GPS Chartplotters

wowzer52 · Post by **wowzer52** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:00 pm

Garmin split screen (depth/GPS chartplotter) upstairs, Garmin split screen down stairs, seperate garmin depth down stairs for redundancy, Furuno 48 mi. down stairs (down stairs for bad weather), I use this set up because with an all-in-one unit if you loose one you loose them all, having seperate units, if I loose one, I still have back-up units and I have never had a problem with any of my Garmin units.

aweimer · Post by **aweimer** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:26 pm

Garmin 545s here. Works well, reminds me of the GPS for the car. Put in the port i want to visit and it lists all the docks. Route.. GPS knows the minimum depth and highth of the boat, it does the rest. I set on the bridge and stay on the purple line on the map. lol

So easy a monkey can do it. lol what did i just make myslef?

Love it and the price was right.

Obaby · Post by **Obaby** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:38 am

Raymarine for everything BUT the fishFinder... The DSM300 sounder is too flaky !

Otherwise Garmin for the GPS...

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:32 am

Garmin upstairs and down

Tuck · Post by **Tuck** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:06 pm

was considering a raymarine unit, but decided to go with another garmin.

just got it this week, and now have a 530s upstairs, and a 398 downstairs. both 5" screens.

garmin for the win!

Wes · Post by **Wes** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:57 am

If you're going to self install the only brand for me is Garmin. Their customer service is outstanding. As far as I'm concerned, Raymarine has no customer service.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:11 am

10 grand plus later The boat behind me agrees I cooud buy his ray stuff cheap and its almost new

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:30 pm

RWS, sorry for the delayed response. The Pilot software is updated through the C80 display. If you're having issues, find out what version software you have. It should show up at boot up or consult the manual. Ask your local distributor or go to Raymarine's WEB site and find out what the latest version number is. You can update by getting the software upgrade card from the distributor. Give them the info on your hardware including the control head. Install the card in the C80 chart slot and it will do the rest automatically.