User's Manual

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Spot-Lock
Problem: The boat doesn’t seem to keep close enough to the recorded Spot-Lock location.
Solution: Verify the trolling motor batteries are sufficiently charged
Solution: Check for weeds on the prop.
Solution: In more extreme wind and current conditions, the boat will tend to stabilize a little ways down wind
from the intended location. Relock the location the same distance upwind and expect that the boat will
drift some in the downwind direction.
Cruise Control
Problem: The GPS speed displayed on the remote is different than what my other GPS system shows.
Solution: If you are using Cruise Control with Advanced AutoPilot or iTrack Navigation, i-Pilot Link calculates
the actual speed in the intended direction of travel which may differ from your GPS reported speed.
Problem: Cruise Control isn’t holding the target speed close enough.
Solution: Verify the trolling motor batteries are sufficiently charged.
AutoPilot
Problem: When in Advanced AutoPilot in strong winds, there is quite a bit of back and forth movement in
the boat.
Solution: While Advanced AutoPilot will keep your boat on a true heading, it may be at the expense of the boat
having to continuously move to get back on the correct course. In these extreme conditions you may
be better off using AutoPilot and correcting for the wind manually.
Problem: Under AutoPilot Mode, I have Advanced selected as the default mode. However, when I engage
AutoPilot, it goes into Legacy AutoPilot instead of Advanced.
Solution: If the GPS signal strength icon shown no bars, then Link will automatically engage Legacy AutoPilot
regardless of the Mode selected. Wait for your GPS signal strength to reach at least one bar, then
re-engage AutoPilot.
Track Record and Playback
Problem: While Navigation an iTrack the propeller suddenly stopped.
Solution: Verify you did not accidentally enable another automatic feature such as AutoPilot or Spot-Lock.
Solution: You may have the Arrival Mode set to OFF.
Problem: While recording an iTrack, the recording suddenly stopped.
Solution: You may have reached the two mile limit for recording an iTrack.
PowerDrive V2 /Riptide SP:
Problem: Steering does not work properly or at all.
Solution: Verify that the steering wires from the i-Pilot Link cable are properly connected directly to the two-wire
cable coming from the steering housing.