Cockpit Reference Guide

Embraer Prodigy
®
Touch Flight Deck 300 Cockpit Reference Guide
190-01536-00 Rev. A 49
AFCS
Flight
Instruments EAS
Nav/Com/
XPDR/Audio AFCS GPS Nav
Flight
Planning Procedures
Hazard
Avoidance
Additional
Features
Abnormal
Operation
Annun/
Alerts Appendix Index
Selecting VOR Approach Mode:
1) Ensure a valid VOR frequency is tuned.
2) Ensure that VOR is the selected navigation source (use the Active NAV
Softkey to cycle through navigation sources if necessary).
3) Press the APR Key.
When FMS Approach Mode is armed, Glidepath Mode is also armed.
Selecting FMS Approach Mode:
1) Ensure a FMS approach is loaded into the active flight plan. The active
waypoint must be part of the flight plan (cannot be a direct-to a waypoint
not in the flight plan).
2) Ensure that FMS is the selected navigation source (use the Active NAV
Softkey to cycle through navigation sources if necessary).
3) Press the APR Key.
Selecting LOC Approach Mode:
1) Ensure a valid localizer frequency is tuned.
2) Ensure that LOC is the selected navigation source (use the Active NAV
Softkey to cycle through navigation sources if necessary).
3) Press the APR Key.
Or :
1) Ensure that FMS is the selected navigation source (use the CDI Softkey to
cycle through navigation sources if necessary).
2) Ensure a LOC/ILS approach is loaded into the active flight plan.
3) Ensure the corresponding LOC frequency is tuned.
4) Press the APR Key.
When LOC Approach Mode is armed, Glideslope Mode is also armed automatically.
LOC captures are inhibited if the difference between aircraft heading and localizer
course exceeds 105°.