Panasonic 3.0 User Manual

EchoMap v3.0 

2.4  Position Indicators 

Directly below the direct to indicator is 

the navigation box. This box displays 

current navigational information during 

flight.  The first two lines are Distance 

to the Waypoint and Ground Speed.  

The third line displays the Estimated 

Time Enroute (ETE) to the target 

waypoint.  ETE is computed on your 

actual track and closure rate, (not just 

distance divided by ground speed), to 

give you an extremely accurate time.  

For this reason, the ETE indicator will disappear when your track is 

90 degrees or more off from the target heading. 
The final line indicates your altitude in feet above mean sea level.  

This altitude will appear in yellow when your aircraft is 500-1000 

feet above the terrain and red when within 500 feet or less.  When 

GPS reception is less than 4 satellites no altitude is displayed and 

you will receive a No Alt warning in the Obstacle clearance panel.   

 

Although government Selective Availability has been removed, the 

system is not to be used for primary vertical navigation or IFR navigation.   

2.5  Satellite Status Indicators 

Directly below the navigation box 

are the satellite status indicators.  

There are four indicators, upper-

left is the status of the 

ORBCOMM satellite connection, 

lower-left is the GPS lock status, 

upper right is the WX status 

which lets you know what 

weather product is being displayed, and lower right is the Msg 

status.  The indicators will also display an arrow up or down to 

show that the system is transmitting or receiving data from the 

satellite. 
Below these indicators is a small text box that outputs status 

information that is written to status log. The text is small because 

it is not necessary to read this information during flight.