Autopilot Modes - Mercury Axius Manual

Section 1 - Getting to Know the Joystick Piloting System
NOTE: The standby light will flash on and off when the system is attempting to acquire the necessary GPS signals.
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Autopilot Modes

Avoid serious injury or death. Inattentive boat operation can result in a collision with other watercraft, obstacles, swimmers, or
underwater terrain. The autopilot navigates a preset course, and does not automatically respond to hazards in the vicinity of
the boat. The operator must stay at the helm, ready to evade hazards and warn passengers of course changes.
The autopilot includes several modes that can steer your vessel to a specific compass heading or to destinations generated
from a chartplotter and GPS unit. If using a device to generate course information, you must be familiar with the operation of
that chartplotter and GPS unit before attempting to use the autopilot to steer your vessel. The autopilot does not control speed,
only direction, and it cannot sense hazards to navigation. These automatic modes do not relieve the operator of the
responsibility to stay at the helm and keep a vigilant lookout for other vessels, persons in the water, or hazards to navigation.
When using the autopilot with a chartplotter and a GPS unit to navigate along a series of waypoints (a route), be aware that the
boat will not travel to the precise location of the waypoint before initiating a turn to the next waypoint. Your chartplotter
establishes a zone called an arrival circle around the point, and the autopilot will announce arrival at the waypoint when the
boat enters that zone.
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