B. JOYSTICK
Push and/or rotate in the
direction of desired travel.
A. BACKLIT DISPLAY
Illuminates current mode and
available adjustments.
D. HEADING BUTTON
Engages or disengages
Heading mode.
C. LIGHT RING
Illuminates to indicate current
joystick status.
E. SKYHOOK BUTTON
Engages or disengages
Skyhook mode.
F. ROUTE BUTTON
Engages or disengages
Route mode.
G. ADJUST BUTTON
Use to fine tune precision
of joystick, Skyhook,
Heading and Route.
Negative (
-) less precise
Positive (
+) more precise
Joystick Piloting
Q U I C K R E F E R E N C E
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J O Y S T I C K M O D E S
HEADING
Uses a built-in digital compass to maintain vessel
course. Heading can be adjusted by 1° if you push
the joystick left or right or 10° if you twist it.
While in
HEADING
mode every adjustment will
illuminate the degree change and the outside ring
will also illuminate, in the direction the vessel turns.
ROUTE
With your approved chart plotter,
ROUTE
will
follow the predetermined vessel course. The
vessel will turn automatically to the next point in
sequence when it has arrived at a plotted point.
When the vessel reaches the end of
ROUTE
, the
top knob
ROUTE
indicator will turn off and the
ROUTE
light on the keypad will blink.
SKYHOOK
Maintains your vessel’s position and heading,
providing unsurpassed confidence and control.
Must be in neutral for
SKYHOOK
mode to work.
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