2019 R3 - 20 second Beep Alarm?

[BobRae99]

Hi All,

My VP350 Garmin unit has just started emitting a beep tone every 20 seconds. The beep will sound even with the engine off and ignition on. Engine gem is normal, oil pressure is 45psi at idle. The only problem I can identify is a faulty trim switch which is causing the gauge to jump around rapidly - but the boat was operating normally last weekend. I looked at the EVC screen and it is stuck on Port/Starboard and pressing buttons doesn’t change that.

Any ideas? I hate to have to get the dealer out to the lake to haul it in for diagnostics.

Thanks,


Bob

[BobRae99]

It was the lanyard. I must have knocked it off when I rotated the captains chair. My question is, why does the boat start when the lanyard isn’t in?

[Cctvdc]

The boat will start because if the person is overboard you want the remaining people on board to start engine and be able to rescue person overboard.

[BobRae99]

The boat will start because if the person is overboard you want the remaining people on board to start engine and be able to rescue person overboard.

I get it. It’s not like my Sea Doo where the lanyard is both a key and a safety cut off for when the operator falls off. It would be nice if the glass cockpit could message the reason for the warning beep though.

[NautiGirl]

The boat will start because if the person is overboard you want the remaining people on board to start engine and be able to rescue person overboard.

I get it. It’s not like my Sea Doo where the lanyard is both a key and a safety cut off for when the operator falls off. It would be nice if the glass cockpit could message the reason for the warning beep though.

A quick google - Volvo provides a listing of the beep codes and their meaning in the manual for their EVC Engines. Link to that manual is here: https://pubs.volvopenta.com/publications/7747144

Hope it helps.

[BobRae99]

The boat will start because if the person is overboard you want the remaining people on board to start engine and be able to rescue person overboard.

I get it. It’s not like my Sea Doo where the lanyard is both a key and a safety cut off for when the operator falls off. It would be nice if the glass cockpit could message the reason for the warning beep though.

A quick google - Volvo provides a listing of the beep codes and their meaning in the manual for their EVC Engines. Link to that manual is here: https://pubs.volvopenta.com/publications/7747144

Hope it helps.

Thanks but the first think I looked at was the EVC display mounted on the starboard side of the boat to the rear of the throttle level an all it reads is starboard/port and I couldn't change that. I assumed it was because I have a glass cockpit and the system operates from there? I'll have to look into that.