Furuno NAVPILOT-500 Marine Instruments User Manual


 
4. MENU OPERATION
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Adjusting the sensitivity in monitoring the boat’s trim
The NAVpilot-500 continually monitors the boat’s trim in order to keep the trim sensitivity
optimum. A lower setting is common because boat’s trim usually does not change quickly. A
large number changes the trim compensation value more frequently. Too high a setting may
result in the following problems.
Trim sensitivity is over-affected, resulting that a trim appears in both port and starboard
directions alternately.
Trim compensation mechanism responds to the yawing, resulting in more serious
oscillation of ship’s heading.
To set the auto trim sensitivity:
1. Rotate the course control knob to select AUTO TRIM from the PARAMETER SETUP
menu.
2. Press the course control knob to show the auto trim options window.
ON
OFF
Auto trim options window
3. Rotate the course control knob to select “ON”.
4. Press the course control knob.
5. Rotate the course control knob to select current value.
6. Press the course control knob and the current value is circumscribed with a double
rectangle.
7. Rotate the course control knob to set value (Setting range: 1 to 100, the default setting
is calculated automatically depending on the ship’s length entered on the DOCK SIDE
SETUP menu.)
8. Press the course control knob to finish.