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Audio Pannel Backlighting
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I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I dont know who makes it since there is no name on the audio panel. But it uses a row of up and down toggle switches to flip between functions and it has the marker beacon light built in. Every time I fly at night I curse this thing because I can't tell which COM is selected without pulling out a flash light. Im not shure if the lettering should light up or not. Is there any way to tell? John Roncallo |
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John Roncallo wrote: Hello I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I dont know who makes it since there is no name on the audio panel. But it uses a row of up and down toggle switches to flip between functions and it has the marker beacon light built in. Every time I fly at night I curse this thing because I can't tell which COM is selected without pulling out a flash light. Im not shure if the lettering should light up or not. Is there any way to tell? John Roncallo Try the time-honored way. Write up "backlighting on audio panel INOP" as a squawk and see what happens :-) |
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Roy Smith wrote:
In article , John Roncallo wrote: Hello I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I dont know who makes it since there is no name on the audio panel. But it uses a row of up and down toggle switches to flip between functions and it has the marker beacon light built in. Every time I fly at night I curse this thing because I can't tell which COM is selected without pulling out a flash light. Im not shure if the lettering should light up or not. Is there any way to tell? John Roncallo Try the time-honored way. Write up "backlighting on audio panel INOP" as a squawk and see what happens :-) I have actually done this and was told there is no backlighting. But I'm not sure I was told this by someone who knows or someone in the club that never flys at night and really doesnt want to look into it or have the club spent the money to fix it. J. Roncallo |
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my old audio panel I just replaced did not have back lighting, my new one
does not have back lighting but the buttons are lighted. chances are if its an old one with just the metal toggle switches it has no lighting. John Roncallo wrote: Hello I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I dont know who makes it since there is no name on the audio panel. But it uses a row of up and down toggle switches to flip between functions and it has the marker beacon light built in. Every time I fly at night I curse this thing because I can't tell which COM is selected without pulling out a flash light. Im not shure if the lettering should light up or not. Is there any way to tell? John Roncallo |
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 00:22:17 -0800, Jeff wrote:
my old audio panel I just replaced did not have back lighting, my new one does not have back lighting but the buttons are lighted. chances are if its an old one with just the metal toggle switches it has no lighting. John Roncallo wrote: Hello I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I dont know who makes it since there is no name on the audio panel. But it uses a row of up and down toggle switches to flip between functions and it has the marker beacon light built in. Every time I fly at night I curse this thing because I can't tell which COM is selected without pulling out a flash light. Im not shure if the lettering should light up or not. Is there any way to tell? John Roncallo This is likely the case here, as well. However, it sounds like a post light or two could help a lot and certainly shouldn't be that much expense to install. From a standpoint of safety, it would be cheap insurance against selecting the wrong switch or position at night... |
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John...
This sounds like a Cessna Audio Panel. They have a rotary switch to choose the transmitter and a rotary control (two concentric knobs) to control the Marker receiver. Otherwise toggle switches. They all do have backlighting. If your plane has optional electrolumenescent (EL) backlighting (120 VAC, very low current) on the lower panels ( ignition, gear, heater, etc.), the audio panel has EL lighting. This often fails but if you are a handyman, you can buy replacement EL flexible panels and cut them to fit. They are available at allelectronics.com for $3.50 each. You have to do a bit of soldering but they should work great. If you do not have the EL option, you have 28 V lights (about 8 of them) on a plastic sheet inside instead of the EL panel. You can replace the lights or maybe I have a spare with good lights. Email me for more info. DB "John Roncallo" wrote in message . com... Hello I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I dont know who makes it since there is no name on the audio panel. But it uses a row of up and down toggle switches to flip between functions and it has the marker beacon light built in. Every time I fly at night I curse this thing because I can't tell which COM is selected without pulling out a flash light. Im not shure if the lettering should light up or not. Is there any way to tell? John Roncallo |
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Thank You
John Roncallo Doodybutch wrote: John... This sounds like a Cessna Audio Panel. They have a rotary switch to choose the transmitter and a rotary control (two concentric knobs) to control the Marker receiver. Otherwise toggle switches. They all do have backlighting. If your plane has optional electrolumenescent (EL) backlighting (120 VAC, very low current) on the lower panels ( ignition, gear, heater, etc.), the audio panel has EL lighting. This often fails but if you are a handyman, you can buy replacement EL flexible panels and cut them to fit. They are available at allelectronics.com for $3.50 each. You have to do a bit of soldering but they should work great. If you do not have the EL option, you have 28 V lights (about 8 of them) on a plastic sheet inside instead of the EL panel. You can replace the lights or maybe I have a spare with good lights. Email me for more info. DB "John Roncallo" wrote in message . com... |
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John Roncallo wrote in message .com...
Hello I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I don't know if this applies to 81's, but recent Cessna's have a switch on the annunciator panel with which you should be familiar. It's a 3-position toggle switch, and if you press it up and hold it in the TST position, it illuminates all the lights on the annunciator panel. You do this as part of your pre-flight. You can press that very same switch down, into the DIM position. THIS PROVIDES POWER TO THE AVIONICS PANEL BACKLIGHTS! If it's not in the DIM position, the audio panel will have no lights! Neither will the radios or NAV and ADF heads. |
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Brien K. Meehan wrote:
John Roncallo wrote in message .com... Hello I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I don't know if this applies to 81's, but recent Cessna's have a switch on the annunciator panel with which you should be familiar. It's a 3-position toggle switch, and if you press it up and hold it in the TST position, it illuminates all the lights on the annunciator panel. You do this as part of your pre-flight. You can press that very same switch down, into the DIM position. THIS PROVIDES POWER TO THE AVIONICS PANEL BACKLIGHTS! If it's not in the DIM position, the audio panel will have no lights! Neither will the radios or NAV and ADF heads. I will have to try this. I do have a 3 position toggle switch on the right which I thought was strictly for the Marker Beacon lights. I have tested them during the day and probably a night, but I dont think I ever shot appraches at night in this plane so I may have never turned it to the night position. There is no mention of backlighting in the POH for this switch. It references Mkr Bcn, BC, LOC ARC and RN, Which except for Mrk Bcn, I dont know what the rest are. All I know is that my NAV and ADF heads are back light fine and are operated from a rheostat just below the throttle. Thanks John Roncallo |
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Brien K. Meehan wrote:
John Roncallo wrote in message .com... Hello I'm trying to find out if the Audio Pannel in our Clubs 81 C172 should have back lighting or not. I don't know if this applies to 81's, but recent Cessna's have a switch on the annunciator panel with which you should be familiar. It's a 3-position toggle switch, and if you press it up and hold it in the TST position, it illuminates all the lights on the annunciator panel. You do this as part of your pre-flight. You can press that very same switch down, into the DIM position. THIS PROVIDES POWER TO THE AVIONICS PANEL BACKLIGHTS! If it's not in the DIM position, the audio panel will have no lights! Neither will the radios or NAV and ADF heads. OK I went out and actually tried this today and I still have no backlighting. John Roncallo |
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