[C320-list] Raymarine RL70CRC and C-Map NT+ Chip Failure

[Dave Sparks]

Brian:
   I have a RayMarine RL70RC on my boat too. It never occurred to me that it
would not read NT+ chips.
I have a NT+ chip for the South Pacific that I used with PC-Planner software
on my laptop to download waypoints onto my handheld GPS when we chartered in
the Bora Bora area. I also have a NT+ card for the Canadian waters north of
Vancouver that I used last year when we chartered in Vancouver. My chip
for local Florida waters in a regular NT card.
   I will take my NT+ chips to the boat tomorrow and plug them in to see
what happens.
   The C-map club has a classified page listing chips for sell. The asking
price is $25 for all the chips currently listed at
http://www.c-map.us/clubcmap/Classifieds/typedetail.asp
   I don't know if you must be a member to purchase one of these.

         Dave Sparks
         #933

On 6/10/07, Amirault Family <amiraults at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Dave:
>
> Was at the boat this afternoon to thread coloured line onto the anchor
> rode every 5 feet; a pleasant enough activity to do on a sunny windless
> Sunday afternoon sitting in the cockpit under the awning watching the
> boats go to and from the service dock while talking to the other owners
> walking to and from their slips.
>
> What I found from the chart plotter was that on startup it generates the
> Raytheon logo rather than the Raymarine, which Raymarine claims means I
> cannot use C-MAP NT+ chips. On the GPS getting a fix, the plotter did
> not recognize my local NT+ chip in either card slot. It did not
> recognize the NT+ chip I found in the plotter when the boat arrived in
> Ottawa. It DID recognize the NT chip which was also in the plotter on
> arrival. Thus I'm ready for Lake Michigan in the event that I ever
> travel there.
>
> The solution is to attempt to get a local NT chip if one is available,
> or to get a refund for the NT+ chip. I will not spend the $800 US to
> upgrade the hardware in the plotter to NT+ compatible. I have sailed the
> same confined river waters for 5 years and know them. I  have been using
> a paper chart and will continue to do so until I move to bigger water in
> another 5 years. At that time I will upgrade to the then latest consumer
> plotter hardware/software combination.
>
> I thank everyone for their assistance and suggestions.
>
> Brian Amirault
> 797 Waltzing Bear,too
>
>
>
>


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