Voice Warnings.

[Cris]

As I am sitting on the ramp listneing to my clearance I hear the following in a female voice louder than the clearance. "Check Battery, Check Temperature, Check Boost Pump, Check Engine Speed" which repeated as if on a loop. It was not coming thru clearance delivery. Now this is in a 99 Eagle in which I have about 150 hours and this is the first time I have ever heard this verbal check list. I have a PS Engineering 7000 M-S audio panal which has an IRS Internal Recorder System. I tried that button which gave me the last message as it should but the Check list kept going. I could find no way to shut it off even as I read back my clearance to ATC the Female voice droned on and on. I finally had to shut down the master radio switch. When the radios came back on line the voice was gone. This A/C has a Shadin Miniflo L fuel computer, Insight G2 engine monitor, KLN 94 GPS and dual KX 155A's. Horizon tach, KT 76 C transponder, GMX 200 MFD, KN 62 DME and M800 Davtron Digital Clock. There are no extraneous switches or buttons that I don't know how to use on the panal. Anybody have an idea of what this is or how to access it? Fortunately it happened on the ramp as I would have been really freaked out in the air since it was louder than ATC but ATC was not muted. Thanks    

[29-0363]

Could the previous owner could enlighten you?

[mooney2201]

possible open ground on audio panel or ground loop,again in audio panel,allowing r.f.to bleed over,,,radio frequency,,easy fix thats all it could be,,,,,she may have been on a handheld transceiver,very close to you to get bleedover.

[201er]

Was she hot at least?

[Marauder]

Cris - of the hardware you listed, only the Garmin has any kind of voice annunciation. There are some add-on units that can be bought, most of the ones I have seen are linked to radar altimeters. You are getting airplane annunciations. I will dig around and see if I can find anything.

[Cruiser]

EI makes the AV-17 Voice Annunciator for their line of digital gauges. It is described as a female voice alert. "Check .xxx.." that can be tied directly into the headset or an audio panel. There should be a small square three position switch with a light on the panel to turn it off/on and acknowledge the alerts. The alerts repeat over and over until acknowledged.

 

http://www.buy-ei.com/Pages/Miscellaneous/Misc_Annunciators.html

[Marauder]

Cris -- EI sells a voice annunciation unit that mounts under the panel. It connects to the audio panel. There should be a small unit on the panel that allows you to acknowledge the voice messages. There may be other manufacturers similar to this unit. Here is the EI manual: http://www.buy-ei.com/Information/OI%20&%20II%20AV-17.pdf If you have this installed, it is possible that whomever installed it buried the annunciation panel in a spot that you haven't found.

[Marauder]

EI makes the AV-17 Voice Annunciator for their line of digital gauges. It is described as a female voice alert. "Check .xxx.." that can be tied directly into the headset or an audio panel. There should be a small square three position switch with a light on the panel to turn it off/on and acknowledge the alerts. The alerts repeat over and over until acknowledged. http://www.buy-ei.com/Pages/Miscellaneous/Misc_Annunciators.html

You're too fast for me Crusier!

[Cris]

Cruiser/Marauder That EI unit describes what I am hearing but there is no panel mount switch. I will have to get behind the instrument panel to see If there is some kind of remote box. This A/C has the factory "Master  Warn Alarm" and  Moritz guage pkg. The Master alarm blinks anytime anything like low fuel or low battery voltage occurs. You then have to press it in order to have it stop blinking. It will stay off for two minutes and if corrective action has been taken like increasing engine speed for greater alternator output, the Master  Alarm stays off. Otherwise it comes back on. You have to do a scan to figure out what it is telling you which I always thought was a bit dumb although I really like the fact that it gets ones attention quickly. Maybe this Master Alarm has an option to add voice or maybe it just decided to start working. It acts just like the EI mentioned but without the EI panel switch.

[WardHolbrook]

I hear the voices in my head all the time. Make it stop!

[Marauder]

I hear the voices in my head all the time. Make it stop!

As you know, that will require medication! And then you got some explaining to do...

[xftrplt]

Just a thought: might it have come over your #2 radio?

[Alan Fox]

You have the PS engineering D.R.A.W.S.  Aural warning system....... Look it up on the P.S. website..... Its the only one I know of that has no external switch or annunciator......

[DaV8or]

I have the EI voice alerts... you need that panel switch!! If you do have the PS Engineering system, mod it and get a switch in there! You really want that.

[PTK]

As I am sitting on the ramp listneing to my clearance I hear the following in a female voice...

And, Cris, what's the problem, exactly?! Was she breathing heavily, is that it?

I encourage and welcome those voices!

[Cris]

You have the PS engineering D.R.A.W.S.  Aural warning system....... Look it up on the P.S. website..... Its the only one I know of that has no external switch or annunciator......

Bingo! That is what I have. Went to the PS Engineering site and it even had samples of the female voice with the exact same check phrases. Now I need to find out how it works and/or trouble shoot it. Anyone have a user manual. Thanks much

[Alan Fox]

Its on the site in downloads..... Did I come through or what..... Of course I am not complaining its too cold anymore (my living room is nice and warm)

[Cris]

Called PS Engineering about how to "preflight" this feature. Since my audio panel is the PS 7000M-S it has the optional internal recorder system which allows for the repeat of the last messages received. If one has that option then the audio messaging system can be added as an additional option. Both are on a chip within the audio panel but works similarly to the external D.R.A.W.S system Alan described. My audio panal may either be defective or the audio messaging is not hooked up as the tech said it should not do what I described. There is no preflight. One only gets a message if there is an issue and then one uses the "Ack" momentary switch mounted on the yoke to silence the female voice. Since I've never had an out of tolerance issue the Audio Messaging System never activated. This may require sending the audio panel back to PS engineering to check it out. Thanks to all for your help.