More controls maximize performance of PAC45J

The newly enhanced PAC45J is fully digital and features the CTL45J, a 2.62-inch tall Dzus Control Head with individual switching capability for eight communication and eight navigation receivers. It has been designed, said the company, for ‘maximum capability in jets and rotor-wing aircraft’. The PAC45J offers 16 push/pull selection and volume controls that can be exactly configured to match the cockpit requirements. The control head includes push button access to the functions that pilots really want.

Listening to customers

Greg Ledbetter, Program Specialist for the PAC45 for PS Engineering, commented: “Once again, we heard the voice of the customer and responded. Pilots and operators needed a complete suite of fully controllable audio for the cockpit, and we worked to provide exactly what they need, with ultimate built-in customization.”

Key features enhance capability

The features identified by PS Engineering as being key to the PAC45J’s service capabilities include:

• Independent Audio Alert Function with 9 field programmable messages
• Up To 4 Control Heads can be used
• Up to 9 Stereo Intercom Stations
• Stereo Audio Output 200mW per channel minimum
• Receive Audio Indicator (RXI)
• Intercom active during radio transmission (TXI)
• Reversionary modes for redundancy
• Two CVR Audio Outputs
• Two 10W Speaker Outputs (Pilot Radio & PA)
• Built-in Bluetooth® Connectivity
• MultiTalker® Head Related Transfer Function (HRTF)
• Morse Code Identifier Filter
• Oxygen Mask Microphone panel activation
• ICS Cabin Call function
• Installer configurable without a computer
• Designed for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft
• FAA-TSOA

The PAC45 series of products are used on special missions aircraft around the world, including on the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Air Support Unit, which recently chose a new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, equipped with a PAC45 digital audio system.