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TO CHANGE THE VESSEL'S COURSE
BY ONE DEGREE, press and release the
red or green ARROW key.
TO MAKE LARGER COURSE
CHANGES, press and hold the red or
green ARROW key, and the display will
move at 10 degrees per second until you
release the key. The autopilot will bring
the vessel around to the new course at
the rate set by the Turn Rate control (see
5).
The Function Indicator will show a 'c' until
the course change is complete.
Press the TURN key followed by either
the red or green ARROW key and the
vessel will make an Emergency turn,
Continuous turn, or U-turn (selected in
STANDBY) in that direction at the
programmed rate of turn.
The Function Indicator will show a 'E', 'C'
or 'U' until the turn is complete.
If a Navigation Device which transmits
any of the RMA, RMC, VBW, VHW, or
VTG sentences is connected to the
autopilot, you may choose automatic
switching between the FAST and SLOW
modes when in Pilot or Nav This works
best if the Navigation Device is a GPS or
a plotter which is driven by a GPS.
THE SPEED SENSITIVITY IS TURNED
ON by rotating the master select switch to
the STANDBY position and pressing the
ADJUST key once. The display will
change to show 'SP: 0'.
Press the up ARROW key until the speed
at which you would like the autopilot to
switch from SLOW to FAST is displayed.
When the vessel's speed is one knot or
more higher than this speed, the autopilot
will switch from SLOW to FAST. When
the vessel's speed is one knot or more
lower than this speed, the autopilot will
switch from FAST to SLOW.
THE SPEED SENSITIVITY IS TURNED
OFF by either manually switching the
autopilot from SLOW to FAST, from
FAST to SLOW, or by rotating the master
select switch to STANDBY and pressing
the ADJUST key once. The display will
change to show 'SP: x'. Press the down
ARROW key until the display shows 'SP:
0'.
If the autopilot fails to receive any speed
information from the navigation device, it
will alarm and display 'NO:SP' once every
twenty seconds.
The ADJUST key can now be used to
adjust the Rudder, Counter Rudder, Yaw
or Turn Rate settings for either the FAST
or SLOW mode.
If the vessel is travelling at high speed,
press the ADJUST key once followed by
either the up or down ARROW key until
the display reads 'FAST'. This will occur
automatically if the speed sensitivity is
turned on.
TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE
RUDDER SETTING, press the ADJUST
key until the display reads 'rud' followed
by either the up or down ARROW key.
TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE
COUNTER RUDDER SETTING, press
the ADJUST key until the display reads
'Ctr' followed by either the up or down
ARROW key.
TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE
YAW SETTING, press the ADJUST key
until the display reads 'YAW' followed by
either the up or down ARROW key.
TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE
TURN RATE SETTING, press the
ADJUST key until the display reads 'trn'
followed by the up or down ARROW key.
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