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3-3 Turning the NS3300 Pilot off
3-4 Backlight
3-5 Engaging autopilot
3-6 Disengaging autopilot
3-7 Setting the steering mode
Reference Manual
When in STBY mode:
•
Press and hold the
key. A pop-up box will
appear and start a 3 second count-down. The unit
will turn off when the timer reaches 0.
•
Releasing the
key during this time will resume
normal operation.
•
Any settings you have made are retained by the unit.
Briefly press the
key. The Backlight pop-up
will appear.
Repeating this action will toggle from day to
night mode
Use the Control Dial to increase or decrease the
display and keypad backlighting.
Select AUTO mode by pressing the
autopilot is now steering the boat based on the
selected steering mode.
Select STBY mode by pressing the
autopilot is not steering the boat – the helmsman
must steer the boat using the manual helm.
For a power boat
•
For a boat without GPS, or for a boat with GPS
but you do not want to navigate to a waypoint,
choose Compass mode. The autopilot steers the
boat at a set compass heading.
Select Compass mode by pressing
Compass and press
.
•
To use the autopilot with a GPS to navigate to a
waypoint or along a route, choose GPS mode. The
autopilot steers the boat using navigation data
from the GPS.
When in AUTO mode:
•
Press and hold the
remind you to enter STBY mode before the unit can
be turned off. Press
•
The NS3300 Pilot has a choice of white background
'Day' and black background 'Night' backlighting
modes. Either mode can be selected using the
Control Dial.
•
The Backlight pop-up may also be selected: Menu >
Setup > System > Backlight menu.
•
Backlighting on all other Northstar instruments
that are connected and on the same NavBus
backlighting channel will also change.
key. The
key. The
Select GPS mode by pressing
press
.
For a sailing boat
•
To steer to a set compass heading, choose
Compass mode.
, choose
Select Compass mode by pressing
Compass and press
•
To navigate to a waypoint or along a route, choose
GPS mode.
Select GPS mode by pressing
press
.
key. A warning pop-up box will
to close the pop-up.
, choose GPS and
, choose
.
, choose GPS and
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