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Anyone have experience with a malfunctioning control knob on a navpilot 511 display unit?
When I try to adjust course in auto mode, it jumps around...sometimes jumping 10 or 15 degrees and sometimes not moving at all and sometimes actually jumping backwards (turns to starboard when I turn knob to port) etc.
I have a remote unit in the stern that responds perfectly and precisely, so I am 99 percent sure it is not the processor. It seems to only be a problem with the knob on this display unit.
Furuno says it will cost at least 700 to 1000 to repair. A new one costs around 700 so I am thinking of just buying new.
I could just adjust course in manual mode and then hit auto but I am worried this problem will get worse and the unit might die completely at the worst time.
Anyone have this issue and found some other fix besides buying new/sending in for repair?
Can you get just the knob and replace?
Thanks for any advice!
When I try to adjust course in auto mode, it jumps around...sometimes jumping 10 or 15 degrees and sometimes not moving at all and sometimes actually jumping backwards (turns to starboard when I turn knob to port) etc.
I have a remote unit in the stern that responds perfectly and precisely, so I am 99 percent sure it is not the processor. It seems to only be a problem with the knob on this display unit.
Furuno says it will cost at least 700 to 1000 to repair. A new one costs around 700 so I am thinking of just buying new.
I could just adjust course in manual mode and then hit auto but I am worried this problem will get worse and the unit might die completely at the worst time.
Anyone have this issue and found some other fix besides buying new/sending in for repair?
Can you get just the knob and replace?
Thanks for any advice!