NorthStar Navigation NS3300 Fish Finder User Manual


 
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Northstar NS3300 Pilot
HANDSTEER:
Steer the boat manually. Display CTS in the info data or
course error in the bar data and use these to steer by.
To engage AUTO,
press
To engage HAND STEER,
hold
AUTO:
The Pilot steers the boat automatically.
To disengage the Pilot, press
The Pilot returns to STBY (standby). Steer the boat manually.
BRG (direction
of GPS course)
Manually steer the boat to open waters. Start
the GPS navigating to a waypoint, either a
waypoint on a route or a single waypoint.
XTE (distance to
GPS course)
GPS plotted course
to a waypoint
GPS
plotted
course
When the NS3300 Pilot is engaged, if the XTE is more than 0.05 nm or the boat heading is not within
30° of BRG then the NS3300 Pilot displays a warning:
Press to return to Compass mode or press to have the NS3300 Pilot steer the boat to the course.
When the NS3300 Pilot is engaged, it uses data from the GPS to steer the boat along the plotted course to
the waypoint.
7-2-2 Engaging and disengaging the autopilot in GPS mode