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MFD's
- Thread starter seeray96
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A good site to search for information about the various brands that doesn't sell anything is PANBO, do a Google it may take some research but you will find many answers there. I am a Garmin fan but if money were no object the Furuno Navnet 3D is the top of the line.
Also since Raymarine and FLIR have come together there are some really nice options. Raymarine almost went belly up in the beginning of the economic decline.
Garmin has really come a long way in the last 4 to 5 years and they have teamed up with Interphase.
I think you really can't go wrong as long as your MFDs are NMEA2000 compliant.
Bill
Also since Raymarine and FLIR have come together there are some really nice options. Raymarine almost went belly up in the beginning of the economic decline.
Garmin has really come a long way in the last 4 to 5 years and they have teamed up with Interphase.
I think you really can't go wrong as long as your MFDs are NMEA2000 compliant.
Bill
My mistake I was on my Sprint wireless connection, I forgot how horrible it is. I am testing a new internet switch in the boat made by Wave WiFi. It's not a switch fault but the service provider poor QOS. Now I'm on the WiFi port there shouldn't be any bounced messages. On this board a jitter in the data causes duplicate posts a really jittery connection can cause 2 repeated posts or 3 total.
I cleaned up the duplicates and all should be good now.
Bill
I cleaned up the duplicates and all should be good now.
Bill
I completed an installation with the Raymarine E95 and E97 (I did not have enough real estate for the 12"), with a 4KW open array, an i70 and autopilot. I am very pleased with the equipment, ease of use and I like the hybrid feature, touch screen or buttons. The display's are crisp. For my budget, the Garmin 7000 series displays were VERY expensivie, and the 4000-5000 series is old technology on the way out (I personally believe in buying the newest, best I can justify). I loved the Furuno Navnet 3D, but boy do you need to bring a big check for that hardware. Need to do some tweaking on the autopilot, although in general I am really pleased with the system.
Mike
Mike
I would throw out one caution with the touch screens - and it may just be me - in any kind of a chop while underway it get a little tough to touch the screen exactly where you need to - pick a brand that have the "soft keys" and/or some type of joystick/knobby controller as back up or secondary controls to help in those situations. We were heading along at a good clip in 4-6 footers and I was laughing at myself for my inability to select the proper option using the screen. Tied up or on a large boat they're great.
I only have one touch screen MFD and prefer the MFDs without the touch screen. All it takes is a tap and the Garmin touch screens stop panning or I should say the screen freezes. However plenty of people love the touch screens I'm not a huge fan but it's a matter of personal choice not performance.
Bill
Bill