Edd We have a Garmin GPSMAP 740 at helm which has display size 6.0" x 3.6"; 7.0" diagonal. I find it pretty easy to read and use as a chart. At nav station we have a Raymarine A65 which has a 5.7 inch screen. I find the Raymarine screen is difficult to use as a chart because of its smaller size. I think the next size up Raymarine would be OK for that purpose based on my experience with the larger Garmin. Both are same vintage
Hope this may be helpful Oh. One other thing I noted. At helm our chartplotter has this useful feature where it auto dims as daylight dwindles. This is great except for the fact that I have eyes that auto dim as the years go on. Coming into a harbour at dusk near shallow water having a screen dim suddenly makes it difficult (read that as impossible) to read the depths on the display chart. This is somewhat disconcerting. This was with the Garmin and at that point I deemed it best not to fiddle with settings. Next time I will have a pair of reading cheater glasses on hand as a flashlight is no good …. Mike Persistence Halifax NS From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David Lenehan via CnC-List Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 6:03 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: David Lenehan Subject: Re: Stus-List Raymarine e-Series Chartplotters/MFDs Edd, The 9" screen in the eS Series is dearer than the 7" screen but still worth looking at for the reasons given by Fred. I'm going with the 7" version as I set up "Sea Mistress" from scratch with a fully integrated Raymarine system. Looked seriously at the 9" but I found the 7" screen to be more than acceptable - same size as my Samsung phone which I have no trouble reading. Hope that helps David On 12 January 2016 at 08:46, Edd Schillay via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Fred, I do want the 9-inch screen (at least). There are so many different models — is there a guide somewhere which tells people what system has what? All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log<http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> On Jan 11, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Edd — if you’re looking at the e Series, for about the same $$$ in the smaller display sizes I’d recommend looking at the newer eS Series. It’s a more powerful and newer version of the e Series, with the same Hybrid Touch interface. — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Jan 11, 2016, at 12:10 PM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Listers, So I was at the NY Boat Show this past weekend and took a good look at the Raymarine e-Series (specifically the e9 one). Built-in GPS and data display of other information hooked up to the system (including my new Raymarine EV200 autopilot.) Does anyone have one? Pros? Cons? The price seems very low given all it does, especially compared to the cost of my current Garmin GPSMap2006C. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log<http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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