Displays
VIDEO page
Sensor video on the MPD. The TADS picture, or either crew station’s night vision, with its symbology, and as an underlay beneath the other pages.
Open it with the VID button. It shows the picture from a sensor, with the matching symbology on top: the CPG’s TADS symbology over the TADS, or a crew station’s flight symbology over its night vision.
The first time you open it, it picks a sensor for you: the CPG gets the CPG’s sight, the pilot their own helmet’s night vision.
Two views
The page opens on the video view: the picture fills the screen, with only these buttons:
| Button | Label | Action |
|---|---|---|
T6 |
the source’s symbology, e.g. TADS |
Opens the menu view. |
L1–L3 |
W N Z |
Picture size: wide, normal or zoomed in. |
B1 |
MENU. |
The symbology is drawn on the picture only in the video view.
The VIDEO page showing the TADS with its symbology (picture removed): FLIR, LMC on, lasing, and a laser Hellfire within constraints.
- 1Symbology Whose symbology is drawn, here the TADS. Press for the menu view.
- 2Picture size Wide, normal or zoomed in; the one in use is boxed.
- 3TADS symbology As in the TADS, drawn heavier.
Menu view
| Button | Label | Action |
|---|---|---|
T6 |
symbology | Back to the video view. |
L1–L3 |
WIDE NORM ZOOM |
VIEW: picture size. |
L6 |
COLOR |
WHITE or GREEN picture. |
R1–R6 |
UNDERLAY: the source, below. | |
B2 |
SYMB |
NORM, or a dimmed picture so the symbology stands out. |
B3 |
RESET |
VIEW back to NORM and COLOR back to WHITE. |
B6 |
G/S |
Gray scale: a strip of reference shades for setting up the picture. |
VCR and SHARP are not simulated.
Sources
| Button | Source | Picture | Symbology |
|---|---|---|---|
R1 |
TADS | The TADS: FLIR or day TV, whichever is selected. Nothing for the direct view optics. | TADS |
R2 |
CPG SIGHT | The TADS while the CPG’s sight is the TADS or FCR, otherwise the CPG’s night vision. | TADS, C-FCR or C-FLT |
R3 |
CPG HMD | The CPG’s night vision sensor. | C-FLT |
R4 |
PLT SIGHT | The pilot’s night vision, or nothing while the pilot’s sight is the FCR. | P-FLT or P-FCR |
R5 |
PLT HMD | The pilot’s night vision sensor. | P-FLT |
R6 |
NO VIDEO | None. |
A night vision source shows nothing while that crew station’s NVS mode switch is OFF. A damaged sensor shows nothing either. See Night vision.
The underlay
The source you choose here also runs under every other page on this MPD, so you can watch the TADS behind the TSD or the WPN page. Choose NO VIDEO to take it away. Each MPD has its own source and settings.