;?I have a T-Top. Will a Garmin GPS with internal antenna work? Or will I need an external antenna?

Homeport v2.0 update is now available for download.

You can get by opening Homeport> Menu Bar> Help> Check For Updates

What are you guys using for an all around outdoor handheld GPS? Also for a ditch bag to.

Looking to replace my dash and gauges this winter. Have seen the Faria tach with system check that takes the plug from my 1997 Johnson Oceanrunner to read out all the warnings sent from the engine. I noticed one ebay ad saying the tach was set up for "10/12 pole outboards." Can someone explain what that means. I thought any tach with a system check plug was a plug and play replacement for my oem tach--am I missing something here?

Gradyrod
1997 Johnson Oceanrunner

Has anyone experienced a rusted memory chip door on their Garmin Chartplotter? If you have, how was this handled by Garmin? Thank You.

New pics released on the side imaging forum. Looks good. Down Imaging will be available on all 2010 model year units. There will be a download on the manufacturer site for existing/older side imaging units. This download will be free and you can use your existing transducer. The regualr 2D sonar is the new switchfire that is also availabe now as a download or standard on new models.

I have a RayMarine 6100 (if I remember correctly) auto pilot. Lately it has been flashing a No Data message... I thought it may have been due to low voltage so replaced all the batteries. Still get the message.

The message starts occuring after hittting the fishing grounds... out of SouthPort NC you head out to sea due (generally) south and fish a west/east pattern. I finally realized the message occurs only when navigating to the east... what do you think is causing this??? Bad flux gate compass?

Hi All,

I have just purchased a new 2008 32ZF donzi which is being shipped to Australia.

I need to fit it out with some electronics gear, however with all the different options on the market I am not sure which way to go.

Here is what I have so far:

Northstar M121: These are no longer available in Aus, my understanding is that Northstar have gone bust?

Simrad NX45: This appears to be exactly the same as the M121 and perfect for what we want.
What is required to connect the Smartcraft info from the Verado's?
What are they like as a sounder and GPS?
How do the sonar transducers go with the stepped hull of the Donzi?

Raymarine C120: The other option I am looking at they are however a lot more expensive than the Simrad.

What are peoples thoughts on the above options?

Cheers

Any suggestions on wiring an inverter

From this mornings news ......

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I have had the XM weather feature on my Garmin since I have owned it. About a month ago the onscrean timer in the lower left corner stopped counting down. When I am looking at the weather overlayed on the map it shows how many minutes ago the radar image was taken. It would count down from 30 minutes ago. It no long displays any increments of time. Did I some how turn off this feature?? I emaild Garmin and they said I must have trned off the Animation. Checked that this weekend it was on... The said the next step is a hard reset..... lose all of my GPS.. Any one else have the same issue??

Sounder JK

My experience is mostly with outboard engines on the various boats I own or have owned and have often used an outboard engine's auxiliary charging circuit to keep a house battery charged.

Do any inboard engines have this same kind of auxiliary circuit, or is house battery charging (with an inboard engine) dependent on a combiner setup or other kind of onboard battery charger?

Cant find my Seiwa diagram and I need to Data Interface to my new Furuno FCV585. Done some googling but no luck so far. Also trying to find out if Sewa GPS data format output is NMEA V2, same as the Furuno 585. Any help appreciated, Thanks Mark.

Help with connection?

Decided I am going to keep Keep my Furuno GP-1650 and woundering about connecting to my Icom IC-M602 so the DSC calling features work. Reading the mauals I understand I need a NMEA0183 connection cable. Question, is this just one cable runing out of Furuno and into the M602?

Not marine related but kind of fun

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