Help ! Raymarine C80 Display failure

[Halo]

The lat/long location on my C80 screen started to "shake", then the screen went to some thin vertical lines. I powered off and restarted just the lines came on very faintly and that is the best I can get.
The unit is pedastal mounted on a pod in front of the wheel. There is a remote indicator at the chart table which you can use to see wind speed, direction, heading, depth, lat/long and this seems OK and the dsc radio is not alarming for lack of location signal.
1. Any ideas about the fault and how to fix it please?
2. The pod fixings are like an allen key slot but with a central pin - so I would need an allen key with a central hole to remove them - any ideas what these are called and where to get them
Many thanks
Martin

 

[cmedsailor]

Welcome to the very common disease of the raymarine C chartplotters. It has to do with some connections. Mine got sick (!) twice but luckily it's something the Raymarine technician could fixed. If you do a little bit of search (google) you will find instructions of what the problem is and even how to fix it if you are good with these type of diy jobs.

Edit: I don't remember the name of these allen keys (also have similar pod) but I believe you can find them in every diy store. They are not something uncommon tools. Just make sure you get the correct size though.

 

[AllanG]

I had the same problem with a Raymarine 435i screen many years ago, and Raymarine had to replace the ribbon connector strip to the screen.

 

[RichardS]

The lat/long location on my C80 screen started to "shake", then the screen went to some thin vertical lines. I powered off and restarted just the lines came on very faintly and that is the best I can get.
The unit is pedastal mounted on a pod in front of the wheel. There is a remote indicator at the chart table which you can use to see wind speed, direction, heading, depth, lat/long and this seems OK and the dsc radio is not alarming for lack of location signal.
1. Any ideas about the fault and how to fix it please?
2. The pod fixings are like an allen key slot but with a central pin - so I would need an allen key with a central hole to remove them - any ideas what these are called and where to get them
Many thanks
Martin

Tamperproof or Security Allen key is the usual name I think. Any self-respecting thief prowling around a marina would have a set rather than ordinary Allen keys so I wonder why the manufacturers bother.

The lines are a common fault which has been on here before. I think removing/reinserting the screen ribbon cable is the fix as said above.

Richard

 

[duncan99210]

The bits are called security or tamper proof. Kits of eBay are cheap and work fine as normal bits as well. See here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191960385353

 

[Plevier]

I had to cope with these security screws on something.
Stuck a small screwdriver into the hex socket, quick twist and the security pin broke off, used normal allen key!

 

[RichardS]

I had to cope with these security screws on something.
Stuck a small screwdriver into the hex socket, quick twist and the security pin broke off, used normal allen key!

Someone will now come along and say "Check Your Insurance"! :encouragement:

Richard

 

[DannyB]

I had to cope with these security screws on something.
Stuck a small screwdriver into the hex socket, quick twist and the security pin broke off, used normal allen key!

That is probably what a thief would do so these screws are hardly "security" devices are they ?