202-450-0000 page 1 aug. 2014 pma450 pilot guide covered under one or more of the following patents 4,941,187; 5,903,227; 6,160,496; 6,493,450; 7,391,877 faa-approved: tso c139a, c35d, c71 9800 martel road lenoir city, tn 37772 www.Ps-engineering.Com pma450 pma450 audio selector panel marker beacon ...
Page 2 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 this section provides detailed operating instructions for the ps engineering pma450, audio selector panel/marker beacon receiver/intercom systems. Please read it carefully before using the equipment so that you can take full advantage of its capabilities...
202-450-0000 page 3 aug. 2014 pma450 pilot guide when navigating the menus, the screen will automatically return to this “home” screen after a period of inactivity. This delay time is configurable from the initialization menu as well, for between 1 and 30 seconds. A vertical bar next to a button, in...
Page 4 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 com audio selector (3) communication audio from the other radio, not selected for transmit, can be heard by pressing the associated rcv button. You will always hear the au- dio from the selected transceiver. Swap mode (switch from com 1 to com 2 remotely...
202-450-0000 page 5 aug. 2014 pma450 pilot guide note: monitor mode and spatial audio processing (intelliaudio) are mu- tually exclusive – entering one mode will cancel the other. Navaid selection (4) vhf navigation receivers can be selected directly from the front panel with the n1 and n2 (vhf navi...
Page 6 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 complete and uninterrupted announcements. The pilot microphone will be heard on the speaker when the pilot ptt is used. The copilot can continue to use the selected com radio while the pilot will be heard over the speaker. To exit pa mode, push and hold ...
202-450-0000 page 7 aug. 2014 pma450 pilot guide will indicate the receiver volume in this menu. Note: marker volume can- not be turned completely off. Units without marker receiver will not have a mkr volume menu. Marker beacon sensitivity is set using an external toggle switch, if desired. The pma...
Page 8 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 in volume controls; therefore, volume also can be adjusted additionally at the individual headset. Mono headsets in stereo installation not recommended, because the benefit of intelliaudio is lost. However, if desired, the pma450 can be installed monaura...
202-450-0000 page 9 aug. 2014 pma450 pilot guide the crew’s radio communications. The passengers do not hear the aircraft radio audio. The passenger microphones are muted, such that the crew can- not hear the passengers’ microphone audio while the radio is active. Passen- gers can still talk to each...
Page 10 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 second or so. The mute mode functions are con- trolled through music mute menu which has three modes for music in- puts, all, karaoke & radio mute. All- music will mute with either intercom or radio karaoke mode - music will not mute except during outgo...
202-450-0000 page 11 aug. 2014 pma450 pilot guide pairing and unpairing bluetooth devices the pma450 can be paired with up to eight individual devices. When that number is exceeded, the pma450 will randomly drop a device to allow the new device to be added. Hint, if your old phone is not recognized ...
Page 12 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 note because the cell phone uses an intercom circuit, all stations on that circuit will lose intercom capability when the cell phone is in use. Intercom conver- sations will still be present if the cell phone provides sidetone, or if the audio panel is ...
Page 13 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 during the unit boot up process, hold the lower line select button until the setup screen appears. This shall place the unit into the “user config- urable mode- home screen”. This allows adjustment for: adjust screen (lcd) rename switched inputs bluetoo...
Page 14 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 rename “switched” inputs the system is factory set to default as adf, dme & aux as shown. The three inputs are from top to bottom: switched input #1 j1, pin 7 wrt pin 8 (default adf) switched input #2 j1, pin 21 wrt pin 22 (default dme) switched input #...
202-450-0000 page 15 aug. 2014 pma450 pilot guide warranty & service in order for the factory warranty to be valid, the installations in a certified aircraft must be ac- complished by an faa-(or other icao agency) certified avionics shop and authorized ps engi- neering dealer. If the unit is being i...
Page 16 202-450-0000 pma450 pilot guide rev. 1 ps engineering, inc. 2014 © copyright notice copyrighted information in this manual is subject to change without notice. Ps engineering reserves the right to improve or change the products or contents of this manual, without notification of any person o...
