Add Fishfinder to Raymarine a125 display..?

[markasaurus]

Hi members,

meet have a 2017 350 DA with Raymarine networked multifunction screen (lighthouse II firmware version 19). It currently has good charts and Raymarine radar hooked up but no sonar. With spring hall out, I would like to swap out the standard depth transducer with a fishfinder but the upgrade options seem to be limited, with my local West Marine recommending a new Axios screen for $4K. They said my electronics were “ten years old” when it is a 3 year old boat??

I am not a huge fisherman but would like to upgrade so we can have CHIRP sonar and be able to spot fish activity if we want to throw a line in the water. Any advice here on what to do? Salmon season gets a lot of good gossip around the SF Bay and my marina was full of cruisers pulling in with fresh catches this fall. I am trying to understand if I can get a black box CHIRP upgrade without replacing the transducer or even the entire display.

 

[Blueone]

Hi members,

meet have a 2017 350 DA with Raymarine networked multifunction screen (lighthouse II firmware version 19). It currently has good charts and Raymarine radar hooked up but no sonar. With spring hall out, I would like to swap out the standard depth transducer with a fishfinder but the upgrade options seem to be limited, with my local West Marine recommending a new Axios screen for $4K. They said my electronics were “ten years old” when it is a 3 year old boat??

I am not a huge fisherman but would like to upgrade so we can have CHIRP sonar and be able to spot fish activity if we want to throw a line in the water. Any advice here on what to do? Salmon season gets a lot of good gossip around the SF Bay and my marina was full of cruisers pulling in with fresh catches this fall. I am trying to understand if I can get a black box CHIRP upgrade without replacing the transducer or even the entire display.

Facebook has a good Raymarine Group... they might be a good source of help if you don’t get anything here

 

[Skybolt]

This might help: https://www.raymarine.com/view/index-id=478.html

Looks like your boat is 6 years old based on your info you listed. So the electronics can definitely be of a line that came out 10 years ago or more. Looks like the 370 sideview or 470 chirp may work, but you didn't post your MFD model. Lighthouse II software? Maybe you have an Axiom? You will most likely need a new transducer for either of those choices.

EDIT: Missed the title - as @ocgrant said you can use any of them.

 

[ocgrant]

Yes with the A125 you have you can ad a sonar module of your choice and it will plug in via Raynet. Pick your choice of module and transducer.