Power Trim; Trim Controls - Volvo Penta 3.0GS/SX Owner's Manual

Your Volvo Penta drive has a Power Trim system as standard equipment. The purpose of Power Trim is to al-
low the helmsman to change the angle at which the drive is set, without leaving the cockpit. Changing this angle
relative to the bottom of the boat is referred to as trimming. Trimming gives the following advantages: Improved
acceleration to planing, keeps the boat planing when the throttles are cut, improves fuel economy, more even
and/or drier running in a choppy sea, increased maximum speed. Some installations also have a trim limiter to
prevent the drive from involuntarily being put into the "Beach" position. The trim limiter is available as an optio-
nal accessory for boats with analogue trim gauges. On boats with digital trim gauges, the trim limiter is built into
the gauge. Read more about trimming below and in the Operation chapter.
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Trim controls

Trimming, i.e. raising and lowering the drive, can
either be done by means of a separate control panel
on the instrument panel, the control button on the
control lever or the control buttons on the port control
lever in a twin installation.
The current trim position of the drive is indicated on
a special trim gauge.
Operation
Control panel
The control panel (1) has three buttons. The centre
button moves the drive trim out, and the bow of the
boat is raised. Using the lower button, the drive is
trimmed in, and the bow is lowered.
The top button is used to disconnect a "catch" for the
"Beach" position, so that the drive can be trimmed
into this position. The button should be pressed at
the same time as the centre button.
Note! The catch button does not have any function if
the drive does not have a trim limiter.Please refer to
Trim instrument, and the Operation chapter.
IMPORTANT! The drives must be operated wit-
hin the trim range limits, –2° — +5°. When ope-
rating outside of trim range the engine speed
must be reduced to 1000 rpm.

Power Trim

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