Hey standard horizon will not control the autopilot. Also, he will not be able to program the depth offset if you have a generic transducer. Joel
On Wednesday, February 24, 2016, Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Kind of a piggyback to Bob's thread. I had never really considered the CPN > 700i prior to checking it out today. I'm waiting on pricing from a local > chandlery on a list of Raymarine stuff I'll need to buy in order to get an > ES75 working on my boat with my autopilot. > > Maybe some of you can chime in on my decision here, Fred especially being > the expert and the local guys are really making me wait which is making me > shy away from giving them my money. > > I want an ES series Raymarine plotter. > I have ST40 depth, ST40 speed each with their own thru-hull. The dept > ducer is a "thru the hull" type. > I have an autohelm ST4000 - with the LCD display > > If going the raymarine route I'de like it to all work together and I'm > told I need a bunch of accessories to make that happen. That's the list and > pricing I'm waiting for now. > > My question to you folks is: > should I just get the CPN700i because it's about half the price of the > Raymarine and a smart transducer to replace my existing speed with > speed/depth in one and get rid of the old thing taking up space in my > locker (depth ducer in mineral oil). > > I'de get rid of the ST40 stuff, ebay. Not sure if the CPN700i can control > the autopilot but that's not a huge priority. It'd be nice but at this > point this season is getting pretty expensive what with the diesel heater > and new lifelines to boot. > > The CPN700i is $800 CAD and comes with cmap charts (any good? never had a > plotter, don't know) > The Raymarine ES75 is like $1600 CAD and I would need a bunch of raymarine > gizmos to make it work with my depth/speed > > Which smart transducer will work best with the SH? Fred, you mentioned > Furuno DT800 in Bob's thread. Airmar makes a DT800 that's NMEA 2000, will > that work and be less proprietary? > > Seems to me that buying a plotter and a smart transducer is the easiest > and most cost effective solution. My concern is that the CPN is like 4 > years old now and the Raymarine is brand new. > > Thanks, > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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