MAIN PANEL

1. Master Warning Lamp | 12. MFD (Multi Function Display)
2. Master Caution Lamp | 13. Standby Airspeed Indicator
3. Nav1 OBS Course Indicator and Adjuster | 14. Standby Altimeter
4. Altimeter Barometer Indicator and Adjuster | 15. Standby Artificial Horizon
5. Flight Director Switch | 16. Upper EICAS Display
6. GPS Switch (Slaves Nav To GPS) | 17. Landing Gear Handle
7. MFD Control Panel | 18. Window Icons
8. RMI VOR1/ADF1 Switch | 19. EICAS Control Switches
9. RMI VOR2/ADF1 Switch | 20. RMI
10. Autopilot Control Panel | 21. Lower EICAS Display
11. PFD (Primary Flight Display) |

1. MASTER WARNING LAMP- This lamp will light and a flashing description in red of the warning will appear on the MFD when the aircraft enters a STALL or OVERSPEED condition. The warning can be cleared by clicking on the Master Warning Lamp.

2. MASTER CAUTION LAMP- This lamp will light and a flashing description in yellow of the caution will appear on the MFD when the aircraft enters a LOW FUEL, TERRAIN or SINKRATE condition. The caution can be cleared by clicking the Master Caution Lamp.

3. NAV1 OBS- The course selection for Nav 1 is displayed and selected here.

4. ALTIMETER BAROMETER- The barometer setting for the altimeter is set and displayed here. By clicking on the center of the knob, this will set the current sea level barometric pressure into the altimeter. If the aircrafts flight level is above 180000 ft the the standard of 29.92 will be set into the altimeter. The value can also be adjusted at the Standby Altimeter (14). If you click the knob to the left the reading will display Inches of Mercury (in Hg) to the right and the display will read in Millibars (MB).

5. FLIGHT DIRECTOR SWITCH- This will turn the flight director bars on the PFD (11) on and off.

6. GPS SWITCH- This will slave the NAV 1 to the GPS unit with the switch on.

7. MFD CONTROL PANEL- This is where the many features of the MFD (Multi Function Display) (12) are controlled.

The MFD control panel consist of 3 sections, the rotary switch on the left is to select the type of display on the MFD. There is LS (Landing System), VOR, NAV, ARC and Plan. These will be described in detail below. The rotary knob on the right is to select the range of the display of the flight plan when in the PLAN mode. These are in NM (Nautical Miles) 10 thru 320. The buttons along the top are to select the items which are displayed in the flight plan when in the PLAN mode. CSTR is for the course track of the flight plan. WPT will display all the intersections within view of the plan. ARPT will display the airports, VORD displays the VOR and DME stations. The NDB displays the ADF stations.

LS is for the Landing System display. This will give you a large and easy to read display of the ILS (Instrument Landing Systems) Vertical (course) and Horizontal (glide path) Bars. The dark blue needle points to the ADF station if being received. The light blue triangle is your Autopilot Heading Bug.

VOR gives you a large easy to read indicator of where the tuned in VOR stations are in reference to the aircraft. This is very handy for setting up approaches.

The NAV selection gives you a indication of your reference to the in flight navigation aids. The NAV 1 OBS needle shows the omni radial selected for VOR 1. This is selected by the Nav1 OBS Course Adjuster (3). The CDI (Course Deviation Indicator) bar shows your position in reference to the selected radial. NAV 2 points to the location of VOR 2 in reference to the aircraft. The ADF needle points to the tuned in NDB.

ARC is like the NAV selection except it is presented in a close up view. The indicators are similar and have the same functions as the NAV display. There is the added feature of a Track Indicator, this indicates the aircrafts current track along the ground. This takes the aircrafts present bearing and add the effect of the winds on the aircraft.

The PLAN display shows you the reference of the aircraft to the filed flight plan of the current flight. The area represented in the Plan Display is selected by the Range rotary switch. It will display in 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 and 320 Nautical Miles. The range setting is shown below the aircraft indicator when in PLAN display mode. The picture below shows how the different items in the plan is represented.

Note: Additional MFD information will follow below at item 12. MFD (Multi Function Display)

8. RMI VOR1/ADF1 SWITCH- This will select if the RMI's ( Radio Magnetic Indicator) (20) primary needle will point to the VOR 1 or ADF 1.

9. RMI VOR2/ADF1 SWITCH- This will select if the RMI's ( Radio Magnetic Indicator) (20) secondary needle will point to the VOR 2 or ADF 1.

10. AUTOPILOT CONTROL PANEL

1. Indicates if in Mach or Speed (IAS) mode. | 12. Engages the autothrotlle. Must be on for the speed command to work.
2. Displays the selected Mach or IAS number. | 13. Displays the selected heading value.
3. Selects between Mach or Speed Mode. | 14. Shows if the altitude is in feet or meters.
4. To adjust the Mach or IAS value. | 15. The target altitude selected for Alt Hold.
5. Engages the Speed command. | 16. Selects the target altitude for Alt Hold.
6. Engages the Approach hold. | 17. Engages Altitude Hold
7. Allows for flying a Back Course (reversed) approach. Note there is no glideslope lock in this mode. | 18. Shows if the vertical speed is in feet per minute or meters per minute.
8. Locks in the Nav hold to fly the OBS to or from a VOR. | 19. Indicates the vertical speed value selected.
9. To adjust the Heading hold value. | 20. Selects either Feet or Meters for the Altitude and VS values.
10. Engages the heading hold. | 21. Selects the Vertical speed value.
11. AP1 turns on the autopilot. AP2 is inop. | 22. Engages the Vertical Speed hold. Will also be active when Alt Hold is selected.

11. PFD (Primary Flight Display)- The PFD displays all the critical flight environment information. Here you will see the aircrafts attitude (pitch and bank). The airspeed and altitude. The heading and autopilot inputs.

1. Indicated Airspeed | 14. Altitude indicator strip X 100
2. AP Alt Hold engaged | 15. Flight director bars
3. AP NAV Hold engaged | 16. Aircraft pitch and bank reference
4. AP Approach Hold engaged | 17. Mach overspeed indicator
5. AP Back Course engaged | 18. Airspeed indicator strip
6. AP 1 Active | 19. Selected Airspeed bug
7. Flight Director is engaged | 20. Artificial Horizon
8. Autothrottle is engaged | 21. Current Altitude
9. Altitude selection bug | 22. Current Mach number
10. Bank Indicator | 23. Gyro Compass
11. Slip Indicator | 24. Current Heading
12. Vertical speed bug | 24. Altimeter barometric setting
13. Current Vertical speed |

12. MFD (Multi Function Display)- Most of the feature of the MFD where covered in above under the MFD Control Panel. Some of the other features are shown here. These features are found on all the MFD selected displays.

1. Current Ground Speed | 10. Distance to the next waypoint
2. True Airspeed | 11. Local time on reaching the next waypoint
3. Wind Vector Component | 12. Vor 1 Needle style
4. Wind Velocity | 13. VOR station tuned to NAV 1
5. Indicates if NAV 1 is to the VOR or GPS | 14. NAV1 DME
6. Current Heading | 15. Aircraft reference indicator
7. Indicates if Approach Hold is active | 16. NAV2 DME
8. Next waypoint in the flight plan | 17. VOR station tuned to NAV 2
9. Bearing to the next waypoint | 18. Vor 2 Needle style

13. Standby Airspeed Indicator- Back up airspeed indicator in case of electrical failure.

14 Standby Altimeter- Back up altimeter in case of electrical failure.

15. Standby Artificial Horizon- Back up artificial horizon in case of electrical failure.

16. Upper EICAS Display- There are two displays for the upper EICAS (Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System) these are selected by the ECAM switch (19). The first display (Data) gives you the primary engine instruments. EPR (Engine Pressure Ratio), N1, EGT (Exhaust Gas Temperature), N2 and Fuel flow in 1000's of pounds per hour. Total Fuel on Board in pounds a flap indicator and readout in degrees. It also display the state of several switches and the hydraulic pressure, parking brake and if the spoilers are armed.

The second display (Engines) shows you a graphical display of EPR,N1,EGT and N2.

17. Landing Gear Handle- Used to deploy and retract the landing gear, the landing gear indicator lights are covered in the Lower Main Panel section.

18. Window Icons- Used to select the other available windows.

19. EICAS Control Switches- Used to select the displays of the Upper and Lower EICAS.

20. RMI ( Radio Magnetic Indicator)- Displays the direction of VOR 1, VOR 2 and ADF 1 relative to the aircraft. It also will display NAV1 and NAV2 DME.

21. Lower EICAS Display- This will display 4 different modes, Flight Controls, Fuel Status, Hydraulic System and Access Doors. These are selected by the EICAS Control Switches (19). Also displayed at the bottom of each of the EICAS screens is the Turbine inlet Air Temp, Outside Air Temp, AP Altitude selected, Autobrake setting and the Grosse Weight if the aircraft.

The Flight Control display will show the current position of the Ailerons, Elevator and the Rudder. It will also show the current Elevator Pitch Trim setting, if the Spoilers are armed and if the spoilers are deployed.

The Fuel Status Display shows the total amount if fuel used in pounds, the status of the master fuel switches to each engine, the status of the crossfeed valves, the amount of fuel in each tank in pounds, the temperature of the fuel in each tank and if the tank heaters are on. It shows the total current fuel flow from all the engines. The status of the fuel dump valve and the total fuel remaining. The tanks are arranged from left to right as Left Aux, Left Main, Center 2, Center 1, Center 3, Right Main and Right Aux.

The Hydraulic system display gives the avaiable hydraulic fluid for each engine in percent, the pressure from each engine and the total sytem pressure.

The Access will display the status of the Passenger Door, Galley Door and Fwd & Aft Cargo doors.

This completes the Main panel section.

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