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Howdy ya'll. been a fun day playing with the new Raymarine firmware for their MFD's Lighthouse 2 Version 17.

like other updates it has fixed some bugs. tweaked the speed a little here and there and freshened up the workings of a bit. However all that is Meh compared to some of the big new features

the big ones include

Navionics sonar chart live function. with 1ft contours and customizable depth shading. This really brings the fight to Humminbirds autoChart, Garmins Quickdraw and Navicos insight genisis.

new wGrib weather app. able to view verious weather Grib data and forcasting , as well as connect via Wifi and the internet to Theyra online real time weather. this works extremely well!. we dont get quite all the functions down here in oz. but we do get precipitation. wave height. pressure. wave direction. wind speed. which is pretty good for us down here in the bottom of the world.

access to Cmaps Active captain which brings user generated notes on various hazards, POIS etc updated 4 times a year.

access to NMEA2K music connection, for use at first with rockford fostgates nmea2k interfacing. but other brands likley to follow.

this is a real groovy update and in a way brings Raymarine back into contention. a bumper year of new Chirp sonar modules. new pulse compression radar, digital switching and mfds. Raymarine has a scattergun of features now. still working on getting the system to be AS EASY. but .... time will tell

so do yourself a favour if your a raymarine MFD owner. click the link and have a look

Moose

Moosemarine


http://www.raymarine.eu/view/?id=3764