Furuno AUTOPILOT NAVPILOT-500 - Manual (Page 4)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ........................................................................................................ iv
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION................................................................................. v
1. PRINCIPLE OF THE AUTOPILOT ................................................................ 1-1
1.1 Principle of Autopilot ....................................................................................................1-1
1.2 Principle of Operation ..................................................................................................1-2
2. BASIC OPERATION...................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Operating Controls .......................................................................................................2-1
2.2 Turning On/Off..............................................................................................................2-2
2.3 Adjusting Brilliance and Contrast .................................................................................2-3
2.4 Displays .......................................................................................................................2-3
2.4.1 Choosing the display mode.................................................................................2-3
2.4.2 Selecting the data shown on Normal Display 2,
Data Display and Graphic Display ......................................................................2-4
3. STEERING MODES ...................................................................................... 3-1
3.1 STBY Mode..................................................................................................................3-1
3.2 AUTO Mode .................................................................................................................3-2
3.2.1 Using the AUTO mode ........................................................................................3-2
3.2.2 ADVANCED AUTO mode ....................................................................................3-3
3.3 NAV Mode ....................................................................................................................3-4
3.3.1 Starting the NAV mode........................................................................................3-4
3.3.2 Selecting sailing method of NAV mode ...............................................................3-5
3.3.3 Switching waypoint..............................................................................................3-6
3.3.4 Selecting the boat’s steering behavior after
arriving at your destination waypoint...................................................................3-7
3.4 TURN Mode .................................................................................................................3-8
3.5 REMOTE Mode..........................................................................................................3-16
3.6 DODGE Mode ............................................................................................................3-20
3.6.1 Dodging in STBY mode.....................................................................................3-20
3.6.2 Dodging in AUTO or NAV mode ........................................................................3-21
4. MENU OPERATION ...................................................................................... 4-1
4.1 STBY Mode Menu........................................................................................................4-1
4.1.1 Setting parameters..............................................................................................4-2
4.1.2 Setting other menu items ..................................................................................4-10