Manual Garmin Force Trolling Motor (page 10 of 16) (English)

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• Using the foot pedal, push the pedal with your toes and

heel to steer.

Maintaining Your Heading

Before you can use the heading hold feature, you must calibrate

the trolling motor (Calibrating the Trolling Motor, page 2).

The heading hold feature is an autopilot function that sets and

maintains the current heading of the boat. You can set the

behavior of the heading hold feature when accounting for drift

(Changing the Heading Hold Behavior, page 6).

Steer the boat in the direction you want to go.

On the remote control or foot pedal, select .

NOTE: You can adjust the direction of the heading hold by

pressing and , or by using gesture controls (Using Gesture

Controls to Adjust the Heading Hold, page 6).

To disable heading hold and return to manual mode, you must

select , , or step on the foot pedal.

Changing the Heading Hold Behavior

You can change the how heading-hold feature maintains the

heading of your boat when it is affected by the wind or the

current.

On the remote control, select > Settings > Trolling Motor

> Heading Hold.

Select an option:

• To keep the boat pointing in the same direction regardless

of drift, select Vessel Align.

• To keep the boat pointing in the same direction while

accounting for drift, select Go To.

Holding Your Position

Before you can use the anchor lock feature, you must calibrate

the trolling motor (Calibrating the Trolling Motor, page 2).

The anchor lock feature is an autopilot function that uses GPS to

set and maintain your position using the trolling motor, acting as

if you deployed a physical anchor.

If necessary, drive the boat to a location you want to set the

anchor lock.

On the remote control or foot pedal, select .

NOTE: You can adjust the anchor lock position 1.5 m (5 ft.)

by pressing an arrow key on the remote control, or by using

gesture controls (Using Gesture Controls to Adjust Your Held

Position, page 6).

To disable anchor lock, you can press again, or steer with the

foot pedal.

Gesture Controls

You can point or move the remote control to interact with the

trolling motor. You must calibrate the compass in the trolling

motor (Calibrating the Trolling Motor, page 2), and the compass

in the remote control (Calibrating the Remote Control, page 4)

before you can use gesture controls.

Using Gesture Controls to Steer

You can steer the motor by pointing the remote control.

If necessary, turn on the propeller (Turning the Propeller On

and Off, page 5).

Hold .

While holding , point the remote control to the left or right to

steer port or starboard.

Release to stop steering.

Using Gesture Controls to Adjust the Heading Hold

You can move the remote control to adjust your heading hold

(Maintaining Your Heading, page 6).

If necessary, turn on the propeller (Turning the Propeller On

and Off, page 5).

Hold .

Point the remote control toward where you want to adjust the

heading.

Release to set the heading direction.

Using Gesture Controls to Adjust Your Held Position

You can move the remote control to adjust your position when

using the anchor lock feature (Holding Your Position, page 6).

If necessary, turn on the anchor lock feature.

Hold .

Point the remote control in the direction you want to move

your position.

Your position jogs 1.5 m (5 ft.) in the direction you point.

Release .

Repeat this procedure until the you are in the position you

want.

Waypoints

Waypoints are used to mark locations so you can return to them

later.

When you connect the trolling motor to a chartplotter, the

waypoints stored on the chartplotter are synchronized with the

waypoints stored on the trolling motor. Adding, deleting, or

editing waypoints on one device automatically changes the

waypoints stored on the other device.

You can save up to 5000 waypoints.

Creating a Waypoint

You can save your current location as a waypoint.

If necessary, drive to a location you want to save as a

waypoint.

On the remote control, press .

Navigating to a Waypoint

On the remote control, select > Waypoints.

A list of the ten closest waypoints is shown.

Select a waypoint.

Select Navigate To.

Turn on the propeller (Turning the Propeller On and Off,

page 5).

The trolling motor drives to the waypoint location (Navigating,

page 8).

Viewing Waypoint Details

On the remote control, select > Waypoints.

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