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Ok didn't do much first time out, busy trying to find fish. out today in 2ft waves,10 mph wind, not too impressed, at a slow troll I was all over the place. couldn't hold track. At cruising speed it was working hard but without any error codes, it kept up. Wife said she could tell when I turned on the pilot. ( spray coming into cockpit ) To be fair, I haven't tested it enough yet. but so far not great. My boat is a 2359 trophy. this is a hardtop pilothouse, its high and heavy, engine is 5.7 merc with alpha 1 gen 2 outdrive. will get out Friday and try to spend a bit more time testing. We are running and gunning right now so nobody wants to check out my new autopilot. will be on a buddies boat tomorrow but Friday I will go solo and test this pilot better. will post back.

Within 5 minutes it was holding a good track. I did do the large circle it said to speed things up

Sea test was yesterday. system worked as it should. pretty basic set up. once you input asked info it does everything else on its own. I found there is a lot of paper work relating to each component that repeats the instructions. There is one double page with numbered steps that take you though everything you need to start up. One problem I had was installing the wheel drive set my steering wheel out at least an inch, my controls now hit the steering knob I have on my wheel. will need to remove this. too bad. Wynfisherman. for cable steered boats all you will need to add is power cables, fuse or circuit breaker & ground wire. don't know about hydraulic requirements.

its a better reference, but there is no place to attach properly to I/O. it is designed for a rudder steered boat

ya I found it in general information. I would think when you start your engine, your starter will draw all the power reducing the power to the ACU. once your engine is running you will be fine. Normally you wouldn't start your pilot till your engine is running. The fishfinder and UHF radio are the only things running on my boat while the engine is off Having said that I think 2 batteries is the way to go.

Ray tech told me that rudder reference is for inboard engines that are steered with a rudder. that along with the 7ft. red & black cable is not required on an inboard - outdrive

never saw that. I believe as long as you have a fused 12 volt source you will be fine

ok spoke to a Ray Marine tech. red & black cable not required. rudder reference not required. best to hook up Lowrance GPS with NME2000 cable part number A06045. Great.

older ray chart has a port on the back marked pwr/nmea so it might be compatible.

lowrance is NMEA 2000

Not sure, im gonna call raymarine today. have you started your install.

Hi Guys, Im not at the stage of installing the motor yet, so, Im sorry I cant help out. Im just laying everything out and trying to understand it. not sure about a red and black cable about 7ft. long. I don't see a place for it. Also would it be best to hook up to my raymarine rc435 chart plotter that is 9 years old or my lowrance hds7. I normally only use the lowrance as a fish/depth finder, and navigate with the raychart. any thought or tips greatly appreciated.thx

Update - just got an email from anchor express. ev 200 should be delivered tomorrow, April 04.