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Steering modes, 1 stby mode – Furuno AUTOPILOT NAVPILOT-500 User Manual

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3-1

3. STEERING

MODES

The NAVpilot-500 system is capable of six primary steering modes: STBY
(manual), AUTO, NAV, TURN, REMOTE (FU and NFU) and DODGE.

3.1 STBY

Mode

After turning on the power, the equipment goes to the STBY mode.
This is a manual steering mode. When sailing into or out of a harbor, steer the
vessel in the STBY mode by using the ship’s steering wheel (helm).

Press the [STBY] key.

STBY

359.9

RUDDER

STBY mode

(manual steering mode)

Heading from heading sensor

Rudder angle (XTE or Deviation)

HDG

M

0

40

20 10

40

20

10

Heading mode
M: Magnetic
T: True

STBY mode display (ex. Normal Display 1)

Note: In the STBY mode, you can choose PORT 1 or PORT 2 for NAV mode by

pressing the [NAV] key immediately. For details, see page 3-4.