Freedom From TSO Regs Allow A Plethora Of Features

Thousands of their audio panels have been installed in homebuilt and experimental aircraft over the years... but the folks at PS Engineering are now taking direct aim at the market, with the company's new PMA9000EX.

Because strict adherence to TSO limitations is not required, PS Engineering took a new approach in the product development stage. In essence, the company tells ANN, management let the engineers loose... and they came up some exciting new capabilities.

As the name implies, the PMA9000EX was specifically developed and will be exclusively manufactured and marketed to the homebuilt experimental aircraft and the Light Sport Aircraft industry.

A backlit Liquid Crystal Graphics Display provides a human interface. Data such as selected radio audio sources, titles of the MP3 songs, stuck mic warnings, as well as a host of audio panel configurations are all displayed on a high-contrast, sunlight viewable display.

Their trademarked front panel utility jack acts as either an iPod input, cellular telephone input, or as the USB port for the onboard MP3 player. This USB port allows the pilot/crew/passengers to download their favorite music from a memory stick directly into the onboard 512 MB memory, providing many hours of continuous music listening.

The Bluetooth interface eliminates the wire clutter that used to be necessary to interconnect telephones.

A number of pilot selectable audio panel, and other configurations, are now available using the Data Knob and the Graphics Display. Pilots can select from a myriad number of configuration to have the intercom work just the way they want.

The PMA9000EX keeps all of the capabilities of the PMA8000B, including the sought after IntelliVox automatic VOX system that eliminates squelch knobs and makes conversation easy. Also included is the Internal Recording System (IRS ). It is plug and play compatible with the GARMIN GMA340.

The PMA9000EX will be available for sale at this year's Oshkosh AirVenture with a list price of $2395.

FMI: www.ps-engineering.com