Raymarine E80 problem

Bob Cat · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: Raymarine E80 problem

Went out on the boat today and had some weird stuff on the screen. With the chartplotter diplay on "head up" the little boat icon in the center of the screen was pointed in a different direction. I could visually see the breakwater all the time, but the chart on the plotter showed something different. Very confusing. Glad the fog didn't come in. Any ideas for an explanation?

Bob

Papillon · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject:

One possable cause is the following. Your settings my have gotton changed....When all else fails..try turning off the unit and then restarting....all my computers loose their minds from time to time.

seahooked · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject:

Bob,
I had the same problem recently with my Raymarine C-80 system. The culprit ended up being the legs of a folding metal chair under my sink- lying too close to the digital compass.

Alyssa Jean · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject:

Check to see if you have inadvertantly put something metal near the dig compass.

Bob Cat · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the responses!

I checked the flux gate compass unit and it was clear all around. Another thing that happened was I was on slow speed auto-pilot and I noticed I was off course, based on visual reference. The autopilot just shut down. Maybe I was going so slow a wave pushed me over enough to cancel the steering order? Never happened before. Maybe I had entered "the Santa Monica Bay triangle!"

Strange stuff. I'm taking her back out on Monday to go through everythiong again.

Bob

Mighty Bite · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject:

I had a problem with a Raymarine C80 that was similar, in that the boat icon showed the boat going the wrong way, some times 180' off. Orientation was fine initially but it all of a sudden the boat icon on the display
showed the boat going in all kinds of weird directions. Turned out that Ray...
had some units get out with a component soldered in backwards. They worked fine initially but soon degraded and I was one of the lucky ones

I sent it back and they fixed it and explained the problem. Probably, no
relationship to your problem as Ray... indicated this problem was corrected
as soon as they were made aware of it and that has been a while now.

Probably gave the culprit an office job.

Good luck on running it down.

squidslayer · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:32 am Post subject: Raymarine problems

As the largest electronics provider Raymarine can probably count the most units on the water. That does not make them the best unit on the water. As a marine service tech I spend most every day dealing with Raymarine products and problems on many boats. You won't find a Raymarine product on my boat.
Chuck..Florida

This is one of MANY "Raymarine problems" posts I read before my choice of going ALL Furuno for my new boat
Don't get me wrong Raymarine has some new outstanding great products..which I was really tempted to get ..till I researched...the reliablity factor...
Make sure you buy a extended warranty for ALL Raymarine products!!

Dick
255 Tom Cat
Shirley Mae

Sawdust · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject:

Dick,

Another view. As an ex (now retired) Furuno dealer I can assure you that Furuno radars do have problems - just like the other big guys. Many of my commercial fishing customers continue to use Ray Marine radars and like them. I still use both Furuno and RayNav -- I really like my E-80. In the big high-powered units I'll take Furuno every time, but in our little bathtub-sized toys I think it's a coin flip. More RayNav, more problems. And they just don't make 'em like they used to!!! I don't knock Furuno - a great radar, but there are many satisfied Ray Nav customers out there.

That said, I really like the way you have equipped your T-cat. Beautiful job.

Dusty

Sneaks · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject:

Bob Cat · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks all for the input.

I woke up last night with a vision. I had checked around the auto-pilot flux gate unit under the sink for clearance, and it was great, with no metal anywhere near. Then I remembered that in the head, directly on the other side of the bulkhead where the sending unit is located is where I keep the EU2000 generator! If it's close enough to the bulkhead, that's the culprit!

More to follow.

Bob

drjohn71a · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:19 pm Post subject:

Another factor we discovered on our E-80 setup was that you have to select either "planing" or "displacement" hull on the setup. When going slow in significant seas, it would seem the autopilot would get confused from the boat wallowing about in the seas. Changing the setup to "displacement" mode seemed to help that. Still, just a brief spell of that so far.

ps, Of course, we changed the setup back to "planing" hull after that, and no problems since.

John

Grumpy · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject:

Watch where you put your cell phone too. If you want proof, just put it near the fluxgate compass indicator unit and watch what happens.

Merv

Byrdman · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject:

SQUIDSLAYER DICK: Who is Chuck in FL and where did that post come from? Looking into a new electronics package now myself...and saw the E-120 Raymarin and was able to operate it for a few days on a friend of mine. The softkey pads on the new stuff do make Raymarine much more user friendly...

So..which Furno did you end up with??? Is it user friendly or do you need to be someone who touches the buttons on it every day as to be able to opperate it?

BOB CAT; Do tell Hero!!! What is/was the deal with your E-80? My friends E-120 compass gizmo did not like the metal zipper of a sleeping bag. Had us a Brumuda Triangle Night on Lake Martin....till we moved the bag!!! Mr. Green

squidslayer

Not only is Furuno the National Marine Electronics Assoiation Winners for 2006...but...........
the US Coast Guard........RELABILTY
this reafirms my choice to go ALL Furuno
NavNet VX2 & NavPilot

Dick
255 TomCat
Shirley Mae

FURUNO AWARDED $5.5 MILLION MULTI-YEAR
U.S. COAST GUARD CONTRACT 2006

Furuno USA, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a multi-year US Coast Guard (USCG) contract valued at just over $5.5 million. The contract for the Standard Navigation Acquisition Package (SNAP) ensures delivery of robust, reliable Furuno electronics for the US Coast Guard. The equipment is slated for the replacement of the aging radar systems on Coast Guard patrol and rescue boats. The SNAP contract comes on the heels of another USCG contract award secured by Furuno for over 100 of its full-featured, adaptive, NavPilot Autopilot systems.

Each patrol and rescue boat will have a high-tech integrated navigation system based on Furuno’s NavNet vx2 to make these boats state-of-the-art. Built around Furuno’s revolutionary NavNet vx2 radar/chart plotter system, the SNAP package seamlessly integrates a 1934C radar/chart plotter, GP37 DGPS/WAAS, RD30 digital depth display with a 235 kHz Smart Sensor and PG1000 Heading Sensor. Some vessels will also receive an LC90MK2 Loran-C. All of the information can be viewed on the daylight-viewable 10.4” LCD display of the 1934C, while the GP37 and RD30 can display their respective information. Additional NavNet vx2 displays may be connected using the Ethernet network feature of the NavNet vx2 product line. Many USCG boats will receive a basic SNAP package and other displays, which can be fully customized to an individual operator’s needs.

Byrdman · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:54 am Post subject:

Hey Dick!! And that sound system looks sweet too. I like that unit. Are you happy with it?

The Pioneer 6800 IPOD SAT Ready Stereo CD Reciever...EVEN MONITORS your BATTERIES VOLTAGE!! SWEET!

Also...nice whale shots for sure man.

Byrdman