Thanks for the support. I wish I new this from Garmin when we had the autopilot installed. Hoping this video will save some people the headaches I went through. 🤙
I would run this check before you screw in the heading sensor. We went through some major headaches with our autopilot after 4 years of being installed and no one could figure out the problem. After we spoke to Garmin support and they explained this to me and I verified that my sensor if 4 years was deteriorating where it was placed, we decided to teach everyone this because I’m certain that the majority of the boats out there have this same issue and the owners don’t know it. If we would have replaced the heading sensor it would have worked for a while and then had the same problem. Glad to be able to help!
You are a huge help!!! I’m new to autopilot and I would have been going crazy trying to figure it out if I put it in the wrong place! Thank you for the guidance. Look forward to more videos
Hi captain Pedro I’m trying to trouble shoot my new installed autopilot. My magnetic environment is 255 Spin quality 255… way above 100% Something not right…. My CCU is brand new and no interference anywhere. I moved it to multiple locations and still got the same numbers. Could there be a problem with my garmin ghc 20? I purchased it used. Thanks Paul
The magnetic interference can’t go over 100%. The magnetic interference will start at 100% and go down from there. 100% would be in a perfect environment without any magnetic interference but every boat has some level of interference because they have metal objects, batteries and electronics that interfere with the compass. When I moved mine, I tried two spots before I landed on the one I kept and each time I received a different reading of interference. I can tell you that if it is bad, the auto pilot will not perform correctly. I had one go bad and the auto pilot would not steer my boat towards the starboard side. You can try to set it all up and see how it performs when you complete the sea trial set up for the auto pilot. I made another video showing the steps of that sea trial. Link to that video is below: ruclips.net/video/mu0jHsKzGkQ/видео.htmlsi=tpRWUd-jC7JkMUjZ
It should. I didn’t move mine on. I unscrewed it and placed a zip tie on it in a new location then powered on the system to check it and it was drastically better.
The CCU and the heading sensor are the same thing. In the video, the diagnostic check shows the magnetic interference for the CCU which is the heading sensor. Then if the score is low, that’s what you want to move to a new location. I’m not familiar with the white puck, the ones that I have seen and have on my boat are either gray or black and have two plugs on it. One plug should be NEMA 2000 and the other plug goes to the ECU which is like the brain for the auto pilot. The ECU is what received the heading reading from the CCU and sends the signal to the auto pilot pump to steer the boat.
@@pescatarianfishing I'm gonna do some reading on this. I was told to add a secondary heading sensor up top. I have the Garmin 24XD and was mounting it up top in the cabinet
I never heard about adding a second señor but it could work. I just know that I was struggling for almost 6 months with my auto pilot and no one could figure it out and in one of my many calls to Garmin one of the guys is the one that told me about this check. Once I did it and moved the sensor and completed the sea trial it worked perfectly and I haven’t had another issue with it since. I know it’s a very frustrating situation to be in.
@@pescatarianfishing the 24xd hooks to the nema system. If you go into your 7612 it says how far off course you are. Usually if you're just using the 7612 gps it's up to 40ft. Hook why XD up and it's down to 3 and 4ft. There are videos of it on here. Give it a look. Maybe it will give you a more precious location 🤷🏼
The actual location of the boat is calculated by the satellites in space but yes, if the heading sensor will get a more accurate heading, that would be great. Especially for long range use. I hardly ever navigate with auto pilot but I do use it a lot when I’m trolling and sword fishing. I will check it out. Thanks!
63% is pretty low. I would highly recommend moving it inside your console to a location where it is away from electronics and batteries. We went through hell with ours when it started failing and no one could figure out was the issue was until I personally reached out to Garmin and they taught me this. We had ours mounted inside the console but it was too close to the batteries. We simply unscrewed it and moved it to the front wall of the console and reached a score of 90% and after we calibrated it again, It worked perfectly and I didn’t have to order a new one. Once you move it, you will need to recalibrate it again but it’s super easy. We have a video on that in our Garmin series playlist.
@@pescatarianfishing the 50 doesn't have physical buttons, thats the problem. Cant find this menu anywhere. From your video looks like that menu shows you a live updating score of the magnetic environment? Meaning you could go to that menu and move the compass box around and look at the changes? This way you dont need to run the sea trial test again and again? Am i understanding this right?
@NomadNo that is correct. It is a live score so when you move the sensor it updates. That’s how I was able to move mine and determine that the new location is good. Prior to that, I must have completed 5 or 6 sea trials and nothing was fixing it. I would suggest to call Garmin support and let them know that you want to check the magnetic environment for your sensor and they will be able to walk you through it for your unit. That will save you a ton of headaches.
Thanks for this information
You are welcome! Thank you for the support!
Nice find. I have the same GHC20 and you are correct about magnetic interface. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the support. I wish I new this from Garmin when we had the autopilot installed. Hoping this video will save some people the headaches I went through. 🤙
Great 👍
Thank you for the support!
Excellent!
I’m about to install my new garmin autopilot and this will help! Thanks
I would run this check before you screw in the heading sensor. We went through some major headaches with our autopilot after 4 years of being installed and no one could figure out the problem. After we spoke to Garmin support and they explained this to me and I verified that my sensor if 4 years was deteriorating where it was placed, we decided to teach everyone this because I’m certain that the majority of the boats out there have this same issue and the owners don’t know it.
If we would have replaced the heading sensor it would have worked for a while and then had the same problem.
Glad to be able to help!
You are a huge help!!!
I’m new to autopilot and I would have been going crazy trying to figure it out if I put it in the wrong place!
Thank you for the guidance.
Look forward to more videos
Thank you and thanks for the support!
Great video 👏👏👌👍👍
Thank You Erich! 🤙🤙
Thanks for sharing ! Good to know this.
Thanks for the support. We are currently working on some more Garmin videos to continue to help our viewers.
Thanks for the support!
Very informative 🤓
Thanks for the support!
Hi captain Pedro
I’m trying to trouble shoot my new installed autopilot.
My magnetic environment is 255
Spin quality 255… way above 100%
Something not right….
My CCU is brand new and no interference anywhere.
I moved it to multiple locations and still got the same numbers.
Could there be a problem with my garmin ghc 20?
I purchased it used.
Thanks
Paul
The magnetic interference can’t go over 100%. The magnetic interference will start at 100% and go down from there.
100% would be in a perfect environment without any magnetic interference but every boat has some level of interference because they have metal objects, batteries and electronics that interfere with the compass.
When I moved mine, I tried two spots before I landed on the one I kept and each time I received a different reading of interference.
I can tell you that if it is bad, the auto pilot will not perform correctly. I had one go bad and the auto pilot would not steer my boat towards the starboard side.
You can try to set it all up and see how it performs when you complete the sea trial set up for the auto pilot.
I made another video showing the steps of that sea trial. Link to that video is below:
ruclips.net/video/mu0jHsKzGkQ/видео.htmlsi=tpRWUd-jC7JkMUjZ
Interesting.
Thanks for the support! 🤙
Will that number change as I move the CCU to different locations?
It should. I didn’t move mine on. I unscrewed it and placed a zip tie on it in a new location then powered on the system to check it and it was drastically better.
So you keep showing the CCU not the heading sensor. So which are you moving. My heading sensor is a white puck. You must be moving the CCU?
The CCU and the heading sensor are the same thing. In the video, the diagnostic check shows the magnetic interference for the CCU which is the heading sensor.
Then if the score is low, that’s what you want to move to a new location.
I’m not familiar with the white puck, the ones that I have seen and have on my boat are either gray or black and have two plugs on it.
One plug should be NEMA 2000 and the other plug goes to the ECU which is like the brain for the auto pilot. The ECU is what received the heading reading from the CCU and sends the signal to the auto pilot pump to steer the boat.
@@pescatarianfishing I'm gonna do some reading on this. I was told to add a secondary heading sensor up top. I have the Garmin 24XD and was mounting it up top in the cabinet
I never heard about adding a second señor but it could work. I just know that I was struggling for almost 6 months with my auto pilot and no one could figure it out and in one of my many calls to Garmin one of the guys is the one that told me about this check. Once I did it and moved the sensor and completed the sea trial it worked perfectly and I haven’t had another issue with it since.
I know it’s a very frustrating situation to be in.
@@pescatarianfishing the 24xd hooks to the nema system. If you go into your 7612 it says how far off course you are. Usually if you're just using the 7612 gps it's up to 40ft. Hook why XD up and it's down to 3 and 4ft. There are videos of it on here. Give it a look. Maybe it will give you a more precious location 🤷🏼
The actual location of the boat is calculated by the satellites in space but yes, if the heading sensor will get a more accurate heading, that would be great. Especially for long range use.
I hardly ever navigate with auto pilot but I do use it a lot when I’m trolling and sword fishing.
I will check it out. Thanks!
I have number 63%Is this good or do I need to change the location?
63% is pretty low. I would highly recommend moving it inside your console to a location where it is away from electronics and batteries.
We went through hell with ours when it started failing and no one could figure out was the issue was until I personally reached out to Garmin and they taught me this.
We had ours mounted inside the console but it was too close to the batteries. We simply unscrewed it and moved it to the front wall of the console and reached a score of 90% and after we calibrated it again, It worked perfectly and I didn’t have to order a new one.
Once you move it, you will need to recalibrate it again but it’s super easy. We have a video on that in our Garmin series playlist.
What about ghc50?
Im not sure if it is the same on the GHC 50. We run the 40 on our boat. They might not have changed it from the 40 to the 50.
@@pescatarianfishing the 50 doesn't have physical buttons, thats the problem.
Cant find this menu anywhere.
From your video looks like that menu shows you a live updating score of the magnetic environment? Meaning you could go to that menu and move the compass box around and look at the changes? This way you dont need to run the sea trial test again and again?
Am i understanding this right?
@NomadNo that is correct. It is a live score so when you move the sensor it updates. That’s how I was able to move mine and determine that the new location is good. Prior to that, I must have completed 5 or 6 sea trials and nothing was fixing it.
I would suggest to call Garmin support and let them know that you want to check the magnetic environment for your sensor and they will be able to walk you through it for your unit.
That will save you a ton of headaches.
Just music no voice
You are not able to hear the explanation?
Shut the stupid music off
I will keep it in mind for the next one!