ZZ13
Well-Known Member
I have 2001 state of the art electronics. It includes a Raymarine RL80C chartplotter/radar and a Raymarine L760 Fishfinder with its own dedicated sounder that gives the fishies, depth and water temp. I rarely use radar so I plan to just keep the RL80C for that and as backup chartplotting, but I want to replace the Raymarine L760 fishfinder with the largest Garmin plotter/fishfinder that will fit in 10"x10" footprint where the L760 is now. My plan is to use the Garmin for chartplotting and fishfinding.
So, can I make this easy? Here's what I am hoping I can do:
Buy the Garmin unit and associated sounder
Remove L760 and mount Garmin in its place
Connect Garmin to power and use its internal GPS antenna (no plans to put another GPS antenna on the arch for this)
Remove Raymarine sounder and install Garmin sounder in its place (I suspect this is the hard part)
Use the existing sounder wires to connect the Garmin sounder to the Garmin unit (do whatever splicing is needed)
Can I make it this easy or is the sounder replacement going to require professionals?
So, can I make this easy? Here's what I am hoping I can do:
Buy the Garmin unit and associated sounder
Remove L760 and mount Garmin in its place
Connect Garmin to power and use its internal GPS antenna (no plans to put another GPS antenna on the arch for this)
Remove Raymarine sounder and install Garmin sounder in its place (I suspect this is the hard part)
Use the existing sounder wires to connect the Garmin sounder to the Garmin unit (do whatever splicing is needed)
Can I make it this easy or is the sounder replacement going to require professionals?