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| MuskyTime, I am nearing the completion of the second full season with my xi5 and I absolutely love it. I spent two weeks in Canada on Lake of the Woods and we had some very windy conditions. I use Heading Lock and Cruise control ALL the time and NEVER once had the issue you described. I tried creating a route once and that was an interesting journey, but that was because I went off of memory of how to do it rather than reading the instructions I had placed in the glove compartment first.
When you say "Nav" mode are you referring to Heading lock or are you navigating a route?
My thoughts on the remote are this, its simple and does what is needed. Before I installed my Gateway connect to my Lowrance Touch unit I was easily able to determine the speed setting by hitting cruise control ONCE (speed defaults to 1.0mph) up arrow or down arrow 1 time = .1 MPH change. So, I wanted to go .8 MPH, I hit cruise control button on remote, then down arrow 2x. I could verify speed by looking at the GPS I had at the bow as well.
If you don't like to deal with a remote already and its a tiny one I don't see how adding a display to the remote is going to be more preferable.
If you have a Lowrance unit I suggest getting the Gateway. Its the cat's meow. Everything you want to do with the motor is on a large display and right at your finger tips. Set the speed (either MPH or Prop %), course, anchor point, etc super easy.
I prefer the remote over the foot pedal, but I could see how guys do not like it that prefer that method.
I had a remote going dead and that was causing me some frustrations because I forgot to bring extra batteries. Thankfully I had an extra remote and a foot pedal AND the Gateway connect so I could control my motor from all of those other options. | |
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