Tom, Each of the issues you have mentioned could be part of it. They will try and relocate a previous location, but this has never hampered me in my new location as of yet. Check your connections and then your signal and then try it again giving it a minute to lock up. If the issue remains then I would say you have got a head, or control issue. Good Luck! I hope it works like it should.

I had a problem with my spot lock once where it would do a full turn, then yell at me with some chirps and just stop.

I got frustrated for 5-10 minutes and finally unplugged the motor from the battery. Waited 30 seconds and plugged it back in. It worked perfectly after that.

I don't really understand how it could be sensitive to the battery. It should be designed to deal with batteries that are losing charge.

Dan,
Thanks for the thoughts. Will make a post after I use the motor tomorrow.Hopefully it works ok. I will check the gps signal strength, make sure the 24v connections are tight. See if I can figure out how to "undue a return to saved location request- ".
LXCOACH - Minnkota says that the unit is battery sensitive, meaning that if the voltage(24v in the powerdrive v2 case) drops below a certain level(around 11+ volts-- then the functions will not work correctly. Personally I think my battery voltage is just fine. Could be a loose plug connection though, will check it out.

Thanks again for the help
Tom S

They told me the same thing about the battery. I bought the biggest battery wal-mart carries in March of this year. So I know, my battery can handle it.

When I get home and put it on the charger, its usually at 75-80% full, so Im not using that much juice.

Whats crazy is that the AutoPilot and Advanced AutoPilot features works flawless, no mater where Im at. Soon as I hit that anchor button, it chips and turns off.

Dan, Laxcoach,Ltsmash:
So yesterday I put the Minnkota powerdrive with iplot on the boat. Replugged the 24v power supply, used the remote and the anchor/spotlock worked great. Used it for over 8 hours--no problem.
NOTE: To see if the 24v battery supply may have been the problem I purposely DID NOT charge them the night before-- reconnecting the power plug from the motor to the (24v) batteries. GPS was 3/4 bars all day. I don't think magic applies here- something caused it to not work? don't know why.
Tom S

so you did nothing at it worked?

How close were you to the shore / trees when you had issues?

That right, All I did was mount it on my quick release, plug it in to my 24v battery outlet , use the remote ( at 3/4 bars and it worked just fine.
NOTE: I had had the problem on Tuesday in Flowery Branch and in the main lake up as far as old federal/vans tavern areas.
THEN: Yesterday I used it all the way from Flowery Branch to the dam. Mostly in Main lake and slightly off. Shoal creek, two/six mile etc. Anchor/spot lock worked just fine
NO where near trees, never close than 100 yds from shore..

Any help?? Maybe there is a software problem with the ipilot??

toms, just curious.... when you had your problem did you try disconnecting the power from the motor and reconnecting?

No , I did not.
I found some info at another website about this issue. If you want a link email me your email address -- and I can email a link to the site. Seems the rest of the world is also experiencing similiar occurences. Some saying that higher trolling motor speeds can cause it!(voltage drops??)) I am at tservas@bellsouth.net

Tom

I will be intrested in reading that? But like you, mine from time to time works great, but the majority of the time, it blows.