Compass Calibration - Raymarine autopilot control unit Owner's Handbook Manual

Chapter 6: Commissioning the Autopilot

Compass calibration

1
Enter Seatrial Calibration
2 sec
2
Compass deviation correction
Turn boat in slow circles so:
• boat's speed stays below 2 knots
• each circle takes at least 2 minutes
Minimum of
2 circles
3
Compass heading alignment
a Coarse adjustment: If COG is available from GPS, press
b Fine adjustment: If COG is not available (or after setting heading to COG), align autopilot heading manually:
Adjust the autopilot heading so it shows the
same value as the boat's steering compass
4
Save changes
x2
Keep turning the boat until
you see the DEVIATION screen
then fine tune manually (see below).
Autopilot heading
or
or
2 sec
Autopilot heading
to set autopilot heading to COG value,
Steering compass
To:
• save deviation correction
• save heading alignment
• return to STANDBY mode
65
Start turning boat
(see below)
Known
heading
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