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ST290 Instrument System Owner’s Handbook
Chapter 3: Autopilot Troubleshooting
3.1 Introduction
All Raymarine products are designed to provide many years of trouble-
free operation. They are subject to comprehensive testing and quality
assurance procedures before shipping.
This chapter provides information to identify autopilot problems, and on
how to interpret autopilot alarm messages, maintain your autopilot
system and obtain product support.
If a problem occurs with your autopilot, use the troubleshooting tables in
this section to help identify the problem and provide a solution. If you
cannot resolve the problem yourself, refer to the product support
information.
Servicing and safety
• Raymarineequipment should be serviced only by authorized Rayma-
rine servicetechnicians. They will ensure that service procedures and
replacement parts used will not affect performance. There are no
user-serviceable parts in any Raymarine product.
• Some products generate high voltages, so never handle the cables/
connectors when power is being supplied to the equipment.
• When powered up, all electrical equipment produces electromag-
netic fields. These can cause adjacent pieces of electrical equipment
to interactwithone another, with a consequent adverse affect on oper-
ation. In order to minimize these effects and enable you to get the best
possible performance from your Raymarine equipment, guidelines
are given in the installation instructions, to enable you to ensure min-
imum interaction between different items of equipment, i.e. ensure
optimum Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC).
• Always report any EMC-related problem to your nearest Raymarine
dealer. We will use any such information to improve our quality stan-
dards.
• In some installations, it may not be possible to prevent the equipment
from being affected by external influences. In general this will not
damage the equipment but it can lead to spurious resetting action, or
momentarily may result in faulty operation.
• Always switch off the power to Raymarine equipment before work-
ing on it.
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