Raymarine E120W Date 2003?

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My E120W is showing a date in 2003!
This messes up the tide data etc.

Is it just me?

 

[PaulRainbow]

Not just you:

Raymarine E series showing wrong date

 

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Eeek, so essentially my RS125 receiver has self-destructed by design.

Can someone confirm that if I fork out £250 for an RS150 I won’t have the same issue?

 

[DipperToo]

i have purchased a dome GPS receiver on Ebay with a second hand raymarine multiplexor so allow me to connect a replacement to the existing seatalk wiring.
I 'think' that Yakker instruments are thinking about producing a drop-in replacement GPS with seatalk built-in for a very reasonable price.
I posted in the other thread Paul refers to..
http://www.yakbitz.com/
the top right of the page allows you to send an email to Steve who is most helpful.
This approach would allow all of us with the really old legacy C70/80 and some old E series systems to continue working at minimum outlay.
No affiliation.
The RS 150 Raymarine state...
RS150 E70310 2033 Replace GPS Antenna

 

[PaulRainbow]

Eeek, so essentially my RS125 receiver has self-destructed by design.

Can someone confirm that if I fork out £250 for an RS150 I won’t have the same issue?

I would not buy a RS150

Your plotter has a NMEA 0183 ort, you can get a GPS from Ebay for about £50 https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=nmea+0183+gps&_sacat=0&_sop=15

Do you have anything else fitted that has a GPS ? AIS, VHF ?

 

[[165042]]

The RS150 is a very good GPS antenna. It connects via SeatalkNG so plug and play if you have a backbone and compatible with later plotters should you upgrade. Not all GPS antennas are the same - you need to consider performance and reliability as well as cost. Given it's one of the most important bits of kit on a boat it's worth doing some research.

 

[st599]

The week number is stored in a 10 bit number, once you hit 1023 weeks, it goes back to zero. Your date will be 1024 weeks ago.

Hopefully it's just the tidal data and not using the 2003 date to derive satellite positions from the Almanac.

 

[PaulRainbow]

The RS150 is a very good GPS antenna. It connects via SeatalkNG so plug and play if you have a backbone and compatible with later plotters should you upgrade. Not all GPS antennas are the same - you need to consider performance and reliability as well as cost. Given it's one of the most important bits of kit on a boat it's worth doing some research.

If the OP does not have a STNG network, fitting a RS150 GPS adds another £100 plus to the cost. so £350 plus for a GPS.

Any future upgrade from an E120W would almost certainly have inbuilt GPS.

 

[[165042]]

Built-in GPS is often not reliable so personally would always prefer an external antenna.

You can pick up a new RS150 for £200 if you shop around and a used backbone for £50 if you haven't got one which again can be used in a future upgrade. Obviously more expensive than an NMEA0183 antenna but each to their own.

 

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If the OP does not have a STNG network, fitting a RS150 GPS adds another £100 plus to the cost. so £350 plus for a GPS.

Any future upgrade from an E120W would almost certainly have inbuilt GPS.

OMG

Interfacing a Raystar 130/150 GPS Sensor to an E-Series Classic MFD (E80, E120)

This sort of thing makes my blood boil.
The engineer that created all this self-destructing equipment is probably now the Sales Director.

Why are there all these different and incompatible protocols flying around inside my boat?

 

[PaulRainbow]

OMG

Interfacing a Raystar 130/150 GPS Sensor to an E-Series Classic MFD (E80, E120)

This sort of thing makes my blood boil.
The engineer that created all this self-destructing equipment is probably now the Sales Director.

Why are there all these different and incompatible protocols flying around inside my boat?

Raymarine, innit !

So, any other GPS sources onboard ? Do you have an AIS or VHF that has GPS ?

 

[PaulRainbow]

Built-in GPS is often not reliable so personally would always prefer an external antenna.

You can pick up a new RS150 for £200 if you shop around and a used backbone for £50 if you haven't got one which again can be used in a future upgrade. Obviously more expensive than an NMEA0183 antenna but each to their own.

Use of an NMEA 0183 GPS receiver is officially supported by Raymarine.

I've seen odd reports of internal GPS losing signal, but never had the issue on anything i have installed. I'd suspect those with problems have them installed in locations that are unsuitable for a reliable signal.

As you say, each to his own.

 

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Raymarine, innit !

So, any other GPS sources onboard ? Do you have an AIS or VHF that has GPS ?

I don't think I do.

No AIS.
And the VHF is a Raymarine RAY240.

 

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Use of an NMEA 0183 GPS receiver is officially supported by Raymarine.

I've seen odd reports of internal GPS losing signal, but never had the issue on anything i have installed. I'd suspect those with problems have them installed in locations that are unsuitable for a reliable signal.

As you say, each to his own.

Well the NMEA option looks to be the cheapest fix.
But of course, now I am also browsing the Axiom 12.

 

[PaulRainbow]

I don't think I do.

No AIS.
And the VHF is a Raymarine RAY240.

Was just a though, if you did have another source you could have wired that up using NMEA 0183

0183 is an easy installation, if you go that way and need any advice, just shout out.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Well the NMEA option looks to be the cheapest fix.
But of course, now I am also browsing the Axiom 12.

The Axiom 12 will also fix the problem, cost a bit more though