Secrets of Raymarine

ppriest · Guest

I'd appreciate any comments and/or recommendations on the most useful info to be displayed on the C-80 in the J.C.Lately. My mate and I are both looking at this through 67-year-old eyes and trying to assimilate information useful to operators notably short on practical power-boating experience.

We started out with a custom page which Les had setup and which some fool managed to reset to the defaults during a system software update. Currently we operate exclusively on a page of Chart, Heading Up, with Radar Overlaid, and a column of text data including XTE, Heading, COG/SOG, and Depth. We don't fish; just cruise.

Paul Priest
Sequim

JamesTXSD · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:28 am Post subject:

Hi Paul,

On our E-80, I generally keep up a page similar to what you describe, but I change pages as the need arises... go to split screen (chart/radar) when the viz is low... switch to the triple screen showing bottom contour when in areas with shallows... switch to the full sounder screen when ready to anchor to get better bottom detail... to the screen that has a data box when we want to know the water temp... use the cross-track screen when going any distance over open water.

On the E, you go to the menu, scroll down to "page select" and you have a choice of 4 or 5 different empasis page menus. I assume it's similar on the C series.

I hope that is the info you are looking for. If you don't have a manual for your C-80, there is a pdf download available on the Raymarine website.

Best wishes,
Jim B.

drjohn71a · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:13 am Post subject:

Paul,

You can set up your own custom pages for display. It's in the menu somewhere. Prob best to just go down to the boat and spend an afternoon playing with the unit. They had a quick start card which I did not find until after spending hours trying to figure things out. It is very nice to spend some time with no plans other than playing with the unit. Open every menu and sub-choices - take notes of the items of interest.

One of the confusing things is that many of the choices are listed on the bottom edge - that is when you need to push those bottom edge buttons.

It is way too stressful to try to do this while cruising!

John

Alyssa Jean · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

Pn the C-80 my most used page is now a split screen both showing charts. One I keep at about 1 1/2 miles and the other at 6 or 12. You have the big picture and a detail at all times. If I want the larger full screen shot I go to the single for entering bays, ports, anchorages, marinas etc. I have the radar overlay over the charts also. I think Mac on Island Ranger turned me onto this.

On the info blocks I have lat and long, SOG and COG and depth displayed.

Jeff Brigner · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:13 am Post subject: internal clock

Is there something or someway to set the internal clock on the E series? I have tried to figure this out and no success. I want it to make sure tide times are accurate.

David, thanks for sharing how you set up your screen. I like that idea. Do you just keep the radar on the 1.5 mile range or is there a way to set it up with different ranges for each chart?

Doryman · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:49 am Post subject:

I have noticed that one of the Raymarine-related items frequently sold on eBay is a screen protector. Is there actually any need for this?

Warren

ppriest · Guest

Jim B.

What's the advantage to displaying Chart and Radar in separate windows?

PAP

ppriest · Guest

David,

What do you use the lat/lon numbers for?

PAP

JamesTXSD

ppriest · Guest

According to theC-80 Reference Manual:
"Head Up mode displays the chart with your boat's current heading upwards... NOTE: ...the chart will not update unless the heading changes by at least 10 degrees..."

Reasonable design parameter to avoid the display dithering when the boat is yawing about in choppy seas. However, it would be useful to know if what Raymarine actually means is that, in Head Up mode, the unit can only display one of 36 possible orientations (360 degrees divided by 10 degrees of heading change) of the chart on the screen. [This is not unreasonable from the standpoint of the display designers as the unit quite likely has, by today's standards, a sloooow processor and little working memory.]
If such is the case it could be good to know in order to anticipate, especially in situations of very limited visibility (sp. fog) when the chart is about to lurch into a new position.

Any pertinent experiences or observations?

Paul Priest
Sequim

chromer · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject:

Anyone know how to get fine scratches off the C80 display? Mostly from people poking at fish blips or points of interest. When the display is off, scratches are very noticeable.

Doryman · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject:

chromer · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

I haven't looked at the C-80 animated tide thing much until today. In the past, I've been focused on the shrinking/growing stack near the Tidal icon. I zoomed out once, and now see lots of green arrows around indicating tidal flow and speed. I was inspecting the San Juans for fishing areas for the derby - hence lots of arrows around the islands and passages. I apologize if everyone already knows this basic information.

colobear · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject:

Good information, thanks and don't apologize for helping the rest of us.

chromer · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:05 am Post subject: