Power-Pole Advanced Boat Control; Enabling The Mercury Helm; Mercury Troll Control Features - Garmin GPSMAP 9000 Series Owner's Manual

Power-Pole Advanced Boat Control

When the chartplotter is connected to a compatible Garmin trolling motor and a compatible Power-Pole anchor
system, you can enable advanced boat control functions that use both the Power-Pole anchors and the trolling
motor.
NOTE: You must enable Anchor Lock on the trolling motor before you can enable advanced boat control.
From the Power-Pole overlay, select
NOTE: The first time you enable advanced boat control, you must perform a one-time process to set the max
depth and drag sensitivity. These settings can be adjusted later from the menu on the Power-Pole overlay.
Smart Anchor Selection: The system determines when to use the Anchor Lock function on the trolling motor or
the Power-Pole anchor system.
Drag Detection: If the Power-Pole shallow water anchors fail to hold the vessel's position, the anchors are
stowed automatically, the trolling motor attempts to return the vessel to the original position, and it redeploys
the anchors.
Anchor Jog: When using the trolling motor to move to a different anchor location, the system automatically
stows the anchors if necessary until the jog procedure is complete. The system then determines whether to
redeploy the anchors or use the trolling motor Anchor Lock function depending on the depth.
Trolling Motor Direction Control: When the Power-Pole anchors are deployed, you can rotate the angle of the
trolling motor as needed. This is helpful when you are using LiveScope on the trolling motor and you want to
view a different angle while anchored.
Auto-Stow: The system automatically stows Power-Pole anchors when you stow the trolling motor.
NOTE: If you want to continue using the Power-Pole anchors when stowing the trolling motor, you must
disable advanced boat control from the Power-Pole overlay.

Enabling the Mercury Helm

You are responsible for the safe and prudent operation of your vessel. The Mercury Helm does not steer the
boat for you and does not avoid navigational hazards. Failure to safely operate your boat could result in an
accident causing property damage, serious personal injury, or death.
With a Mercury engine configured to operate with the Mercury Helm engine control feature on the chartplotter,
you can enable one helm as the active Mercury Helm. The active Mercury Helm controls the Mercury engines
and Mercury chartplotter engine control overlays (for example Mercury Cruise). The overlays at non-active
helms are visible but disabled, so that users at a non-active helm cannot accidentally control the engine.
As you move around the boat, you can change the active Mercury Helm from station to station, up to four.
1 Select Settings > System > Station Information > Mercury Helm.
2 Make a selection.

Mercury Troll Control Features

You are responsible for the safe and prudent operation of your vessel. The Mercury troll control features do not
steer the boat for you and do not avoid navigational hazards. Failure to safely operate your boat could result in
an accident causing property damage, serious personal injury, or death.
When connected to a compatible Mercury engine, you can use the Mercury Troll overlay to set and adjust the
trolling speed from the chartplotter.
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to enable these advanced boat control functions.
WARNING
WARNING
Controlling Third-Party Equipment Installed on Your Boat