Garmin Tr 1 Autopilot Manual

Installation of the Sensor Ball 
  Hold the mounting bracket in the desired 
position and drill through the holes into the 
mounting surface. (Be sure that the wire 
coming out of the ball can exit the ball 
straight down.) Tap if necessary.  Install and 
tighten the three mounting screws as shown 
infig.8-a
If you need to make a paper template for a 
drill pattern:  The mounting holes are equally 
spaced on a 1.224 inch radius circle. 
Fig. 8-a 
Fig. 8-b 
Place the ball, wires down, into the 
bracket...

Step 3 (Adjusting Sensor Ball)
Readjust the ball if necessary and fix 
it in position by tightening the 
thumbscrew.  See Fig 9-A. Make
sure that the wires from the Sensor 
Ball are pointing straight down out 
the bottom; otherwise the sensor ball 
will not work properly.  See Fig. 9-B 
Fig. 9-A 
Fig. 9-B Fig. 10-a 
Note: It is important to match 
your ECU wiring configuration 
to the picture.  Just remember 
to always plug into matching 
numbers from the wire to the 
ECU.
Fig. 10-b 
Run the wire back...

Installation of the Deckmount and Tach
If the material you wish to mount the Deckmount 
switch in is less than ¼” thick: Drill a hole 15/32 
Diameter perpendicular to the surface.  Unscrew 
the bezel from the switch and leave one washer on 
the neck.  Put the switch button, with washer, 
through the hole from below.  Screw the bezel on 
to the top and your done.   Refer to Fig.11 
If the surface you want to mount the Deckmount on 
is thicker than ¼ inch, Drill a 19/32 hole through 
the surface.  Unscrew...

 Fig. 12 
Installation of the Handheld/Remote 
Connect the Remote cable to the ECU unit at 
connector number 3.  Strain Relieve the cable.
One place to do this is the bottom right hand side 
of the ECU unit. See Fig. 12.  This will help 
protect the Remote cable from being pulled out 
of the connector on the ECU unit and possibly 
damaging unit.  If you need to drill a hole in the 
boat for the cable be sure to put a grommet in the 
hole to protect cable from the sharp edges. 
Installation of the...

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Connect and Fill the Hydraulic System 
Before you start……… 
x  The fittings in the electro hydraulic unit (Pump unit) and the Cylinder are barbed hose fittings. 
It is important that you push the hose completely over the barbs.  Use some fluid to lube the inside 
of hose before pushing them on.  It will make the process slightly easier.
x  This process may be a little messy so keep a few rags handy.Safety glasses are also a good idea. 
x  If you haven’t already, loosen the steering tension adjustment...

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Step Three
 Arrange the hose at the cylinder end so that none will kink and they 
are hanging free. Put a piece of tape on the right hose at the cylinder \
end to identify it.  You will need to know this when it’s time to 
connect the hose to the cylinder. See Fig.14.
Step Four 
Get into the boat close to the E-H unit.  Bring the Remote Handheld, 
fluid, and some rags.  Remove the screw that locks the E-H unit in 
place so that you can move the unit around.  Remove the tank plug  by 
unscrewing...

Step Six (Fill Cylinder)
You will need the motor in the down position and 
the cylinder fittings pointing straight up. 
Disconnect the rod end of the cylinder from its 
mount.  Find the kinked piece of tubing that you 
removed in step one.  Remove the tie wrap and cut 
the tubing in half.  Push one half on each cylinder 
barbed fitting.  Open the fluid bottle.  Insert pieces 
of tubing into the fluid.  They need to go to the 
bottom of the bottle.  Now hold the tubing in the 
bottle with one hand and...

Step Eight (Check hose fit)
Check to see that the hose is free to move back and forth with motor.  T\
ie wrap as 
necessary to hold hose in place.  See Fig. 18
Step Nine (Hose Clamp)
Place hose clamps over hose and fittings at cylinder end. Fig. 18-a
Step Ten (Top off the system)
Manually turn the motor back and forth several times.  Air bubbles trapp\
ed in the 
tubing may cause the fluid level in the tank to surge when the tiller is moved fast.   
The more the tiller is cycled back and forth, the more...

This section of this document provides you with information that will let you take advantage of 
your TR-1 Gold autopilots capabilities.  We have made every effort to minimize the pain in 
getting you up to speed as a user of the TR-1, however, programmable devices such as your TR-
1, are often difficult to learn to use and to program.  We recommend that you do not take your 
fishing tackle with you on your first trip with your new autopilot.  Take a few hours on a nice 
day to get your system setup and...

6.  Man Overboard.  The autopilot will execute a turn to the reciprocal course and pass near the maneuver 
initiation point.  
7.  GPS steering. (Some GPS units may not support these features.)
7a. The autopilot will steer to a waypoint or series of waypoints. 
  7b. The autopilot will orbit a waypoint. 
  7c. The autopilot will steer a 3 leaf clover pattern over a waypoint. 
  7d. The autopilot will steer a spiral search pattern around a waypoint. 
  7e. The autopilot will steer to constant course over...