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<blockquote data-quote="raider" data-source="post: 224560" data-attributes="member: 353">there are 2 autopilot settings on the newer ones...&nbsp; the &quot;legacy&quot; autopilot sets a point at a certain heading and corrects to that line giving you a smooth path toward it...&nbsp; the &quot;newer&quot; autopilot sets up a group of points to hit, say 100' apart, then steers toward the closest point until it reaches it, then steers to the next...&nbsp; the problem with the new system (to me) is that you will end up making a bunch of linked u shaped trails if being pushed by a side wind as the system corrects to hit the predetermined 100' point b4 it is past it and goes on to the next 1...&nbsp; hard to explain, but imagine going straight east with a north wind...&nbsp; the wind will naturally push you south through your path...&nbsp; to hit that predetermined &quot;point&quot;, you may end up going almost straight north when you get close to that &quot;point&quot; to achieve that location, then head for the next point...&nbsp; when that point is achieved, the process just starts over again...on my new boat the remote is set up differently than the older ones - on the last 1 i had, you just had to hold the button for an extra second to go into legacy mode...&nbsp; on the new 1, i figured out last weekend that you have to go into the settings and set it to &quot;legacy&quot;...&nbsp; for me, the legacy works WAY better...&nbsp; i think the new 1 is called &quot;advanced autopilot&quot;, but it doesn't work well in the wind imo...there used to b a video on it on the minn kota site - maybe still is...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="raider, post: 224560, member: 353"] there are 2 autopilot settings on the newer ones... the "legacy" autopilot sets a point at a certain heading and corrects to that line giving you a smooth path toward it... the "newer" autopilot sets up a group of points to hit, say 100' apart, then steers toward the closest point until it reaches it, then steers to the next... the problem with the new system (to me) is that you will end up making a bunch of linked u shaped trails if being pushed by a side wind as the system corrects to hit the predetermined 100' point b4 it is past it and goes on to the next 1... hard to explain, but imagine going straight east with a north wind... the wind will naturally push you south through your path... to hit that predetermined "point", you may end up going almost straight north when you get close to that "point" to achieve that location, then head for the next point... when that point is achieved, the process just starts over again... on my new boat the remote is set up differently than the older ones - on the last 1 i had, you just had to hold the button for an extra second to go into legacy mode... on the new 1, i figured out last weekend that you have to go into the settings and set it to "legacy"... for me, the legacy works WAY better... i think the new 1 is called "advanced autopilot", but it doesn't work well in the wind imo... there used to b a video on it on the minn kota site - maybe still is... [/QUOTE]

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