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Dave,
I am waiting for a Motherboard replacement for my primary system and deceided to temporarily use this PC for FS9.
I don't remember how I setup the above.
I recorded and save to the fd files 14-XX. The way it was setup is to assign a letter to it i.e A-Z and to play them, one would use the command .[letter] and it would be played. I can't recall at the moment how I set that up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!
Alex

Hi Alex,

Not too sure what it is you're having problems with.... have you checked the user guide?

About flight deck announcements
In addition to the 12 user files that will be played automatically based on timed triggers during your flight, FlightDeck Companion also supports up to 99 Flight deck announcements that can be played randomly during your flight. These files – your own recordings or selections – could perhaps be the Captain's in-flight chat to his passengers, explanations for unusual events, etc. The flight deck announcements are stored in strict numerical order, and when you hit the appropriate hotkey, the next message is played. You can, if you wish, skip the next message in the queue. When the last available file has been played, FDC loops back to the beginning of the list, and starts over again.

FDC also features direct shortcut keys for the 26 first Flight deck announcements in your set. You can play the first announcement by hitting Ctrl-\-A, the second by hitting Ctrl-\-B, the third by hitting Ctrl-\-C, and so on. The 26th announcement is played by hitting Ctrl-\-Z.

Note! You can play Flight deck announcements at any time in your flight, even before the first cabin announcement has been made.


Short, medium, and long hauls
The flight deck announcements might differ between various types of flight. FDC allows you to record three different sets of messages; you can select between these on the User Files panel in FDC. You can record files into Short Haul, Medium Haul, and Long Haul sets.

To select a different set of flight deck announcements:

In FDC main window, click Options.
In the Main Options panel, click User Files.
At the bottom of the panel, select the type of journey you want to make. Available options are Short Haul, Medium Haul, and Long Haul.
Click Save Changes and Close to exit the panel.

Using Flightdeck announcements in Flight Simulator
Note! You obviously need to have FDC connected in Flight Simulator to perform the operations described below...

While in Flight Simulator, you can control the Flight deck announcements by

hitting Ctrl-\-A, Ctrl-\-B, Ctrl-\-C, ... Ctrl-\-Z to play the first, second, third, ..., 26th Flight deck announcement respectively;
hitting Ctrl-\ to play the next Flight deck announcement in the list;
hitting Shift-\ to replay the last Flight deck announcement played;
hitting Ctrl-Shift-\ to skip the next Flight deck announcement in the list without playing it.

Flight Deck Announcement sample files
The FDC installation CD contains a set of Flight Deck Announcement sample created by Scott Hayden. To get a demonstration of what Flight Deck Announcement files can sound like, please explorer the CD, and install the files to the appropriate folder in the FDC folder structure.

Dave,
This is the way I have set it up on the down PC. Can't remember how
this is done. As you see a call is assigned to a different letter. At any time, you hit either . or , at the same time with the letter and you get the announcement.
Hope this Helps. I see nothing in the Manual about this, however, years ago we had a discussion. I am running FS9 FDC ver 3.14.0

Thanks!
CHEERS
Alex

1 fd00 = Turbulance Warning .........................Ctrl/Shift/W
2] fd01 = Seatbelt Off [Post Turbulance] <A
3] fd02 = Prepare for Pushback <B
4] fd03 = Pushback Delay <C
5] fd04 = Taxi Delay <D
6] fd05 = Take Off <E
7] fd06 = Climb [Close to Cruise] <F
8] fd07 = Seatbelt Off {cruise] <G
9] fd08 = Cruise [Early Destination Arrival] <H
10] fd09 = Cruise [Late Destination Arrival] <I
11] fd10 = Decent [Turbulance] <J
12] fd11 = Landing Hold [Late Arrival] <K
13] fd12 = Landing Hold [Early Arrival] <L
14] fd13 = Meal Service <M
15] fd14 = Ready to Fuel <N
16] fd15 = Brakes Released <O
17] fd16 = Push and Start <P
18] fd17 = Starting 1 and 2 <Q
19] fd18 = End Start Wave OFF <R
20] fd20 = Alternate Airport <T
21] fd21 = Prepare for Landing <U

Dave,
Thanks for your Help. I have that all working now.

1] I had missed the set up of MEDIUM Haul, being the flight was under 3000 miles.

2] The HOT KEY setup was in conflict.
All working fine now.

The heat must have caught up to me!
Temps 75 mi SW Nashville, TN is currently 96.8 F

CHEERS
Alex

Wow!

How about sending 'some' of that heat over here

Dave,
You have a choice:
1] Volcanic Ash
2] Sweltering Heat!

Your decision!
My choice is for you too keep both of them when you have the opportunity!!!!

Have a Good Day!
Cheers
Alex