Owners manual

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BASIC OPERATION
AUTOPILOT
1. TO INITIALIZE THE AUTOPILOT\
STANDBY MODE
!
Turn the master select switch to
the
STANDBY
position. The display will
show the vessel's current compass
heading. If the heading displayed by the
autopilot does not agree with the
compass, press the
ADJUST
key twice
to display the current heading offset, and
then use the up or down
ARROW
key to
adjust the offset by the amount of the
error.
!
To turn on the speed sensitivity
that switches between FAST and SLOW
when in PILOT or NAV, with the Pilot in
Standby press the
ADJUST
key until
'SP: 0' is displayed. Press the up
ARROW
key until the desired speed is
displayed.
!
To turn off the speed sensitivity,
press the down
ARROW
key until the
display reads 'SP: 0'.
!
If the display is too bright or too
dim when viewed in full darkness, press
the
ADJUST
key until 'Lt ' is displayed,
and then use the up or down
ARROW
key to adjust the minimum brightness
level between 0-9.
!
To select a Special Turn as
described in (4) below, press the
TURN
key followed by either the red or green
ARROW
key.
!
To initiate a Full Reset, press and
hold both the up and down
ARROW
keys
for one second. This will reset all
autopilot parameters back to factory
settings and the Pilot will go into Reset
mode.
A dockside set-up will be required
after every Full Reset.
2. TO POWER STEER THE VESSEL\
POWER STEER MODE
!
To turn the rudder to port and to
starboard, turn the master select switch
to the
POWER STEER
position. While
either the red or green
ARROW
key is
pressed, the display will show the
vessel’s rudder angle and will show the
vessel's current compass heading at all
other times.
!
To display the vessel's rudder
angle, press the
TURN
key once. To
return compass information to the
display, press the
TURN
key again.
!
To zero the digital rudder angle
display, turn the rudder to dead ahead,
press the
ADJUST
key until the flashing
rudder angle display appears and press
the up or down
ARROW
key until the
rudder angle display shows ' :00'.
3. TO BEGIN AUTOPILOT CONTROL
OF THE VESSEL:
!
To have the vessel continue on its
present heading under autopilot control,
turn the master select switch to the
PILOT
position.
!
To select either the 'FASt' (High
Speed) mode or the 'Slow' (Low Speed)
mode, press the
ADJUST
key once
followed by the up or down
ARROW
key.
This will be done automatically if the
speed sensitive switching has been
turned on in (1) above.
!
To adjust the rudder gain setting
for the High or Low speed mode, press
the
ADJUST
key until 'rud' is displayed,
followed by the up or down
ARROW
keys. Similarly adjust the counter rudder
('ctr') and yaw ('YAW') settings for best
steering.