HiI am having trouble getting the 747-400X IRS system to align when I start from a cold and dark cockpit. When the checklist tells me to do so I move the IRS switches from Nav to Off and back to Nav then to Align. When the timers on the Nav page get to 0 and disappear I move the switches back to Nav expecting the map on the Nav screen to come alive, but it doesn't. Instead after a minute the align timers reappear and continue to count backwards into negative numbers and I still have IRS align EICAS messages. This happens no matter how long I make the align time (haven't tried instant though). Incidentally I have also tried just moving the switches to Nav and skip moving them to align, but I had the same results. Am I doing something wrong? What is the correct procedure?Thanks,Adam Guthrie

Are you entering your location into the FMC?

Adam,Proper procedure is as follows as far as I remmeber:IRS switches to NAVEnter present position into FMSWaitDoneHope it helps,

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