Raymarine Autohelm 2000 User Manual

SEA TRIALS
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lnltial sea trails should be carried oul in
calm conditions with plenly 01 sea room.
The previously conducled functional lesl
will have verified lhal Ihe aulopilol is
operaling correclly and lhal you are
familiar with all of its conlrols.
During lrrst sea trials. Ihe vessel will be
conslanlly changing heading, and il is,
Iherelore. very imporlanl lo mainlain a
constant look.oul.
The following initial lrial procedure is
recommended:-
@ Steer on to Ihe desired heading and
hold the course steady.
l Using the lour course control keys,
position and lhen place Ihe pushrod
end over Ihe lillcr pin.
0 Press Auto lo lock on lo Ihe currenl
heading. In calm sea conditions a
perfectly constant heading will be
maintained.
l Aller course lo porl or slarboard in
rnulllple incrcmenls of 1 and 10
degrees.
Power Steering
l Press Stand by and praclice power
steering using the four course conlrol
keys.
l Press Auto lwice (wilhin 2 seconds) lo
return to Ihe original automatic
heading.
Hand Steering
l Press Stand by and Ml the autopilol
lrom the tiller pin lor return to hand
sleering.
Automatic Sea State Control
During the sea Irial. the operation 01 the
automatic sea stale conlrol can be
observed. When the aulopilol is initially
engaged in Auto mode the aulopilot will
respond lo all pilch and roll movemenls.
During the lirsl minule of operation, it will
be noticed lhat repetitive movements of
the vessel are gradually neglected until
linally the aulopilot will respond only lo
true varialions in course.
To ensure accurale course adjustment
the sea stale control is automatically reset
whenever a 10 degree course change is
executed.
Sea State tnhibit
Where maxmum course keeping
accuracy is required the automatic sea
stale control may be inhibited by
pressing -1 and +l keys together once
Autopilot aclivity and lherelore power
consumption will be increased but
, course keeping accuracy will be
maximised.
The automatic seaslale control is
reslored by pressing the -1 and +l keys
together.
Note Engaging the autopilot (pushing
Auto) or engaging the windvane (both
red keys logelher) will always reslore the
automalic sea state conlrol.
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Raymarine Autohelm 2000 Specifications

General

Brand	Raymarine
Model	Autohelm 2000
Category	Autopilot System
Language	English