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4 Function
4.1 Standby mode
At power on the Autopilot starts is in standby mode and operates as a
passive compass repeater. No page-arrow is shown at the top of the
display.
The current course is displayed on the top-line.
The rudder angle is displayed on the bottom line.
In any function, the top-line displays the heading at all times.
4.2 Autopilot mode
Prior to activating any automatic steering function, the boat should be
steadied on the desired heading and on track for 5 to 10 seconds to
minimise large course changes when activated. The Autopilot operates
with course errors up to 90
°
, and cross-track-errors of max 2 NM.
4.2.1 Activate automatic steering
To select a steering function, press
MODE
.
The page-arrow at top of the display indicates the selected page.
To activate the selected steering function, press
KEY
when the lower-
line text is flashing.
The reversed lit text [AUTO] to the right and in the middle on the display
always confirms that an automatic steering function is activated. The
function text at lower-line to the right confirms which steering function is
activated, ex [HDG] for compass steering.
Note!
If a page is not available, such as when no waypoint information
is programmed / activated or no navigator or wind transducer con-
nected, the page-arrow will not stop at that page.
4.2.2 Turn off automatic steering
To turn off automatic steering, press
KEY
.
The text OFF is also printed above
KEY
.
To turn off the Autopilot when you are in the process of changing func-
tions or are in setup mode, press and hold
KEY
for more than two sec-
onds.
4.2.3 Automatic steering by compass
To select compass steering, press
MODE
until the page-arrow appears
under COMPASS, and [HDG] is flashing on the lower-line. Your present
course is displayed on the top-line. This course will become the refer-
ence course the Autopilot will keep when automatic steering by com-
pass is activated.
To activate compass steering, press
KEY
when [HDG] is flashing.
The present heading now becomes the reference course and is dis-
played on the lower-line to the left.
To change the reference course to port, press
LEFT.
To change the reference course to starboard, press
RIGHT
.
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