My lovely spouse is fully supportive of me buying this $69 wonder, but is NOT liking the intermittent klaxon horn warning I'm getting on approach and even after landing.

Whaa Whaa Whaa Whaa Whaa  goes the alarm - even at 7,000 (not pressurization?)  with gear down and flaps configured and a smooth landing at 140 knots.

What triggers this, and how do I shut it off?

I see no annunciator lights flashing to acknowledge and press?

I was on autopilot for part of the short journey, perhaps a warning that I disconnected the AP that I need to acknowledge?

Or did I put my flaps down too much before lowering my gear (again, how do I shut it off)?

Current solution is to lower TV volume to zero while landing but I miss the other sounds.

Thanks,

Steve

Maybe a headphone?

Tap the Z key twice to disconnect A/P and silence the warning. Suffered the same fate and it's much worse through headphones!

Same thing happened to me this morning will the wife was still in bed.

I had no idea how angry she was until the frying pan plowed into the back

of my head.. I in hospital right now. No more PMDG 737 for me!😭

Reference pages 5 and 6. http://www.aerocadet.com/cbts/pdf/B737NG-Warning_Systems.pdf

 

Quick and dirty:

Flaps 0-10 - alarm goes off if below 800 ft radio altitude and gear is not down and locked, can be silenced with a button on the throttle quadrant or by advancing thrust (up until 200ft where it can't be silenced).

Flaps 15-25 - alarm goes off if gear is not down and locked, can only be silenced by increasing thrust or lowering gear.

Flaps 30-40 - alarm goes off if gear is not down and locked, cannot be silenced without lowering gear.

 

Aka - lower your gear before you select flaps 15 or higher.

Edited May 11, 20224 yr by Andrew2448

Well, Steve. I think that you should always take the easiest, simplest, most straight forward, and path of least resistance.

Tell her that  you only need to spend a couple grand on a trip to Atlanta for a few days to get some simulator time with Delta to get the most out of that $69 investment and ensure that she never has to hear that gosh darn klaxton noise ever again. You promise. 4 or 5 sessions ought to do it.  $425 each session, but tell her that's okay because the tax is included. 

When you get back, I promise you'll live happily ever after.

Dive! Dive! Aooogha!

Headphone. 

There's an A/P disconnect button on the left handle of the yoke, click and it goes away. Happy flying.

I suspect it might be the cabin altitude warning (which I can't seem to clear), but you can silence the horn in the top panel - "ALT HORN CUTOUT".

Else, try to silence your wife instead, shopping vouchers may help. Wait, that would be more than 69 bucks I‘m afraid. Better try the AP hints above 

You press one of these to silence I think :

http://www.b737studyguide.com/B737NGiPad/B737/RightForwardPanel/Annunciator_Lights/copy_of_AP_Disconnect.html

get rid of the wife and buy a full cockpit setup 

1 hour ago, steve 86 said:

get rid of the wife and buy a full cockpit setup 

...That escalated quickly. 

4 hours ago, Andrew2448 said:

Reference pages 5 and 6. http://www.aerocadet.com/cbts/pdf/B737NG-Warning_Systems.pdf

 

Quick and dirty:

Flaps 0-10 - alarm goes off if below 800 ft radio altitude and gear is not down and locked, can be silenced with a button on the throttle quadrant or by advancing thrust (up until 200ft where it can't be silenced).

Flaps 15-25 - alarm goes off if gear is not down and locked, can only be silenced by increasing thrust or lowering gear.

Flaps 30-40 - alarm goes off if gear is not down and locked, cannot be silenced without lowering gear.

 

Aka - lower your gear before you select flaps 15 or higher.

Based on his OP, it's not the cabin altitude warning or gear warning... it's the autopilot disconnect warning that will sound until silenced.  So yep, just need to tap the AP disconnect a second time and all will be well.   👍

Edited May 11, 20224 yr by Stearmandriver