sparky
Well-known member
Well, my boss bought our '05 Parker, and it came with a pretty old Simrad CP/GPS/Sounder, but we'd like radar on it. We've got a Raymarine C120 system in out 26' landing craft. Its been a great system, but the charts are pretty poor inshore. Its still in the running, but we'd like to have a system that has an input on the LCD for a PC. We run custom navigation software for our survey work, and it would be nice to interface the survey laptop to the existing screen, instead of sticking the laptop in front of the captain like we currently do.
So, is there a chartplotter out there that will handle a radar, bottom machine, charts, AND has either a TV, VGA, or DVI input (the laptops have TV out)?
I know there are a lot of Furuno fans here, I'm partial to their radars myself. We've had a lot of luck with our Raymarine. I don't know much about the Lowrance or Garmin units.
So, is there a chartplotter out there that will handle a radar, bottom machine, charts, AND has either a TV, VGA, or DVI input (the laptops have TV out)?
I know there are a lot of Furuno fans here, I'm partial to their radars myself. We've had a lot of luck with our Raymarine. I don't know much about the Lowrance or Garmin units.