: ILS Glide Slope Receiving Equipment
C35d: Airborne Radio Marker Receiving Equipment
C36e: Airborne ILS Localizer Receiving Equipment
C40c: VOR Receiving Equipment
C41d: Airborne ADF Equipment
C113: Airborne Multipurpose Electronic Displays
C118: Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
Airborne Equipment, TCAS I
C119b: Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
Airborne Equipment, TCAS II
The following RTCA certification levels also apply to this product:
DO-160E: Environmental (Categories listed in Chapter 11)
DO-178B: Software Level C
DO-254: Hardware Level C
Installation of the SN4500 in a type-certificated aircraft must be
performed in accordance with the Sandel SN4500 Installation
Manual, document number 82009-IM applicable revision.
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Conventions Used in This Manual
The name of a button is placed within square brackets when the
button is described in text. For example, “…press the [VUE]
selection button to …”
This manual uses terms, which should be familiar to aviation-
minded readers, such as “selected radial” and “magnetic heading”.
Terms, which are specific to the SN4500, will be placed in the
glossary.

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Table of Contents
Pilot information III
Copyright III
Revision notice III
Operational and legal issues III
Approvals V
Conventions Used in This Manual VI
Table of Figures X
Effectivity, Revision and Errata History XI
CHAPTER 1 WELCOME TO THE SN4500 1-1
What is the SN4500 1-1
CHAPTER 2 DISPLAY OVERVIEW 2-1
SN4500 Physical Features 2-1
Display Areas 2-1
Indicators 2-2
Data Color Coding 2-5
CHAPTER 3 BASIC OPERATION 3-1
Overview 3-1
Power-up Displays 3-1
Selecting the Data 3-2
Selecting the Primary NAV Source 3-3
Selecting and Displaying Bearing Pointers 1 & 2 3-4
Displaying the Map Data 3-4
360-degree FULL View and 70-degree ARC View 3-5
Auto-Slewing the Course Pointer 3-5
Remote Course and Heading Knobs 3-6
Heading Bug Sync 3-6
Course Pointer Sync 3-6
Transitioning from GPS/FMS to ILS 3-6
MEM Function 3-6
Display Brightness 3-7
Button Brightness 3-8
CHAPTER 4 NAV OPERATION 4-1
NAV Menu 4-1
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GPS Mode Selection 4-1
GPS APPR Switch 4-2
Auto-Slew Function 4-2
Course Pointer Display Function 4-3
GPS INTEG / WAAS Annunciations 4-4
CHAPTER 5 BEARING POINTERS 5-1
Bearing Pointers 5-1
BRG Menu 5-2
CHAPTER 6 MAP OPERATIONS 6-1
Overview 6-1
Internal Database 6-2
Map Controls and Displays 6-2
Map Memories 6-3
MAP DATABASE ITEMS 6-4
Getting Started - Example 6-5
Map Setup 6-6
Map Memory Settings 6-8
Storing Settings into Preset Memories 1-4 6-9
Removing a Map Memory from the Rotation Sequence 6-9
Restoring Default Settings 6-10
Copying Map Settings into the Scratchpad 6-11
Automatic Decluttering 6-12
Maximum Range of Internal Map Data 6-12
Clearing the Map Display 6-12
CHAPTER 7 WEATHER DISPLAY INTERFACE 7-14
WX-500 Stormscope® Data 7-14
WX Menu 7-14
FIS-B Datalink Weather 7-16
General Operation 7-17
Precipitation Intensity 7-18
FIS-B Lightning 7-18
FIS-B Services Backgrounder 7-19
Examples 7-21
CHAPTER 8 TRAFFIC DISPLAY INTERFACE 8-1
Traffic Symbology 8-1

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Relative Altitude 8-2
Absolute Altitude vs. Relative Altitude 8-3
Traffic Display Mode 8-3
Altitude Mode 8-4
Traffic Overlay with Moving Map 8-4
Traffic Display with Stormscope and Data Link Weather 8-5
TFC Menu 8-5
CHAPTER 9 FLAGS AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS 9-1
CHAPTER 10 MESSAGES 10-1
CHAPTER 11 REVERSIONARY ATTITUDE MODE 11-1
Pilot Integrity Check 11-1
Reversionary Mode Display Description 11-2
Reversionary Mode Controls 11-3
Reversionary Mode Control Description 11-3
Attitude Display Details 11-4
Roll Index 11-4
Sky Pointer 11-4
Slip/Skid Indicator 11-4
Pitch Scale 11-5
Unusual Attitudes 11-6
Down Chevrons 11-6
Up Chevrons 11-7
Reversionary Mode Annunciations 11-8
CHAPTER 12 TECHNICAL SPECS AND OPERATING LIMITS12-1
CHAPTER 13 INSTALLATION INFORMATION 13-1
CHAPTER 14 GLOSSARY 14-1
CHAPTER 15 AVIONICS ACRONYMS 15-1
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Table of Figures
Figure 2-1 SN4500 Physical Features 2-1
Figure 2-2 Display Areas 2-2
Figure 3-1 Introduction Screen 3-1
Figure 3-2 SN4500 Display with Compass Card 3-2
Figure 3-3 NAV Source Annunciations 3-3
Figure 3-4 Full View 3-5
Figure 3-5 Arc View 3-5
Figure 3-6 Brightness Adjustment 3-7
Figure 3-7 Brightness Menu 3-8
Figure 4-1 NAV Menu 4-1
Figure 4-2 GPS Mode 4-1
Figure 4-3 GPS APPR 4-2
Figure 4-4 Auto-Slew Setup Menu 4-2
Figure 4-5 Course Pointer Setup Menu 4-3
Figure 4-6 Location of INTEG & WAAS Approach Annunciators 4-4
Figure 4-7 GPS WAAS Annunciator Descriptions 4-5
Figure 5-1 BRG Main Menu 5-2
Figure 6-1 Map Operation 6-3
Figure 6-2 Map Setup Menu 6-7
Figure 6-3 Select "AIRSPC" 6-8
Figure 6-4 Select "ON" 6-8
Figure 6-5 Storing Settings 6-9
Figure 6-6 Removing Map Memory 6-10
Figure 6-7 Restoring Default Settings 6-11
Figure 6-8 Copying Map Settings 6-11
Figure 7-1 WX-500 Stormscope Display 7-14
Figure 7-2 WX Setup Menu 7-15
Figure 7-3 Display Menu 7-15
Figure 7-4 WX-500 Mode Menu 7-16
Figure 7-5 LTNG SRC Mode Menu 7-16
Figure 7-6 FIS-B Weather Display 7-17
Figure 7-7 Precipitation 7-18
Figure 7-8 FIS-B Lightning Strike Age 7-19
Figure 7-9 FIS-B Information Flow 7-20
Figure 7-10 Precipitation Example 7-21
Figure 7-11 Visible Moisture Observed 7-22
Figure 7-12 No Visible Moisture Observed 7-22
Figure 7-13 Between Layers 7-23
Figure 8-1 SN4500 with Traffic 8-1
Figure 8-2 Traffic with Moving Map 8-5
Figure 8-3 ON AUTO Menu 8-5
Figure 8-4 Altitude Range Menu 8-6
Figure 8-5 Altitude as Flight Level Menu 8-6
Figure 9-1 Messages 9-1
Figure 10-1 Message and "ACK" Button 10-1
Figure 11-1 Reversionary Mode Display 11-2

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Figure 11-2 Reversionary Display Controls 11-3
Effectivity, Revision and Errata History
Date: 25-MAR-2010
Applies to: SN4500 Software 2.01
SN4500 Pilot’s Guide 82009-PG, Revision D1
With the exception of the superseding information contained in this
section, operation of the SN4500 is as described in the SN4500
Pilot’s Guide referenced above.
Revision History Confirm all page numbers
Revision Date Comments
D1 25-MAR-2010
Updated for software version 2.01
•Page III: Pub/Copyright date
•TOC: updated
•Page X1: Effectivity
updated.
D 22-JAN-2009
Updated for software version 2.00
•Page V: added C3d, c4c
•TOC: updated
•Page X: Effectivity updated.
•Page 2-6: Added REV ATT
heading bug color.
•Chapter 11: new
•Chap. 12 – 15: renumber
•Page 12-1: added C3d, c4c
C 11-NOV-2008
Updated for software version 1.05.
•Formatting changes made
to Effectivity, Revision and
Errata History page.
•Page 2-1: Added Power On
Indicator to Figure 2-1:
Physical Features.
•Page 2-5: Added GPS
approach type
annunciators.
•Page 3-7: Digits added on
brightness adjustment
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indicator.
•Page 4-4 GPS WAAS
INTEG annunciations added
•Page 4-5 GPS annunciator
descriptions added.
B1 20-DEC-2007
Updated for software version 1.03.
•Page iii: Patent information
updated.
•Page XI Errata updated.
•Page 2-5: Data color coding
tables updated to reflect
new data color coding.
•Illustrations updated to
reflect new data color
coding.
•Page 9-4: GPS “INTG”
annunciator added.
B 08-NOV-2006
AR 867: Commercial release with
software v1.01
A 16-FEB-2006 Initial Release
No errata applicable to this release.

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CHAPTER 1 WELCOME TO THE SN4500
What is the SN4500
For years, pilots of large commercial aircraft have appreciated the
benefits of Electronic Flight Instrumentation Systems, commonly
known as EFIS. Full EFIS systems combine data from different
sources within the aircraft and provide the pilot with a unified
display. This greatly simplifies the instrument scan and improves
situational awareness.
The Sandel SN4500 Primary Navigation Display is an enhanced
Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator (EHSI) which packs the
essential features of an EFIS NAV display plus enhanced features
into a standard four-inch instrument. By combining the functions of
an electromechanical HSI, an RMI, a moving map, data link
weather, TCAS and a Stormscope® display into one instrument, the
SN4500 ties together the critical elements of situational awareness.
The SN4500 uses Sandel’s proprietary LED backlit rear-projection
display technology for brilliant image quality and long operating
lifetime.
Internally, the SN4500 uses high-speed digital converters that allow
it to receive signals from virtually every type of navigation receiver
ever installed in general aviation aircraft. A comprehensive set of
maintenance pages allows the installer to simply specify the make
and model of the installed equipment, and the SN4500 will configure
itself accordingly.
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DISPLAY OVERVIEW
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CHAPTER 2 DISPLAY OVERVIEW
SN4500 Physical Features
The SN4500 physical layout consists of a full four inch display,
twelve backlit pushbuttons, two knobs with push to select, a power
on indicator, and one USB connector.
Figure 2-1 SN4500 Physical Features
The following section of the manual describes the appearance of
the SN4500 display and identifies each functional element. Detailed
descriptions of these elements and a tutorial guide to their use are
presented in later sections.
Display Areas
The primary display area shows either a 360-degree FULL view or a
70-degree ARC view, as indicated by the white compass ring. The
cyan airplane or triangle represents the aircraft’s current position.
The primary display area may also depict the current GPS flight
plan, airports, navaids, intersections, airspace, traffic, FIS-B datalink
weather and/or Stormscope® data if the map feature has been
enabled. Several indicators (see below) are also presented within
the primary display area.
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Figure 2-2 Display Areas
The upper display area presents data from the selected course
navigation instrument. The data displayed depends upon the
navigation source (VOR/DME or GPS) but it will generally include
bearing, distance, and ground speed, if available. The upper
display area also includes information on the map status, WX-500
Stormscope® status (if installed), and an annunciation on whether
the VOR NAV display is currently receiving either a localizer or a full
ILS (localizer/glide slope) signal.
The lower display area presents the numeric data associate with the
two bearing pointers. This includes the NAV source, bearing and
distance (if available). The right section of this area contains a
display of the marker beacon lights if configured. The left section
includes GPS annunciators, if configured.
Indicators
Several different symbols, or indicators, are used in each of the
display areas. These are described below:
Lubber line [white]: Points to the magnetic heading. It is
always at the top of the display.
Upper
display
area
Lower
display
area
Primary
display
area

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Heading bug [orange]: This can be set to a desired
heading by rotating the Heading Select knob (right knob).
Pressing the Heading Select knob will SYNC the heading bug with
the lubber line, allowing the pilot to immediately set the heading bug
to the current heading.
Parked heading bug: When the display is in
the 70-degree ARC mode using the [VUE]
button, it is possible for the heading bug to be
positioned off of the screen. When this
happens, the heading bug “parks” at the side of
the screen nearest to its actual position, with
the symbol displayed smaller than normal and
close to the edge of the screen.
Course pointer: By rotating the Course Select knob (left
knob), you can set the course pointer to the desired course to
a VOR NAV source. When a long-range NAV source is
selected, the course pointer can automatically rotate to the desired
track being sent by the NAV source (i.e. “Auto-slew”). A unique
course pointer setting is maintained for each NAV source selection.
Parked course pointer: When the display is in
the 70-degree ARC mode, it is possible for the
head of the course pointer to be positioned off
of the screen. When this happens, the course
pointer “parks” at the side of the screen nearest
to its actual position, with the symbol displayed
smaller than normal and close to the edge of
the screen.
Bearing pointers 1 and 2: Two bearing pointers are
provided. Bearing pointer 1 (BRG1) is represented
by the closed tip arrowhead symbol. Bearing pointer 2 (BRG2) is
represented by the open tip arrowhead symbol. Depending on the
user-selected settings, these pointers may show the bearing to a
VOR, ADF, or GPS waypoint. The numeric information from the
instruments assigned to these pointers is displayed in the lower
display area. The information is displayed in the same color as the
associated bearing pointer. Also note that the tail of each pointer
can be used to determine the bearing from the selected NAV
source.
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Inner Course and Vertical Deviation Indicators: The course
deviation indicator bar (CDI; also known as the deviation bar or “D-
bar”) is the movable center section of the course pointer that depicts
deviation to the left or right of course. The vertical deviation
indicator bar (VDI) is the movable center section that depicts vertical
deviation above or below glide
slope or GPS final approach path.
The VDI is only available when
tuned to a glide slope or a vertical
deviation from the GPS. Note that
the inner CDI and VDI are not
visible when the map display is
enabled.
Outer Course and Vertical
Deviation Indicator: The CDI
and VDI are also repeated at the
bottom and right side of the display
– this is referred to as the outer
CDI and outer VDI.
Back course: When flying a
back course approach, the
course pointer should be set to the
published front course. The CDI will
automatically reverse sense when the
course pointer is more than +/- 90
degrees from the lubber line. The label
“BC” will appear above the CDI and a
yellow “X” will block the outer VDI during
a back course approach as a reminder
to the pilot as shown in the adjacent
figure.

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Data Color Coding
Data displayed on the SN4500 is color coded as follows:
Color Data displayed
GREEN
•Information associated with the primary VHF
NAV1 receiver (or NAV2 if in co-pilot
configuration)
•GPS annunciators: LP, LPV, L NAV, LVNAV
ACTV, AUTO and LEG
•Class B and C airspace
•Stormscope® data older than 30 seconds
CYAN
•Information associated with the LNAV
(GPS/FMS) receiver text
•GPS annunciators: HLD, PTK and APPR (II
Morrow GPS only)
•Map status bar icons
•Moving map icons
•Traffic range ring
•Current position symbol, either airplane or
triangle
•Map range scale
WHITE
•Compass rose under normal conditions
•Magnetic heading and button labels
•Non-active legs and waypoints of flight plan
•To/From indicator
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Color Data displayed
WHITE
•Inner marker indicator
•Traffic targets
•New Stormscope® data
•ADF bearing pointer / text
•Heading bug (Reversionary Attitude Display)
RED
•Flags indicating failed glide slope, CDI, map,
weather or traffic data
•Flags indicating abnormal heading condition
•Prohibited airspace
AMBER
•GPS annunciators: MSG, WPT, INTEG.
Also HOLD (Garmin only)
•Compass rose when either gyro or fluxgate
has failed
•Middle marker indicator
YELLOW
•Information associated with the cross-side
NAV receiver (NAV2 if in the pilot
configuration, NAV1 if in the co-pilot
configuration)
•Restricted and warning areas
•Flag indicating invalid glide slope
•Marker test
•Decluttered map status icons