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NAVMAN
G-PILOT 3380 Operation Manual
3-3 Turning the G-PILOT 3380 off
When in
STBY
mode:
• Press and hold
. A pop-up box will
appear and start a 3 second count-down.
The unit will turn off when the counter
reaches 0.
• Releasing
during this time will resume
normal operation.
• Any settings you have made are retained by
the unit.
When in
AUTO
mode:
• Press and hold
. A warning pop-up box
will remind you to enter
STBY
mode before
the unit can be turned off. Press
to
close the pop-up.
3-4
Backlight
Briefly press
. The Backlight pop-up will
appear.
Repeating this action will toggle from day to
night mode.
Use the Control Dial to increase or decrease the
display and keypad backlighting.
• The G-PILOT 3380 has a choice of white
background ‘Day’ and black background
‘Night’ backlighting modes. Either mode
can be selected using the Control Dial.
• The Backlight pop-up may also be selected:
Menu > Setup > System > Backlight
menu.
• Backlighting on all other Navman
instruments that are connected on the
same NavBus backlighting channel will also
change.
3-5
Engaging G-PILOT
Select
AUTO
mode by pressing
. The
G-PILOT is now steering the boat based on the
selected steering mode.
3-6
Disengaging G-PILOT
Select
STBY
mode by pressing
. The
G-PILOT is not steering the boat – the
helmsman must steer the boat using the
manual helm.
3-7
Setting the steering mode
For a power boat:
For a boat without GPS, or for a boat with GPS
but you do not want to navigate to a waypoint,
choose Compass mode. The G-PILOT steers the
boat at a set compass heading.
• Select Compass mode by pressing
,
choose Compass and press
.
To use the G-PILOT with a GPS to navigate to a
waypoint or along a route, choose GPS mode.
The G-PILOT steers the boat using navigation
data from the GPS.
• Select GPS mode by pressing
, choose
GPS and press
.
For a sailing boat:
To steer to a set compass heading, choose
Compass mode.
• Select Compass mode by pressing
,
choose Compass and press
.
To navigate to a waypoint or along a route,
choose GPS mode.
• Select GPS mode by pressing
, choose
GPS and press
.
To sail, tack and gybe at a set angle to the wind,
choose Wind mode.
• Select Wind mode by pressing
,
choose Wind and press
.
Tip
: It is possible to change steering modes
while in
AUTO
mode. For example it is helpful
to use Compass mode to control the boat when
setting up a GPS route, then change directly to
GPS mode.