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Deleted User YDKXO
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The RS82 seems to be an old model which is no longer available from the usual suppliers
Anyone know where I can get one?
Anyone know where I can get one?
petem
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Is it just the cable that's knackered?
Replacement cable here - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIMRAD-RS82-RS87-/262981243592?hash=item3d3ae752c8:g:2HAAAOSwYlRZFWd- (albeit from Greece)
Replacement cable here - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIMRAD-RS82-RS87-/262981243592?hash=item3d3ae752c8:g:2HAAAOSwYlRZFWd- (albeit from Greece)
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Deleted User YDKXO
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Bloody hell Pete youre on fire tonight! Yes its the cable thats failed. I didnt even think you could get the cable on its own. Thanks!
MapisM
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Blimey M, you didn't fit teak on your f/b, or did you?
Just a thought: IIRC, you have no direct access to the cable connector, because Ferretti left it somewhere inside the dashboard.
That is silly imho, because if you remove and store inside the handset when you are not using the boat it lasts much longer (even considering that you have the retractable dashboard on your f/b).
In your boots, I'd consider fitting the connector directly on the panel surface, to allow that.
You'd lose the possibility to hide the cable inside that hole, but I don't think that would be a big loss...
Just a thought: IIRC, you have no direct access to the cable connector, because Ferretti left it somewhere inside the dashboard.
That is silly imho, because if you remove and store inside the handset when you are not using the boat it lasts much longer (even considering that you have the retractable dashboard on your f/b).
In your boots, I'd consider fitting the connector directly on the panel surface, to allow that.
You'd lose the possibility to hide the cable inside that hole, but I don't think that would be a big loss...
petem
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That's vinyl not teak!
Nick_H
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Mike, sounds like you have a solution, but in case it doesn't work, I've had the same handsets repaired in the past via Greenham Regis who I think send them back to Simrad. I have 3 handsets (one as a spare), and this summer one of them lost the display and the other two lost Tx, so i'm hoping they still offer the repair service.
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Deleted User YDKXO
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Yup its my new white vinyl teak sunpad
Good point about removing the handset but then the issue becomes damaging the cable if anybody carelessly retracts the console without removing the handset which is probably how the cable got damaged in the first place. I make a point of pushing the cable back into its hole after every time I use the VHF handset and despite the fact that the cable has been damaged (probably when the boat was skippered to Barcelona and back for the gyro fitment), I think its the best way of mounting the handset given the fact that the console retracts
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Thanks Nick I will bear that in mind
Hurricane
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These Simrad sets were installed by all the leading boatbuilders.
Supposed to be "Top of the Range" but IMO they are the worst radio on the market.
Nick - when ours stopped TX, it was the main set that had failed and had to go back for repair.
Actually, it is a good thing if Ferretti protect the connector - the Simrad connector isn't very waterproof and the cause of some problems.
Sorry - I just don't like the kit but we still have ours fitted.
Supposed to be "Top of the Range" but IMO they are the worst radio on the market.
Nick - when ours stopped TX, it was the main set that had failed and had to go back for repair.
Actually, it is a good thing if Ferretti protect the connector - the Simrad connector isn't very waterproof and the cause of some problems.
Sorry - I just don't like the kit but we still have ours fitted.
EugeneR
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You can get the connector for a few £ on mouser.com, plus a curly cable off ebay for another few £. Just done mine and a lot cheaper than the cable linked to on ebay.
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thanks
