Lowrance Autopilot system packs contain everything you need to fit an Autopilot to Hydraulic or Cable steer outboard motors, for use with Lowrance HDS Gen2 or HDS Gen2 Touch Series.

This easy-to-use Autopilot system allows quick access steering of the outboard enging, giving anglers an extra hand, so they can focus more on their fishing activity. It

Lowrance Outboard Pilot Features:

• Steer your Outboard Motor to a Heading, Waypoint, route or cursor -- with control from your HDS Gen2 display.
• New Lowrance SmartSteer™ interface (available with HDS 3.5 software scheduled for March 2015 release) provides control of both your cable- or hydraulic-steer Outboard Motor, as well as the MotorGuide Xi5 Pinpoint electric-steer Trolling motor.
• Easily convert saved trails into routes, giving anglers the ability to retrace previous trails from a fishing area and back to the Dock.
• Six pre-set turn patterns for more effective fishing/trolling presentations.
• VRF (Virtual >Rudder Feedback) – simplifies pilot installation, eliminating the need for a >Rudder position sensor.
• Easy set up and installation, with no complex terminal wiring.

Second image on the right shows the Smart Steer User Interface and choice of turn patterns useful for fishing or search and recovery operations.

The third image on the right shows you can touch turn to access turn patterns, standby to disengage Autopilot and change the set Heading 1 degrees Port/Starboard, or 10 degrees Port/Starboard.

The last image on the right shows you can touch “Course” to steer to ground track, “Auto” to steer to a Heading, “Nav” to steer to a Waypoint or along a route, “Power Steer” to manually steer the outboard Port/Starboard from the HDS and touching settings will give you access to Autopilot settings.

Hydraulic pack includes:

• NAC-1 Autopilot Computers
• Pump-1 0.8L Hydraulic Pump
• Point-1 GPS Heading Sensor
• N2K Network Kit (4-way Block, male and female terminators, network power cable, 2, 6, & 15ft network cables).
• Pump Fitting Kit ( 2.5ft send, reserve reservoir hoses, 4 right-angle adapters, 4 straight through adapters, 2 T-adapters, half litre of hydraulic oil).

Cable Steer Pack includes:

• NAC-1 Autopilot Computers
• Point-1 GPS Heading Sensor
• Helm-1 Drive Unit
• N2K Network Kit (4-way Block, male and female terminators, network power cable, 2, 6, & 15ft network cables).

System available April 2015. Note: not compatible with Lowrance Elite series or Simrad NSS displays.  For more information contact CH Smith Marine in store or online.