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Reference Manual
For a power boat
• For a boat without GPS, or for a boat w ith GPS
but you do not want to navigate to a waypoint ,
choose Compass mode. The autopilot s teers the
boat at a set compass heading.
Select Compass mode by pressing , choose
Compass and press .
• To use the autopilot with a GPS to navigate to a
waypoint or along a route, choose GPS mod e. The
autopilot steers the boat using navig ation data
from the GPS.
3-3 Turnin g the NS3300 Pilot off
3-4 Backlight Briefly press the key. The Backlight pop-up
will appear.
Repeating this action will toggle f rom day to
night mode
Use the Control Dial to increase or dec rease the
display and keypad backlighting.
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 reache s 0.
• Releasing the key during this time will resume
normal operation.
• Any settings you have made are ret ained by the unit.
When in AUTO mode:
• Press and hold the key. A warning pop-up box will
remind you to enter STBY mode before the unit c an
be turned off. Press to close t he pop-up.
• The NS3300 Pilot has a choice of white bac kground
‘Day’ and black background ‘Night ’ backlighting
modes. Either mode can be selec ted using the
Control Dial.
• The Back light pop-up may also be select ed: Menu >
Setup > System > Backlight menu.
• Backlighting on all other Norths tar instruments
that are connected and on the same NavBu s
backlighting channel will also change .
3-5 Engaging autopilot
Select AUTO mode by pressing the key. The
autopilot is now steering the boat bas ed on the
selected steering mode.
Select STBY mode by pressing the key. The
autopilot is not steering the boat – th e helmsman
must steer the boat using the manual helm.
3-6 Disengaging autopilot3-7 Se tting the steering mode
Select GPS mode by pressing , choose GPS and
press .
For a sailing boat
• To steer to a set compass heading, choose
Compass mode.
Select Compass mode by pressing , choose
Compass and press .
• To navigate to a waypoint or along a route, choose
GPS mode.
Select GPS mode by pressing , choose GPS and
press .