ST6000+ Autopilot, Watch alarm sounds every 4 minutes

[Mypax]

We've just acquired a Passage 450 and the ST6000+ Autopilot shows the message "WATCH" and sounds and alarm every 4 minutes to make sure we haven't fallen asleep. The manual shows no method of disabling the alarm or of lengthening the interval. I'm all in favor of using a watch alarm, but would like some control over when and how to use it. If anyone has come across a solution We'd sure be interested,
--Allan & Khris

 

[twalker H260]

Have a look at page 39 of the manual located here:

http://www.uchimata.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Notice-utilisation-ST6000-english.pdf

 

[scottdube]

used yuor title for a quick google search found this in the manual you might have found this page but how about 5.1 "user setup "?

 

[Mypax]

Thanks to twalker H260 & scottdube for your replies. Yes, I was reading that section of the manual but I was unsuccessful in preventing the watch alarm. Instructions 1 thru 3 are all about using and resetting the timer back to zero to give 4 minutes of quiet. Perhaps I need to revisit #4 which is rather vague. Does "clear Watch mode" mean disable Watch mode? Pressing STANDBY defeats the purpose of being in AUTO mode without the alarm going off. Next time out I can again try pressing DISP to display a different page to see if that will disable the Watch mode. I believe I tried this, but I wouldn't bet a paycheck on it, ha ha. Thanks again.

 

[scottdube]

Look at turning it off... page 37 section 5.1 has a page for "watch"

 

[twalker H260]

Yes. You can turn watch off by pressing the "disp" (display) button and having the as head show a different page. I believe you can also disable the watch page as a user page so it never shows as you cycle through the various pages by pressing the disp. Button.