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PILOT'S GUIDE

IN-FLIGHT
ENTERTAINMENT
CONNECTING AIRCRAFT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
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lmost anywhere you look today you see earbud-connected people, heads lowered, seemingly hypnotized
by the personal electronic device that occupies at least one of their hands or pockets . Whether it is an
iPod, iPhone, iPad or similar piece of technology, through some form of wireless connection, it bonds us
to the world . Unless we are in an airplane .
But this, too, is changing . The Federal Aviation Administration is reconsidering the regulations governing the
use of PEDs in flight, and a growing number of airlines are now connected (for a fee) to the Internet . Behind
the cockpit, these electronic capabilities are summarized as in-flight entertainment, and it can be a business
opportunity for avionics businesses that have or are willing to invest in the training, talent and equipment
necessary to implement it .
But pilots and aircraft owners should take note: Shops considering this opportunity
should disabuse themselves of the notion that IFE is a chance to up-sell a
system in conjunction with a cockpit avionics upgrade . Generally
speaking, this possibility only exists in smaller piston and turbine
aircraft and is limited to the first form of IFE, music delivered through
the audio panel . For years, many audio panels have featured jacks for
connecting cables, and PS Engineering has taken the next step with
its PMA8000BT audio panel, which taps a PED's music library through
a Bluetooth connection . Aircraft equipped with XM Weather also can
connect to Sirius/XM radio .
Beyond audio panel music, installing an IFE system, especially one
with an Internet connection, embodies the complexity and cost of stepping
up to a glass cockpit, and the decision-making process that goes along
with it . Like the other avionics systems installed in aircraft, IFE systems
with Wi-Fi connectivity require a supplemental type certificate that ensures
operational and functional compatibility with the other systems installed .
An IFE system without a Wi-Fi connection requires a field approval . In
Flight Display Systems' iPad Dock charges and synchronizes
either case, consumer equipment, such as a wireless router or Blu-ray
the content on 10 of the Apple tablets.
player from the neighborhood electronics store, will not pass muster .

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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015

From the Publisher
New Avionics Products for 2014
AEA's Value-Added Equation for Aircraft Owners
Attention FAA!
Equipped Like New
In-flight Entertainment
Integrating Mission Capabilities
Lithium Batteries 101
Autopilot Upgrades
Homebuilding Panels: Tackling Wires, Electrons and Circuits
ADS-B Early Adopters
Advertisers Index
ADS-B Installations are Beginning to Take Off
AEA Staff/Board of Directors
Repair Stations
Manufacturers/Distributors
Affiliates
AEA Member Company Index
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - AEA's Value-Added Equation for Aircraft Owners
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Attention FAA!
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Equipped Like New
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - In-flight Entertainment
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Integrating Mission Capabilities
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Lithium Batteries 101
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Autopilot Upgrades
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Homebuilding Panels: Tackling Wires, Electrons and Circuits
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - ADS-B Early Adopters
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Advertisers Index
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - ADS-B Installations are Beginning to Take Off
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - AEA Staff/Board of Directors
Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Repair Stations
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - Affiliates
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Pilot's Guide to Avionics 2014-2015 - AEA Member Company Index
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