No Chime sound on Data Link activation - 744

[Sekkha 15]

Hi all, shouldnt there be a chime sound when DATA LINK becomes active ? I never get one on the 744 (BCF). Is that only me ?

regards

 

 

[Sekkha 15]

I have the strange feeling that I am the only one still flying the "old" Queen, and especially the BCF...Is everybody on the -8 now?

Could that be ?   LOL

 

[Ephedrin 418]

4 minutes ago, Sekkha said:

I have the strange feeling that I am the only one still flying the "old" Queen, and especially the BCF...Is everybody on the -8 now?

Could that be ?   LOL

 

Nope, sometimes I absolutely prefer the 744, all above due to FS2Crew.

I've never got a chime on either 747, though. I really can't say if there SHOULD be any but I had expected it too and was wondering a bit. 

[David Milate 0]

Same here, no chime sound on the 744.

Chime is present on the 748 tutorial video.

[harvester21 34]

I don't think the 747-400 chimes like you hear in the 777 or the 747-8. I noticed it too when I started flying it when it came out. I think it is just not a feature in the 747-400.

[Captain Kevin 586]

4 hours ago, Sekkha said:

I have the strange feeling that I am the only one still flying the "old" Queen, and especially the BCF...Is everybody on the -8 now?

Could that be ?   LOL

I haven't flown either since I haven't been home, so haven't had time to fly.

[Richardnunez 5]

15 hours ago, Sekkha said:

I have the strange feeling that I am the only one still flying the "old" Queen, and especially the BCF...Is everybody on the -8 now?

Could that be ?   LOL

 

Of course not the 400 is very well and alive 

richard Nunez 

[Richardnunez 5]

On 10/23/2018 at 8:08 AM, Sekkha said:

Hi all, shouldnt there be a chime sound when DATA LINK becomes active ? I never get one on the 744 (BCF). Is that only me ?

regards

 

 

There is no sound to it only  the 777 and the 747 8

richard Nunez 

Edited October 24, 2018 by Richardnunez

[Sekkha 15]

8 hours ago, Richardnunez said:

There is no sound to it only  the 777 and the 747 8

richard Nunez 

you mean as per design, right ?   Maybe this should be stated in the introduction manual  then..

 

[Richardnunez 5]

41 minutes ago, Sekkha said:

you mean as per design, right ?   Maybe this should be stated in the introduction manual  then..

 

Yes maybe it should but to be honest I don’t think it’s that important 

[Ephedrin 418]

It‘s actually a notification for when something happenes on its own like a wind update or a company message etc. When you log into ACARS you actually know that you are doing it so the chime would be just there but without any real importance. And the -400 doesn‘t do automatic wind updates, does it?

[Sekkha 15]

1 hour ago, Richardnunez said:

 to be honest I don’t think it’s that important 

Of course not :)

But it would prevent people from thinking that something is not working as it should , which is what people (including me) dont like...

The whole thread wouldnt have been necessary then.. LOL

[scandinavian13 5,192]

5 hours ago, Sekkha said:

you mean as per design, right ?   Maybe this should be stated in the introduction manual  then..

 

The 744 doesn't have the ECL, or a tail cam, or the EFB, or the keypad-based radios, or many of the other items that the newer Boeings have. Listing all of the things the plane doesn't have would be a list much longer than the Intro already is, I would argue.

What other function in the 744 gives you a hi-low chime to give you the impression that it has the function available in this regard?

[1290SASRider 26]

5 hours ago, Sekkha said:

you mean as per design, right ?   Maybe this should be stated in the introduction manual  then..

 

I agree with the other responses.  You're thinking the manual should emphasize that functions not incorporated in the real aircraft are also not included in the model...?

[Sekkha 15]

38 minutes ago, scandinavian13 said:

The 744 doesn't have the ECL, or a tail cam, or the EFB, or the keypad-based radios, or many of the other items that the newer Boeings have. Listing all of the things the plane doesn't have would be a list much longer than the Intro already is, I would argue.

What other function in the 744 gives you a hi-low chime to give you the impression that it has the function available in this regard?

I am neither talking about ECL nor about the EFB as you can clearly see.

I am talking about the fact, that the indroduction manual states in  the chapter UPDATE SUPPLEMENT  without making any difference between 744 and 748 :

"As the logon is occurring, the bottom right of the <PREFLIGHT
page will show *CXN SYNC. Once logged in, you will hear a
chime, and an accompanying EICAS message, and the prompt
on the <PREFLIGHT page will also show *DLINK ACT"
 

So I expected a chime sound as everybody else would probably... :)

 

Edited October 25, 2018 by Sekkha