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OPERATIONS MANUAL

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FMS<br />

FIX INFO Page:<br />

1L<br />

2L<br />

3L<br />

4L<br />

5L<br />

6L<br />

6R<br />

Access: FIX key<br />

General: The crew can enter a database<br />

fix with bearings and distance circles for<br />

display on the NDs. Bearings refer to<br />

magnetic or true north as per the current<br />

FMC heading reference. The data is blank<br />

when the distance is greater than 511 nm.<br />

Two pages are available.<br />

1L FIX<br />

When a fix is entered, bearing and distance<br />

from the fix are shown in the middle of the<br />

line, and all left LSKs are operative.<br />

Valid entries<br />

Any waypoint, airport, or navigation radio<br />

identifier in the database.<br />

2L 3L 4L BRG/DIS<br />

Values in small font are computed data,<br />

values in large font are manual entries.<br />

If a bearing or circle intersects a straight<br />

segment of the active route, the estimated<br />

time of arrival (ETA), distance to go<br />

(DTG), and altitude at that intersection are<br />

indicated. Downselecting a small-font entry<br />

will show that intersection in the scratchpad<br />

in place-bearing/distance format.<br />

Valid entries<br />

Bearing (000-360):<br />

XXX<br />

Distance (1-511) after slash:<br />

/XXX<br />

/XX<br />

/XXX<br />

Bearing/distance:<br />

XXX/X<br />

XXX/XX<br />

XXX/XXX<br />

5L ABEAM<br />

Initially displays the

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