thesettingandreturntothePatternsettings
screen.
iii.Repeatstepsiandiiasnecessary,forthe
otherparameters.
6.Whereappropriate,engagethewheelpilotclutch
orattachedthetillerpushrod.
7.Withthepatternsettingsscreendisplayed,press
AUTO.Theautopilotthensteerstheboatover
theshingpatternyouselected.
Toreturntomanualsteeringatanytime,press
STANDBYandthen,whereappropriate,disengage
thewheelpilotclutchortillerpushrod.
The2mostcommonlyusedshingpatternsare
availablefromtheModemenuasPattern1and
Pattern2,youmayselectandthencompletesteps
5and6abovetoquicklyuseyourfavoritepatterns.
9.4Trackmode
Youcanusetrackmodetoautomaticallysteeryour
vessel.
InTrackmode,theautopilotautomaticallysteers
yourvesseltoatargetwaypointoralongaroute
plottedonyourmultifunctiondisplay.Itmakesany
coursechangesnecessarytokeepyourvesselon
course,automaticallycompensatingfortidalstreams
andleeway.
Trackmodeisavailableonlyifyouhaveconnected
theautopilottoasuitablemultifunctiondisplaywith
autopilotcontrolenabled.
ItemDescription
1
Currentgoto/waypoint
2
Subsequentwaypointsinaroute
3Finalwaypointinroute
Usingtrackmode
Startwithyourconnectedchartplotterfollowinga
route.
Fromthemenu:
1.SelectMode.
2.SelectTrack.
Thedisplaywillshowthebearingtothenext
plannedwaypoint,andthedirectioninwhichthe
vesselwillturnontothetrackline.
3.Ifitissafeforthevesseltoturnontothenew
course,selectTrack.
Theautopilotturnsyourvesselontothenew
coursewiththedisplayshowingtheheading
requiredforthecorrecttrack.
Note:Ifthevesselismorethan0.3nmfromthe
track,theLargeCrossTrackErrorwarningwill
sound.
Waypointarrivalcircle
TheWaypointArrivalCircleisaboundarylineplaced
aroundtheactualwaypointwhich,whenreached
triggersthewaypointarrivalalarm.Asthealarmis
triggeredbythewaypointarrivalcircleandnotthe
waypointyourvesselmaystillbesomedistancefrom
theactualwaypointwhenthealarmsounds.The
sizeofthewaypointarrivalcirclecanbecustomized,
ifthearrivalcircleischangedsothattheradiusis0.3
nmorgreaterfromthewaypointthiscanresultina
crosstrackerroralarm.
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