Thread: Motor Guide Xi5 anchor feature

No, it works alone too

Is there a way to get the navigation light to come on or is there a trick to this?

Originally Posted by huntnfishnguy2014

Is there a way to get the navigation light to come on or is there a trick to this?

Just turn it on. Mine gets a GPS signal, pretty quick.

Haven't had GPS signal or a green navigation light since I turned on the unit just to make sure it powered up. That was all I did literally put in the down position to make sure everything powered up and then stowed. Second time I lowered the motor in to the down position was today to use it and nothing. Couldn't use Anchor feature or anything. Foot pedal worked for a brief time then it quit and could only use the hand control. Have tried erasing the memory multiple times so we could attempt to get the foot control to relink and can't even get this thing to erase. Not sure if I am messing that up as well or what. We disconnect the power from the trolling motor and let it sit for awhile (10 minutes) then reconnect it and attempt pushing the buttons and holding all them down at once that are indicated in the guide and nothing.

Had to deploy and re-stow mine several times before it picked up the signal. No clue as to why but it worked as it is supposed to from then on. Make sure it is locked down or it will never work. Have never got used to foot control but don't use it much. I put a toggle switch on foot control to control power on-off. No way I can hear a beep. I will never really like any power drive head motor. What I do like is pulling up to a down tree in high wind and working my way all around it by spot locking.

This may be a obvious question, but have You tryed installing fresh batteries in both the foot control and handheld remote? I had issues with mine, called Motoguide and had good luck with support!

Reprogram the gps,
hold down M on remote,
while pushing 1 1 1
then using your outboard , make 2 slow circles on the lake,
should reset the gps