Boat is a 2020 Freedom 325. Just purchased used. When I engage trim assist on the Helm Master the green light blink a few times but does not stay on. Any suggestions on why it won’t engage.
Trim Assist with Helm Master
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If you just purchased the boat, it's possible they never programmed that helm master settings. Look up the programming instructions for your year of helm master and make sure the trim assist has settings for the various RPM ranges. If not, best to take your boat out and note the trim at various speeds that you like and then program those RPM's/Trim settings into the helm master. I'm not certain that this is your issue, but it's a good guess based on when and how helm master tends to work. You get blinking green lights while it tries to engage something and if it can't, it just goes back to no light. That's why I'm (somewhat) guessing that there are no rpm settings for the trim assist. I have a 2021 and at that time, the printed instructions the dealer provided were wrong and didn't allow me to store the settings, but the onboard digital instructions from the yamaha screen were correct and worked for my year/model. Hope this helps - - setting up helm master can be a little tricky and people often get it wrong. Instructions are ok, but you need to follow them step by step. My servicing dealer also said almost 100% of helm master issues were related to incorrect setup.
PS to my prior post - - my boat is a 2021 Marlin 300 with dual 300's, but helm master is helm master and the model shouldn't matter, but the year will.
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Trim assist is like seat adjustments in a car, 1,2,and 3 you check what setting you want to store in memory and trim assist will remember it based on RPM . The Yamaha manual for Helm master is fairly clear on that and I think the onboard manual is the same.
I have never set mine and have not seen the need for it yet.
One lever control is something I use frequently and place the other lever all the way back to not confuse myself while driving. (I have triples though).
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I have never set mine and have not seen the need for it yet.
One lever control is something I use frequently and place the other lever all the way back to not confuse myself while driving. (I have triples though).
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I don't, but will try to grab the numbers this weekend from the menus. However, you would be better off figuring out what is ideal for your boat and determining the settings based on running the boat at various RPM's or speeds and trimming the engines for the best MPG. I find my boat will fluctuate by .1 or .2 MPG based on trim which will lead you to the optimal setting. This video does a good job of explaining how to do it: https://yamahaoutboards.com/owner-center/videos/helm-master-ex/trim-assist-helm-master-ex. When my boat was new, the dealer took me out and manually trimmed the engine to what he felt was optimal - - I noted those RPM's down and programmed them in. They generally work well, but certain speeds I will add a little trim to fine tune it. Conditions affect it, so it's never going to be perfect for every run.