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I have been trying to figure out the rider settings portion of the B.I.G. and ran into something strange. When I change to a rider that has ballast settings, the ballast does not auto fill. And when I switch to something like 'econo cruise' which has no ballast, the ballast does not empty. Is there some way to initialize this so that I don't have to use the hard switches for ballast? Seems like I am missing something obvious...
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I do the same, and the ballast empty/fill when needed
you hit "select" after you loaded a rider? -
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Thanks for the link, Or. I am doing exactly what Zane does to select the rider but the ballast is not filling.Comment
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I do what Zane does and it works for me with no problem...Comment
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Well that is encouraging -- at least it's supposed to work the way I thought. Now I just have to figure out why mine doesn't.Comment
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ShawnB, You have the plug&play on your boat? if you do, that's the reason the ballast won't fill..Comment
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Oh that's not good. Is there a way to re-enable it? I want the BIG to control the hard tanks on the boat through profiles and to manually fill the plug-and-play via switches (most riders won't be using the extra ballast).Comment
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I'm in the same problem...Originally posted by ShawnB View Post
on my 2010 I didn't have the plug&play and got used to work with the pre-settings
when I upgraded to my current 2011 I've orderd the plug&play.. (that I use only for wakesurfing).
needless to say my disappointment when I found out that the pre-set is not working!
already burned 2 green impellers this session... (about 40 hours)
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I burned an impeller out too before hour number 3 was on the boat. I'm sure that someone other than the two of us has some more info on this... 2011 owners? Dealers?? MasterCraft???Comment
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Shawn, I tried this morning on my 2011 X-25 with PnP. When I selected a rider that has full ballast in the profile, it filled the tanks. I created another profile with empty ballast, and when I selected it, it emptied the tanks. I do notice that emptying one of the side tanks (I think it was starboard) takes a long time -- maybe I should check my impeller.Comment
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Originally posted by Eagle View Post
Really?! when you select a rider with empty ballast it's stop automatically?
Do the red LED in the ballast buttons are working when it runs???Comment
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I selected a rider profile with 0% ballast and it automatically emptied the tanks. The red lights went on for the ballast switches. I don't recall if the pumps and/or switches went off automatically or what. When the tanks were at 0% (though I don't remember if the red lights were still on), I switched to a rider profile with 100% ballast to set it up for next time out, but mistakenly activated it, so the tanks started filling again and then I manually emptied, rather than switching to the Econo Cruise rider.
I will pay closer attention next time to the behavior and report in.Comment
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Eagle - you have the p&p on your boat? if soo that's great news for me!
almost lost another impellor this weekend. i've noticed the pump is on only when the boat was on the trailer,
I really don't understand why there is no "run dry" protection on the pumps...
I'm not supposed to use the stereo when I fill/empty the ballast?! it's not written on the manual! 
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Just got news from my dealer
no timers
no run dry protection
no pre-setting for the BIG
I'm really disappointed with the plug&play... I think MC should think on a make-over for the system... next boat for sure won't add the system
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