Flight Mode

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Brett Smith wrote:
> what does "flight mode" mean on a wifi connection on pda please?

Enabling flight mode will disable transmitters in your device that may
interfere with aircraft navigation systems (wifi, phone service, etc -
I'm not sure whether or not bluetooth is included in the list).

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Flight mode disables all transmitters. It is well-proven that private cell
phone use on a commercial aircraft will interfere with the captive customer
base and may limit airline profits. Private airplanes have not reported any
instances in interference with navigational instruments.

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> what does "flight mode" mean on a wifi connection on pda please?
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Geoff N. Hiten wrote:
> Flight mode disables all transmitters. It is well-proven that private cell
> phone use on a commercial aircraft will interfere with the captive customer
> base and may limit airline profits. Private airplanes have not reported any
> instances in interference with navigational instruments.
>

In case anyone is interested in reading the actual policy:

http://www.house.gov/transportatio [...] enzel.html

"We must ask that you never use the following nonapproved equipment
during flight: cellular phones, two-way pagers, radios (AM/FM or VHF),
TV sets, remote-controlled games or toys, a cordless computer mouse, and
commercial television cameras. These devices may interfere with the
aircraft's communications and navigation systems."

[...]

"It is a federal offense to use cellular phones in flight. The phones
may trigger a warning in the cockpit, causing a potential inconvenience
to all passengers. The telephones installed on our aircraft are shielded
to prevent interference with aircraft systems, and therefore are safe to
use at any time."

I believe the policy has been updated at least once since 07/2000,
though I don't a new version handy. (For example, cell phones may now be
used while the plane is on the ground even if the aircraft doors are closed)

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On my iPaq 4150 the flight mode disables the wifi only...not bt.

> Flight mode disables all radios (wifi, bt,cellular) in the pda. Rather
> than shutting down each radio individually, chosing flight mode will do
> it in one step.

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>> what does "flight mode" mean on a wifi connection on pda please?
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I think one can customize flight mode under Settings->Power->Wireless

I only have a phone, no network card, but it looks like if I had a network
card it would be in the list and I could change which devices where affected
by "flight mode".

Again, not sure. It just might explain the difference here.


"Eric Hicks [MVP, Windows Mobile devices]" <e_dadu@nomospam.yahoo.com> wrote
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> hmm that's strange, on my 4150 and 4350 enabling flight mode turns
> everything off.
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> "Growl" <growling@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On my iPaq 4150 the flight mode disables the wifi only...not bt.
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>> > Flight mode disables all radios (wifi, bt,cellular) in the pda. Rather
>> > than shutting down each radio individually, chosing flight mode will do
>> > it in one step.
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>> > --
>> > Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)
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>> > The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp. support.microsoft.com This posting is
>> > provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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>> > "Brett Smith" <brettdsmith@tiscali. co.uk> wrote in message news:
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>> >> what does "flight mode" mean on a wifi connection on pda please?
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>> >> Brett Smith
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>> Sat, 18 Dec 2004 13:21:25 -0230
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