ranger58sb
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Lots of electronics installer guys can make a cable...
-Chris
-Chris
Lots of electronics installer guys can make a cable...
-Chris
Chris, you have given me hope. Now, do you have a name of someone near Ft Lauderdale FL?
Usually the problem involves getting the correct ends and the correct wiring diagram.
I don’t have specific names to offer, but I am pretty sure there are more marine electronics installers in Ft Lauderdale than anywhere on the planet.
My 15 y.o. Raymarine E Series is well past its sell-by date so I am in the market for a new system.
It looks like Raymarine and Garmin are the major players. I will want a two 12" display networked system with radar, of course, and depth sounder.
What advice and info will you share about these systems?
Thanks very much.
Harlen
Chris, you have given me hope. Now, do you have a name of someone near Ft Lauderdale FL?
Usually the problem involves getting the correct ends and the correct wiring diagram.
It depends on your "intuition", maybe I am a contrarian, but I don't find the Garmin gear on friends' boats very intuitive, nor do I find our Apple products to be all that.
I am boat shopping and to keep within my boat budget I am looking at 15-20 year old boats. Most with dated electronics.
Ditto.
-Chris
What is your budget? I ask because I am boat shopping and to keep within my boat budget I am looking at 15-20 year old boats. Most with dated electronics. I friend is going through what I don't want to with his new to him 20+ year old Grand Banks. It's nickle and dimeing him to death! I want to start over when I buy. Looking at 12" Garmin upstairs and down with everything networked looks like an easy way to spend a 20 thousand dollar bill if I replace everything.
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I think the whole "intuitiveness" thing has become an old wives tale at this point. It depends on your "intuition", maybe I am a contrarian, but I don't find the Garmin gear on friends' boats very intuitive, nor do I find our Apple products to be all that. One needs to go on boats with newer equipment and to boat shows and discover whose units are "intuitive" for them.
Someone advised once (on this forum I think) that when you buy a new boat fix all the safety and reliability items then run it for a year before doing major upgrades--you may find that priorities change a lot.
If it is after the sale service and phone support(or for that matter, support of any kind) Furuno is superb, many years and generations after the sale. In fact, I will go so far as to say they are superior to companies of any industry you can think of, including sacred cows (if you pay them) like Apple, who we also have direct experience with.
I think the whole "intuitiveness" thing has become an old wives tale at this point. It depends on your "intuition", maybe I am a contrarian, but I don't find the Garmin gear on friends' boats very intuitive, nor do I find our Apple products to be all that. One needs to go on boats with newer equipment and to boat shows and discover whose units are "intuitive" for them.
Chris, you have given me hope. Now, do you have a name of someone near Ft Lauderdale FL?
Usually the problem involves getting the correct ends and the correct wiring diagram.
Go hang around at Sailorman, McDonald's Hardware and BOW, chat them and their customers up and look at the bulletin boards. It's a great community. There are plenty of guys who make their living installing gear bought on the internet.