Quick Steer; Throttle And Shift Operation With Three Or Four Engines - Mercury Racing 500R Operation And Maintenance Manual

FEATURES AND CONTROLS
• Route mode (waypoint sequencing) control of the route and display of
route data on your chartplotter does not automatically transfer to the
chartplotter at the active helm. You must turn on the chartplotter at the
selected active helm, input the waypoint route to be tracked, and engage
route mode.
IMPORTANT: If faults are encountered while attempting to complete a helm
transfer, all controlling modules for the engine and the joystick piloting system
must be turned off. To turn these controlling modules off, turn both engines off
and place both engine ERC handles in reverse full throttle for three seconds.

Quick Steer

Quick Steer is available on vessels equipped with Single Outboard
Electric Steering. Electric steering versions of the panel mount and
single‑handle console ERCs have a button to enable the Quick
Steer feature. This feature is meant to provide rapid steering and
more precise throttle control when operating in tight quarters, such
as when docking.
• Quick Steer decreases the number of steering turns, lock‑to‑lock, at the
helm to approximately quarter‑turn each direction, while still providing full
steering capacity.
• Quick steer limits engine speed.

Throttle and Shift Operation with Three or Four Engines

TRIPLE-ENGINE THROTTLE AND SHIFT OPERATION
Movement of the handles on the remote control allows the boat operator to
control the engine throttle speed and gear shift positions of all three engines.
The throttle and shift function is dependent on what engines are running. Refer
to the following table.
Port Center
Engine Engine
Running Running
eng
Starboard
Engine
Port engine throttle and shift =
controlled by port control handle
Starboard engine throttle and shift =
controlled by starboard control handle
Center engine throttle = shadows the
engine with the lowest throttle setting
Running
until the port and starboard engine are
within 10% of one another at which
point all engines synchronize to the
starboard engine's RPM.
Center engine shift = neutral unless
both engines are in the same gear
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Control Handle Function
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