MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver

The Avidyne MLB700 Receiver delivers Aviation-quality datalink graphical weather from WSI InFlight® and audio entertainment from SIRIUS® Satellite Radio.

Avidyne offers two versions of the MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver. One version delivers WSI InFlight® aviation-quality weather data for display on Avidyne’s Entegra Release 9, EX600, EX500, and EX5000-series multi-function displays, and a second version delivers WSI InFlight® weather and SIRIUS® Satellite Radio via the SIRIUS® Satellite Network.

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The Weather You Need. From the Source You Can Trust

Known as the leader in Aviation Weather, WSI weather products are recognized throughout the industry for the quality information that they provide. WSI’s full staff of meteorologists and pilots mean that your datalink weather service is supported by knowledgeable professionals that understand your needs. WSI’s award-winning NOWrad® mosaic of the U.S. Doppler Weather Radar network is continuously qualitycontrolled by degreed meteorologists. Additionally, WSI employs a combination of advanced algorithms and up-to-the minute surface observations to determine the type of precipitation, rain, mixed or solid. The result is the most accurate depiction of precipitation over the United States available anywhere.

Delivering “The Best Radio on Radio™”

With the MLB700 receiver, you have access to the SIRIUS® Satellite Radio Network, with over 130 channels of music, sports, news, and talk radio, right through your aircraft’s audio system. Audio content is controlled using the RC70 wireless RF remote control.

NOWrad® and More

With the MLB700, you get WSI’s industry-leading NOWrad® radar mosaic for the most up-to-date and highest-quality aviation weather available. With the “Avidyne Performance” subscription, you also have access to Storm Track Vectors which show cell height and cell movement including speed and forecasted direction. The underlined number shows the height of the storm cell, in hundreds of feet. The storm cell indicators are black for rain (or snow) and white to show hail. In the storm cell example here, the storm cell, which includes hail, is moving NNE at 16 knots. The cell is 45,000 feet high.

Datalinked Lightning

The MLB700 receives datalinked lightning which is derived from the United States Precision Lightning Network. The age of the lightning is indicated by the shading. Lightning 0-5min old is shown in white, Lightning 5-10min old is shown in yellow and lightning that is 10-15min old is shown in brown. As an added value, we’ve included Lightning with both of our datalink subscriptions.

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Satellite Orbits

SIRIUS uses three geosynchronous satellites:

• Radiosat 1
• Radiosat 2
• Radiosat 3

The satellites fly in a highly elliptical orbit in a 24-hour orbital peroid. Two satellites are always over US airspace. One satellite is always at >60° elevation, which provides greater signal availability.

The primary uplink is located in Vernon, New Jersey.

 

The shaded red area shows the extended signal coverage of the SIRIUS Satellite Network (compared with blue border showing XM coverage area). Red Dots show METAR reporting points. SIRIUS has much better Caribbean coverage, including Puerto Rico.

To activate your SIRIUS radio, call 1.888.539.SIRIUS (7474)
Or you can visit www.sirius.com/install

MLB700 Subscriptions

Avidyne’s CONUS Weather Data Subscription Services* (using WSI InFlight Data)

		Avidyne Professional† $54.99	Avidyne Performance $44.99	Avidyne Essentials $29.99
	NOWrad®
	Graphical METARs
	Textual METARs
	TAFs
	TFRs
	Lightning
	Storm Tracker (Cell Movement)
	Echo Tops (Cell Height)
	Winds Aloft
	Temps Aloft
	Graphical AIRMETs
	Graphical SIGMETs
	Canadian Radar
	Canadian METARs & TAFs
	Caribbean METARs & TAFs
	Icing Severity (R9 Only)
	Super-Cooled Liquid Droplets (SLD) (R9 Only)

*Requires $99 Activation fee
†Avidyne Professional only available for Entegra Release 9 customers.

SIRIUS® Audio subscriptions are available for $12.95/month through SIRIUS® Satellite Radio.

To activate your SIRIUS radio, call 1.888.539.SIRIUS (7474)
Or you can visit www.sirius.com/install

MLB700 Specifications

TSO Compliance

Display Options:
• Entegra Release 9
• EX600 MFD
• EX5000 MFD
• EX500 MFD

System Power:
10-32 VDC
0.4 A @ 28 VDC
0.7 A @ 14 VDC

Warranty:
2 years parts and labor included (1 year for RC70 Remote Control)
Extended warranty service available