My Standard Horizon depthsounder (NOT part of the chartplotter/sounder, but freestanding) finally got to the point where I couldn't read the digits. I bought two Furuno FI-70 units, and the NMEA2000 backbone and transducer, and had a marine electronics company up here do the install with me.
The install was not difficult. The hard part was getting the displays to do what I needed, which was just to put depth (and temp) in big numerals on the screen. It took about an hour on the phone with Furuno (who are semi-local) to get it done.
The setup of these units is not intuitive. The flexibility is amazing- they will do all kinds of things which I don't need, but maybe in the future. The other thing is that any NMEA2000 device can go on the backbone, as I understand it, and they will all talk to each other coherently. So if I ever have to suffer my beloved Northstar plotters being pried out of my hands, at least I will have alternatives....
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Re: new depth sounder
Just replaced all my Raymarine stuff with Raymarine stuff. Figured the learning curve would be shallower. I was right. Arranging data is a piece of cake. The salon TV display helps me drive when I got ‘the game’ on. I too like the big nums on the plotters. Now I don’t need my readers.
Semper Siesta
Robert Clarkson
ASLAN, 1983 55C #343
Charleston, SC
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03-09-2021 07:07 AM #3
Re: new depth sounder
Is that just an HDMI connect to display the info on the TV?
Dave & Trina
Benedetto
1989 60MY HATDK310
Sturgeon Bay/Ft. Lauderdale
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03-09-2021 11:16 AM #5
Re: new depth sounder
Now that is cool. I have Garmin so I'll have to look into the wireless option. Thank you for the info Robert.
Dave & Trina
Benedetto
1989 60MY HATDK310
Sturgeon Bay/Ft. Lauderdale
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03-09-2021 10:27 PM #7Senior Member
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Re: new depth sounder
RAC, can you control the auto pilot with your phone also?
Walt Hoover
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03-10-2021 07:13 AM #9Senior Member
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