Chapter 4: Customising The St5000 Plus; User Setup; Compass Deviation Correction - Raymarine ST5000+ Owner's Handbook Manual

Chapter 4: Customising the ST5000 Plus

Chapter 4: Customising the ST5000 Plus
The ST5000 Plus provides setup and configuration options that are
used to adjust the settings for the ST5000 Plus itself, the compass, and
the autopilot.
Note: You should perform the post installation procedures described
in Chapter 6 before adjusting any other calibration features.
There are three setup levels:
• User Setup, which controls compass setup, rudder calibration and
• Intermediate Setup, which displays version number information
• Dealer Setup, which controls the autopilot settings, and also the
The ST5000 Plus is calibrated at the factory to provide stable
performance for most yachts. Although many of the setup and
calibration features available in the ST5000 Plus can be fine tuned, it
should not normally be necessary to adjust the Dealer Setup values
once the initial installation and trials have been performed.

4.1 User setup

The flow chart on the following page shows the User Setup control
procedure, and the setup screens with their default settings.
Information on the functions of the different settings is given in the
remainder of this section.
The following points should be considered:
• If the CAL LOCK screen is displayed instead of the initial page, you
• Setup options are always saved on exit
Compass deviation correction (SWING COMPASS)
the ST5000 Plus display features
calibration lock which can be used to prevent accidental access to
User and Intermediate Setup
need to turn off the lock feature in Dealer Setup
The compass deviation correction option allows you to correct the
compass for deviating magnetic fields. The procedure must be
performed as the first item in your initial sea trial, and is described
in detail in Chapter 6, Post Installation Procedures.
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