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Dockhead · 21-06-2009, 15:07

Am I the only person thoroughly confused by the various generations of chartplotters and radars, and their interoperability?

Our boat has got an RL80 CRC and an RL70CRC, and a 4kW radar dome, all installed by the previous owner about 4 years ago.

I would be perfectly happy with this (you can't keep upgrading every time a new generation comes out, or you'll go broke quicker than General Motors), except that (a) the radome magnetron is on the fritz; and (b) this setup will not do AIS, which I would kind of like to have.

Here's the question: Can the RLx CRC units and the current "C" series and "E" series "talk" to each other, such that I could buy one current radome and one current "E" series MFD and leave one of the old MFD's in place (just not displaying AIS info), the heading sensor, and so forth?

I would kind of hate to replace the whole system, which will just be obsolete tomorrow anyway.

21-06-2009, 15:07	#1
Dockhead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 335	Raymarine RADAR/AIS Question Am I the only person thoroughly confused by the various generations of chartplotters and radars, and their interoperability? Our boat has got an RL80 CRC and an RL70CRC, and a 4kW radar dome, all installed by the previous owner about 4 years ago. I would be perfectly happy with this (you can't keep upgrading every time a new generation comes out, or you'll go broke quicker than General Motors), except that (a) the radome magnetron is on the fritz; and (b) this setup will not do AIS, which I would kind of like to have. Here's the question: Can the RLx CRC units and the current "C" series and "E" series "talk" to each other, such that I could buy one current radome and one current "E" series MFD and leave one of the old MFD's in place (just not displaying AIS info), the heading sensor, and so forth? I would kind of hate to replace the whole system, which will just be obsolete tomorrow anyway.