Raymarine Model History

[oldgit]

Can somebody explain the model history of the Raymarine Radar/ Chartplotter.
Am familiar working with the earlier RL 70- 80 CRC analogue series and the bewildering plethora of similar RL numbers but what happens after that,
Looking to change the current set up of a tiny screen Simrad CP33 and blurry green screen Furano radar !
It will be secondhand stuff and may well go for a RL80 CRC again or perhaps should we go for a newer later "improved" digital system ?
Def. not looking for technical wizardry just the biggest screen possible on a cheapskate budget..

 

[[2068]]

Why are the gory details of the versions required?
There are plenty of C80 (less desirable) or E80 (more desirable) available second hand.
C120/E120 obviously bigger, for more money, if you have the space to mount them.

These are “old”.
Anything previous is “very old”, and belongs in the Marine Electronics Museum.

Note that very old Radomes are not supported on newer plotters in many cases: the docs have the details.

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[[165042]]

The C80 isn't less desirable than the E80 - it's a non-networked version of the same plotter. In most cases on smaller motor boats there is no need for a second display and the C80 like the C120 is substantially lighter than its networked counterpart. That said the E series are compatible with newer digital radomes - though given these very rarely come up for sale secondhand I can't see why anyone would fit one to a plotter that is ten years old or more.

RL80 CRC is a good unit - though a C120 would be a better choice IMO.

The newer widescreen models of the C/E series require digital radomes if you go for one of those. They also have built-in charts (which can't be updated) but still have a CF card slot for Navionics charts. The E series widescreen models are hybrid touchscreen which personally I don't like.

 

[oldgit]

The C80 isn't less desirable than the E80 - it's a non-networked version of the same plotter. In most cases on smaller motor boats there is no need for a second display and the C80 like the C120 is substantially lighter than its networked counterpart. That said the E series are compatible with newer digital radomes - though given these very rarely come up for sale secondhand I can't see why anyone would fit one to a plotter that is ten years old or more.

RL80 CRC is a good unit - though a C120 would be a better choice IMO.

The newer widescreen models of the C/E series require digital radomes if you go for one of those. They also have built-in charts (which can't be updated) but still have an SD card slot for Navionics charts. The E series widescreen models are hybrid touchscreen which personally I don't like.

Thanks gents, thats exactly the sort of info we needed to know.

 

[[2068]]

The newer widescreen models of the C/E series require digital radomes if you go for one of those. They also have built-in charts (which can't be updated) but still have an SD card slot for Navionics charts. The E series widescreen models are hybrid touchscreen which personally I don't like.

Confusingly, Raymarine called more than one model the "E Series Widescreen".
Mine from 2010 has a CF card slot, and no useful basemap.
Also, there are more differences between the older the C and E Series than the E just being a networked version of the C - the displays are different (E series is brighter).

 

[[165042]]

The differences are very subtle but essentially they are the same in terms of plotter functionality. I'm not sure if the E series are brighter but they do suffer from cold cathode tube failure. Rear connections are different too - the C series supports a DSM directly.