Raymarine SL70C Radar problems

Anita Marie · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:28 pm Post subject: Raymarine SL70C Radar problems

I just installed the Raymarine SL70C on the Anita Marie. I am getting no transmitted images in the transmit mode but I do in the simulator mode. When you turn on simulator mode you can hear the radome rotate one revolution and then stop as it paints the screen. When I turn on the transmit mode I hear the radome do the same thing, rotate once and then stop but does not paint any images on the screen. I really can't tell if it stopped rotating just I can't hear it anymore.
I have checked all the connection twice to make sure it is installed correctly. I have gone thru the start up procedure in the manuel but can not find anything that would indicate my problem.
Does anyone have any ideas or am I just doing something stupid.

Fred

MOOSE · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 9:58 am Post subject:

Call Raymarine customer assistance. Those folks can diagnose anything over the phone.

Anita Marie · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks Moose, I was going to do that but they do not reopen till Tuesday, just trying to get it resolved as soon as I could. Was hoping to play with it on the water on Sunday.

Fred

MOOSE · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 5:01 pm Post subject:

Well now, that really gets me. It's supposed to be -25F tonight and we must have three feet of ice on the lake. It'll be awhile til MOOSE gets wet!

Anita Marie · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:23 pm Post subject:

Had to ship the radar back to Raymarine for repair. The unit had a bad CPU but it sure works now. I can tell because from my driveway I can track cars going down the street. I need to get on the water.

Jon - CLou · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 4:33 pm Post subject:

Glad to hear you got it up and running Fred. That's the Raymarine model that caught my attention at the Boat Show. Very nice!

Pat Anderson · Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:22 am Post subject:

Fred - glad you got the radar going! Moose - just another one of the joys of living on the Upper Left Coast...check out our photos of our February 14-15 trip to Sucia and February 21-22 trip to Stuart Island, both in the San Juans, last couple of pages of Daydream album, link on left. We definitely can enjoy twelve month boating here, especially with a C-Dory with a Wallas. Console yourself, though, it rains a lot here and a typical June day (high 60s or low 70s) is usually only 20 degrees warmer than a good February day (high 40s or low 50s). Of course it occasionally gets colder, even snows once in a while. Summer occurs between July 29 and August 1.

MOOSE · Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject:

Well, everything is a trade-off, I guess. We did actually have +47F yesterday, so there is some indication things are starting to turn around. Plenty of snow remaining, though. We'll be lucky to get on the water in late April; early May is a safer bet. But then, lookout!
Al