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Chapter 1: SmartPilot Operation 11
• In very strong winds and large seas, you should avoid sailing with the wind
dead astern:
• ideally, bring the wind at least 30° away from a dead run.
• in severe conditions, you may also need to remove the mainsail and sail
under headsail only.
1.6 Can I adjust the display lighting & contrast?
How do I adjust the lights?
You can adjust the display and keypad lighting by:
1. Pressing
disp for 1 second from any mode to access the LAMP screen and
turn on the lights.
2. Press the
disp button to cycle through the possible illumination settings:
LAMP 3 (the brightest setting), LAMP 2, LAMP 1, OFF, LAMP 1,
LAMP 2, LAMP 3 and so on:
• as you change the setting, the illumination on any other SeaTalk instru-
ments or control units will also change.
3. The display automatically returns to the previous mode if you do not press a
button for 10 seconds:
• if you press another mode button within 10 seconds you will select the
mode assigned to that button (for example:
auto selects Auto mode,
standby selects Standby mode).
Notes: (1)
You can also adjust the lighting level from any other SeaTalk instrument
or control unit.
(2)
When you switch off the unit you lose any changes you have made to
the lighting level.
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