Multifunction Display

Avidyne’s EX500

brings easy-to-use,

datalink-enabled

multifunction display

capability to the

flight deck of

general aviation

aircraft.
The Avidyne Advantage
Avidyne is committed to designing products that improve situational awareness and
safety. And just as important, Avidyne is uniquely focused on developing products
that are easy to use. With the FlightMax EX500, Avidyne offers the most pilot-friendly
multifunction displays available for general aviation.

The EX500’s user interface dramatically improves your ability to access and display
critical flight data. This design philosophy keeps operation simple and consistent
by allowing you to select and display what you need on a single easy-to interpret
integrated moving map. As a radar display replacement, the EX500 provides easy
access to radar modes, tilt control, and bearing adjust.

With the EX500’s “map-centric” operation, you can display a moving map of your
flight plan along with radar and datalink weather. And special-use airspace. And
traffic. And terrain. And lightning. All without ever leaving the map page. It’s the
only MFD available that provides the complete picture. And it’s the easiest to use.

The Best Map Available
The EX500 keeps you connected with the
complete weather picture, allowing you to
view datalink graphical weather information,
seamlessly integrated with your flight plan moving map,
lightning, traffic, and terrain display.
All special-use and class airspaces are color-keyed for added
clarity, and can be displayed at the same time as NEXRAD or
weather radar for a more complete picture. Comprehensive
Jeppesen NavData™ and an expansive North American obstacle
database provide an unparalleled view of your flight environ-
ment. Full overlay capability allows you to add or remove traffic,
lightning, and radar, with 180-degree forward view and
360-degree center view maps.
Curved Paths
When flying GPS approaches, the EX500’s large display clearly
shows curved flight path segments when provided by the GPS,
including DME arcs, Holding Patterns and Procedure Turns, over-
laid with traffic, terrain, weather, airports and runway diagrams.
And with Avidyne’s CMax™ Electronic Charts, the EX500 really
takes the guess work out of shooting instrument approaches.
Ultra-Bright, High-Resolution Display
The EX500 features our industry-leading, high- resolution, active-
matrix liquid-crystal display (AMLCD), providing you with the
brightest, most versatile big-screen moving map available. With
nearly three times as many pixels as previous-generation displays,
and an incredibly wide viewing angle, the EX500 provides
clear and concise navigation and weather information over an
exceptional color-contoured terrain and water base map.
Satellite Datalink Weather &
Entertainment
Avidyne leads the industry in datalink-capable multifunction
displays and the EX500 MFD is the most advanced and
easiest-to-use datalink system you can get.
Interfacing the EX500 with Avidyne’s MLB700 Broadcast
Datalink Receiver gives pilots comprehensive, graphical
information about weather conditions all across the
Continental United States (CONUS).
The NRST Page shows graphical and textual METARs at the
destination and surrounding airports, making it easy to
monitor weather ahead and select an alternate when needed.
Using the industry-leading WSI InFlight® Weather Service via
the SIRIUS® Satellite Network, the EX500 MFD displays
critical, real-time information for pilots, including WSI’s
exclusive high-resolution NOWrad® radar mosaic, overlaid
right on the moving map. The EX500 also displays Storm
Track Vectors, Hail Warnings, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, graphi-
cal and textual METARs, TAFs, Temperatures and Winds
Aloft, TFRs, and Lightning from the United States Precision
Lightning Network.
At a glance, the
EX500 shows Winds
& Temperatures
Aloft to help
determine best
cruising altitude.
SIRIUS Satellite Radio
With the MLB700, you also have access to over 130
channels of digital-quality music, sports, news, and
talk radio, right through your aircraft’s audio system.
Audio content can be selected from anywhere in the
aircraft using the RC70 wireless RF remote control.
 Simple & Intuitive Situational Awareness.
CMax™ – Maximizing Your Approach
Avidyne’s CMax™ Electronic Charts option offers a
world-wide library of geo-referenced approach charts and
airport diagrams, helping you manage and access critical
flight information and reducing the amount of paper
required on board your aircraft.
Utilizing Jeppesen’s trusted JeppView™ Electronic Airway
Manual, CMax makes accessing an approach or viewing an
airport diagram a breeze. At startup, your departure airport
chart is automatically loaded for ease of orientation,
especially at unfamiliar fields.
Your destination airport diagram and the list of available
approaches are automatically loaded at the time your flight
plan is entered, and can be viewed easily using the Auto-fill
capability, or you can easily select and view any approach at
any airport in the database.
Trip Page
The EX500's versatile
Trip Page provides
information about your
route of flight including
a list of all remaining
waypoints in the
active flightplan, with
distances and times
for each leg. Graphical
METARs for all reporting airports are also listed, which can help
you in determining an alternate airport in the event of inclement
weather or an emergency situation. Textual METARs are also
available for each reporting airport. The EX500 translates the
METAR abbreviations into plain English for easy interpretation.
Terrain & Obstacles
With its complete terrain and water base map, and a North
American database containing towers and other obstacles greater
than 200’ AGL, the EX500 provides a clear presentation of terrain
hazards. Obstacles can be displayed with MSL altitude labels, and
Avidyne’s exclusive terrain scale shows the altitude of the highest
terrain and obstacle height in the displayed area. The “nearest
obstacle” feature makes it easy to determine the height and
proximity of nearby towers as you descend into any unfamiliar
areas. The EX500 also interfaces with the popular EGPWS/TAWS
sensors for added safety, making it the most versatile
multi-function display available.
TFRs
Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) areas are updated via datalink
to provide the most up-to-date information about your flight
environment. Having the complete picture gives you the ability
to avoid hazardous weather conditions and stay clear of restricted
airspaces, saving you time and fuel.
 Specifications Functionality
Applicable TSO Physical Dimensions Datalink Interface
• TSO C63c Airborne Weather Radar • 4.35H x 6.25W x 10.75D • Avidyne MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver
• TSO C110a Airborne Passive – Using WSI InFlight® Aviation Weather
Weight
Thunderstorm Detection and SIRIUS® Satellite Radio
• 7.2 lbs (3.24 kg)
• TSO C113 Airborne Multipurpose • Heads Up Technologies XMD-076/A
Electronic Display Power Requirements – Using Baron Services weather and
• TSO C118 Traffic Alert & Collision • Max 5.0A @ 28VDC XM® Satellite Radio
Avoidance (TCAS) Environmental
• TSO C147 Traffic Advisory System (TAS) Vector-Graphic Moving Map
• DO 160D • Americas Jeppesen NavData®
• TSO C157 Flight Information System - • To 50,000 ft.
Broadcast (FIS-B) • International Jeppesen NavData – Optional
• -20C to +55C Operating • Portable Dataloader or
Display • +70C Short Term USB Flash Drive – Optional
• 5.5” Diagonal Cooling
• 616 x 350 pixels GPS/FMS Interface
• Internal forced air cooling provided
• 65,535 colors • ARINC 429 GAMA Graphics
• Ultrabright sunlight readable Warranty • RS-232
• 2 Years parts & labor included
Heading Interface
• Extended warranty service available
• ARINC 407 – Synchro XYZ
• ARINC 429
MHAS6000–MultiHazard System
Electronic Approach Charts – Optional
As a safety enhancement • CMax™ – Jeppesen Electronic Airway
for the industry-leading Manual Charts
EX500 MFD, consider
Lightning Interface
the advantages of the
• Avidyne TWX670 Tactical Lightning Detection
MHAS6000 Multi-Hazard
• L3 WX-500 Stormscope® Weather
System. The MHAS6000
Mapping Sensor
is a specially-priced safety
enhancement suite comprised of an EX500 MFD and any of Avidyne’s dual- Traffic Interface
antenna TAS600-Series Traffic Avoidance Systems. The TAS600 Series provides • Avidyne TAS600/TAS610/TAS620 TAS
the most advanced collision avoidance protection available for whatever type of • Ryan 9900B/9900BX TAS
aircraft you fly. MHAS packages are also available with Avidyne’s new MLB700 • Honeywell KTA870/KMH880 TAS/IHAS
Broadcast Datalink Receiver and TWX670 Tactical Lightning Sensor. With the • L3 Skywatch 497 /Skywatch HP TAS
MHAS6000, you’ll have the best situational awareness and safety system available • Garmin GTX330 TIS Transponder
• L3 791 TCAS I
for general aviation at an even greater value.
• Honeywell CAS66A TCAS I
Terrain Awareness
• Color-Contoured Terrain Base Map Built in
– Americas Terrain & US Obstacle Data
– International Terrain Data – Optional
EGPWS/TAWS Interface – Optional
• Honeywell MK V, VI, VII, VIII
• Honeywell KMH880 IHAS
• Honeywell KGP560
Radar Interface – Optional
• Collins WXR250/270/300
• Bendix RDR130/150/160
• Bendix RDR1100/1200/1300
• Bendix RDS81/82/82VP/84/84VP/86/86VP
• Bendix/King RDR2000/2100

The EX500 presents navigation, radar, datalink weather, lightning, traffic, and
terrain data in an easy-to-interpret format, dramatically improving situational Avionics installations require special skills and test equipment.
Avidyne’s limited warranty is valid only for equipment installed
awareness and enhancing safety through all phases of flight. by an Authorized Avidyne Distributor. Avidyne reserves the right to
make changes to product specifications and design features without
notice. FlightMax®, Ryan® and Avidyne® are trademarks of Avidyne
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