Operational questions arising from sim (iOS)

I have a couple questions arising from trying to apply info in the PG to the Intl sim:

1) I am trying to set up the left data block as follows without success. Is this config not allowed? It seems possible from PG. From the top down,

- 3 com freq (2 freq primary com/vloc + com/vloc standby #2)

- 2 nav freq (vloc radio)

- vor/rad/dis block (decoded vloc ident)

- navigation mode block

I can get the first step done, but when I then try to add the vloc radio the selection is greyed out. There is definitely room for all the indicated blocks on the left side.

2) I have an active fltpln and am positioned at the origin airfield. When I repeatedly select the NRST fn key, I get the following page sequence: airports, list of Nrst fields to dest airport, VORs, NDBs, Intersections, ARTCCs incl freq, FSS (empty as FSS is rare in Europe), user wpts, airspaces. When I select the FREQ fn key, I get a list of Airport tab frequency names that don't make any sense (ATIS, Patrick AFB Tower, Melbourne Intl Unicom, Orlando Approach, ATIS), all with the dest airfield ICAO in ().... (LSGE in this case). The Enroute tab station names & frequencies are fine. What I am missing somewhere in the NRST and FREQ fn keys are the FIS (flight information service) frequencies. Every country in Europe is divided up into these. There are only 2 covering Switzerland, but flying across France East-West one crosses many. They provide a radar and weather service as well as just info in general (mil area activity).

On another note, it would be great if the sim would save the settings from one start to the next. I like to flip back and forth on my iPad between the sim and PG and each time I come back to the sim I need to set it up all over again with my settings, fltpln, etc.

If I understand the use case you are describing you have not entered the destination field at that point. How can the box know which list of STARs to present? There could be many many starting at the intersection your plan ends with. 

Reading the manual I believe arrivals and approaches are always entered attached to a destination airport. So first add the destination airport, then add the arrival from the arrival field of that flight plan entry. The PROC button is just a shortcut to highlighting that field of the destination airport (or the next airport waypoint after the active leg).

Jorgen

Looks like you've hit on a bit of an operational snag, and it has nothing to do with the iOS simulator, I'm using the PC simulator.

In the IFD540 departures are available ONLY from an origin airport. It appears that an origin airport can ONLY be added at the top of a route list. Looks like you'd have to create a new flight plan to get what you want here (fly the xyz SID as part of a missed procedure), and then activate it.

* Orest