User manual GARMIN GHC 10 MARINE AUTOPILOT CONTROL UNIT

[. . . ] GHC 10 owner's manual © 2011 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided herein, no part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded or stored in any storage medium, for any purpose without the express prior written consent of Garmin. Garmin hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto a hard drive or other electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print one copy of this manual or of any revision hereto, provided that such electronic or printed copy of this manual must contain the complete text of this copyright notice and provided further that any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual or any revision hereto is strictly prohibited. [. . . ] The autopilot steers your boat according to the route defined on your chartplotter, and the heading screen shows the distance to the next turn and distance off course . GHC 10 Owner's Manual 9 Powerboat Autopilot Operation Cloverleaf Pattern The cloverleaf pattern steers the boat to repeatedly pass over an active waypoint. When you begin the cloverleaf pattern, the autopilot drives the boat toward the active waypoint and begins the cloverleaf pattern. setting up the Cloverleaf Pattern The autopilot steers your boat in a continuous cloverleaf pattern over the active waypoint, and the heading screen shows the cloverleaf turn direction and distance . You can adjust the distance from the waypoint at which the autopilot turns your boat for another pass over the waypoint. The default setting turns the boat at a range of 1000 ft. From the heading screen, select Menu > GPS Steering > Cloverleaf > Length. From the heading screen, select Menu > GPS Steering > Cloverleaf > engage. Select an option: · Select to begin a starboard turn. · Select to begin a port turn. Following the Cloverleaf Pattern search Pattern The search pattern steers the boat in increasingly larger circles outward from the active waypoint, forming a spiral pattern. When you begin the search pattern, the autopilot drives the boat to the active waypoint and begins the pattern. setting up the search Pattern You can adjust the distance between each circle in the spiral. The default distance between the circles is 50 ft. From the heading screen, select Menu > GPS Steering > Search > Spacing. Select Done. 10 GHC 10 Owner's Manual Powerboat Autopilot Operation 1. From the heading screen, select Menu > GPS Steering > Search > engage. Select an option: · Select to begin a starboard turn. The autopilot follows the search pattern around the active waypoint, and the heading screen shows the spacing of the search pattern . Following the search Pattern Cancelling a gPs steering Pattern While following a GPS steering pattern, perform one of the following actions: · Physically steer the boat at the helm (if your autopilot is equipped with Shadow Drive). · Use the soft keys to manually adjust the heading. · Select STBY. GHC 10 Owner's Manual 11 Sailboat Autopilot Operation sailboat autopilot Operation < CaUTIOn When engaged, the autopilot controls only the rudder. You and your crew remain responsible for the sails while the autopilot is engaged. In addition to heading hold, you can use the autopilot to maintain a wind hold. You can also use the autopilot to control the rudder while tacking and gybing. adjusting the Heading with the autopilot You can adjust the heading using step steering on the autopilot. NoTe: If the autopilot is steering a route (page 15), manually adjusting the heading cancels the route. Select an option: · Select or to steer the boat in increments of 1°. · Hold or to steer the boat in larger increments. [. . . ] · In Europe, go to www. garmin. com/support and click Contact Support for in-country support GHC 10 Owner's Manual Declaration of Conformity (DoC) Hereby, Garmin, declares that this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. To view the full Declaration of Conformity, go to www. garmin. com/compliance. The GHP 10/12 and the GHC 10 are NMEA 2000® certified. 19 Appendix Error and Warning Messages Error Message No rudder position feedback sensor detected Rudder position data is invalid. Autopilot is not receiving navigation data. [. . . ]