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 We also encourage you to use your own initiative and to search for videos online. Aviation pro, doofer 911, and matt Davies are all good youtube channels with educational resources, but there are so many out there we cannot provide a full list. The videos by blindflightsimmer in a further videos section on this page will also help from a blind pilots perspective.  We also encourage you to use your own initiative and to search for videos online. Aviation pro, doofer 911, and matt Davies are all good youtube channels with educational resources, but there are so many out there we cannot provide a full list. The videos by blindflightsimmer in a further videos section on this page will also help from a blind pilots perspective. 
 The advantage of the PMDG is that the sighted community can access it in just the same ways as us. TFM's CDU, for example, is set out in such a way as to mirror it's counterpart in the real aircraft, meaning that videos or tutorials providing detailed info on how to set it up can be followed just the same. The advantage of the PMDG is that the sighted community can access it in just the same ways as us. TFM's CDU, for example, is set out in such a way as to mirror it's counterpart in the real aircraft, meaning that videos or tutorials providing detailed info on how to set it up can be followed just the same.
-Therefore, rather than exploring how to set up the panels or CDU, we will focus in on a few tips for using the specialist softwhere talking flight monitor and first officer pro.+Therefore, rather than exploring how to set up the panels or CDU, we will focus in on a few tips for using the specialist software talking flight monitor and first officer pro.
  
 When you download the pmdg 737 NGXU and flight simulator first officer pro, to make things easier for you, you will find in this folder download links to a user.cfg and an options.ini. These have been configured so that you will have minimal work to do in terms of finding options to enhance your user experience. When you download the pmdg 737 NGXU and flight simulator first officer pro, to make things easier for you, you will find in this folder download links to a user.cfg and an options.ini. These have been configured so that you will have minimal work to do in terms of finding options to enhance your user experience.
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 The connect button, to connect to the flight sim once FSFO is loaded. The connect button, to connect to the flight sim once FSFO is loaded.
  
-the voice button, to toggle voice listening off or on. We encourage you to press this once first officer is loaded and then use the no smoking sign to toggle listening instead to minimise tabbing back and forth. You can even assign the no smoking signs to a button on your joystick if you prefer, this can be done in the p3d key binding options.+the voice button, to toggle voice listening off or on. We encourage you to press this once first officer is loaded and then use the no smoking sign to toggle listening instead to minimise tabbing back and forth (note this is not available in msfs). You can even assign the no smoking signs to a button on your joystick if you prefer, this can be done in the p3d key binding options.
  
-The VCHK button, this turns on the automatic voice replies to checklists. Press it once first officer has been loaded if you wish to have checklist items responded too automatically. Do not press if you want to use your mic to respond to checklist items via voice yourself.+The VCHK button, this turns on the automatic voice replies to checklists in p3d. Press it once first officer has been loaded if you wish to have checklist items responded too automatically. Do not press if you want to use your mic to respond to checklist items via voice yourself.
  
-The options button will open the dialogue to adjust various parameters, but much of the dialogue is mislabelled. We strongly encourage you to instead use the text config for adjusting options to avoid mistakes. +The options button will open the dialogue to adjust various parameters in p3d, but much of the dialogue is mislabelled. We strongly encourage you to instead use the text config for adjusting options to avoid mistakes. 
- +The BRF button, or performance in msfs. This takes you to the briefing page which should be filled out before departure. Again, much here is mislabelled, but it is generally possible to figure out what each box is for. The import flight plan will open a dialogue for you to brows to the pln file you got from simbrief to be imported. This will prefill much for first officer prof, whilst next for msfs can automatically pull the flightplan from simbrief without you carrying out this step 
-The BRF button. This takes you to the briefing page which should be filled out before departure. Again, much here is mislabelled, but it is generally possible to figure out what each box is for. The import flight plan will open a dialogue for you to brows to the pln file you got from simbrief to be imported. This will prefill much for first officer. We recommend you tick the download wx box, so that first officer will find the local pressure ETC and perform relevant tasks, and also the tune ILS checkbox. This means first officer will tune the frequency to the nav radios in the 737 before landing. The blank eddit box next to the set ILS checkbox is to choose the arrival runway to be tuned. By majority, the rest of this dialogue can be left as is. There are boxes to choose arrival flap settings, arrival minimum altitudes, departure pac settings ETC, but these can be left on default options if you wish. First officer is able, for example, to pull the flap settings you enter into the fmc in the takeoff and landing performance pages and use them for it's purposes, meaning that if you do not adjust these boxes in the briefing, you will not notice any opperational differences.+We recommend you tick the download wx box, so that first officer will find the local pressure ETC and perform relevant tasks, and also the tune ILS checkbox. This means first officer will tune the frequency to the nav radios in the 737 before landing. The blank edit box next to the set ILS checkbox is to choose the arrival runway to be tuned. By majority, the rest of this dialogue can be left as is. There are boxes to choose arrival flap settings, arrival minimum altitudes, departure pac settings ETC, but these can be left on default options if you wish. First officer is able, for example, to pull the flap settings you enter into the fmc in the takeoff and landing performance pages and use them for it's purposes, meaning that if you do not adjust these boxes in the briefing, you will not notice any operational differences.
 NOte that in first officer pro 2.05, some of this information can be obtained automatically from your simbrief plan. The first officer can further program the CDU to an extent, although elements such as your sid and star will be left to you. NOte that in first officer pro 2.05, some of this information can be obtained automatically from your simbrief plan. The first officer can further program the CDU to an extent, although elements such as your sid and star will be left to you.
 +Note: you will find many of these options in a menu in msfs's version of first officer, FSFO next. Hitting alt brings up this menu, and dialogues can be expanded and will only disappear if you return to the menu and click on the name of the dialogue once again. See the videos section for fuller demos of FSFO next. 
  
 you will First open the doors with ctrl E. FSFO should begin the start-up flow. You will hear ground power establish eventually, and the position entered into the FMc amongst other things. Whilst this is happening, you can bring up the fmc with left bracket ctrl C in tfm. you will First open the doors with ctrl E. FSFO should begin the start-up flow. You will hear ground power establish eventually, and the position entered into the FMc amongst other things. Whilst this is happening, you can bring up the fmc with left bracket ctrl C in tfm.
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 === Tutorial videos === === Tutorial videos ===
 For a full flight example with video walk-through, see the following videos. You can cross-reference them with much of the documentation that is provided with the aircraft itself.  For a full flight example with video walk-through, see the following videos. You can cross-reference them with much of the documentation that is provided with the aircraft itself. 
-The following two tutorials were created by Blindflightsimmer on the PMDG 737 NGXU:+The following two tutorials were created by Blindflightsimmer on the PMDG 737 for msfs:
  
 part 1: part 1:
  
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLsl5wZUflw&t=2085s+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLdqtCWZnN0&t=5391s
  
 Part 2: Part 2:
  
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGCLaGNQ-s+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8B6Vk6oCP8&t=1445s
  
 For a briefer demo of TFM in action with the pmdg see: For a briefer demo of TFM in action with the pmdg see:
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