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Hello all.I am trying to update the software on my Raymarine C-80 unit. Must I use a San Disk brand of CF card or will any work? I downloaded the update to a Momorex card but the C-80 unit is not picking it up when I insert it. P.S. I reformattedthe card to FAT16 as it said on the Raymarine Site. Any Thoughts?
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The Raymarine products are crazy picky about the CF card you use. Even using only Sandisk less than 16m, I still get one that will not work for some reason. I upgraded a unit to v4.25 last week for the first time, and the card that always worked for v3.18 just wouldn't work, but an identical card I usually use for the Eseries updates worked fine.
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Boy, awful glad someone else is having a problem with this thing. I was on the verge of buying a new card reader. Gone thrugh two cards and still not getting it to work.
I do this stuff for a living (marine Electronics) and it took me about three hours (format card, download, unzip, copy to card, test-NR, redownload, unzip, clear and relaod card, test-NR, Reformat Card, reload, test-NR, Download, Unzip, reformat card, copy to card, test-NR, get new card, clear and copy, Test- Sucess!)
the first card I used worked fine for all last year with the V3.18 update- must have gone bad in my bag...
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I happened to have a PNY 64mb card laying around and have used it three times to update my120 system. I also use it for waypoints and routes. Never had a problem with it.
I used a PNY 1 gb, reformat to 16 fat and boom! 1st shoot.
But I have a question: dynamic currents and tides are only available with platinum card???? Thanks
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I used a PNY 1 gb, reformat to 16 fat and boom! 1st shoot.
But I have a question: dynamic currents and tides are only available with platinum card???? Thanks
Nope- put your cursor on a tide or current station, and click (OK), and [animate] should come up as a softkey option
(that's off the top of my head, but it's close...)
I upgraded about 1 year ago to the latest rev at that point, I think it was v3.18. Does anyone know what the changes are for 4.25? I'd rather not go thru the hassel if there's no meat to the upgrade. Thanks.
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One thing that is not listed on the Raymarine site is the fact that this upgrade fixes the DSC plotter error. Before 4.25, if you received a DSC position report via a connection to your VHF radio, the radio would receive and transmit the entire position to the plotter. What showed up on the plotter, however, was a position that did not include the MMSI of the sender, and the position had all zeros after the decimal point. This upgrade fixes that problem and adds a bunch of new and neat capabilities.
i guess i'm lucky i just take my boat to westmarine and they do it for me in the parking lot.took all of 5 minutes.may be a problem on the bigger boats though
Finally had to do the same thing with mine, I went through 3 cards and a new reader and still could not get it to work. I'm bracket mounted so I just unplugged the unit and took it to the local West Marine. Did happen to speak with a Raymarine factory rep while there. He said he was not aware of how picky these things were. Told him he should check in on a couple of the boating forums to see what people are saying. Looks like its worth dropping a note to Raymarine.
Updating C80 Software 
