Transition from Raymarine to B&G

[jviss]

With the transition from the C36 to the T3800, I'm also transitioning from Raymarine to B&G.

I just put new Raymarine gear on the Catalina: i|50/i60 Wind, Speed, Depth, the e7 MFD in an Edson pod at the helm, and the HD color radar. I like the e7, and one reason is that when the touch screen gets wet and impossible to use, you can do everything with the joystick/knob/button combination control.

With the B&G, I'm not so sure. I have a dual-station set-up, with a 9' Zeus2 MFD at the nav station, and 7" MFD in an Edson pod at the helm. The knob on the 7" MFD, much to my dismay, is not a joystick! I almost broke it try to pan by pushing it left and right.

So, my question, if there are any out there familiar with the B&G 7" MFD, what do you do, to pan, etc., when the display gets wet?

Thanks,

jv

 

[Rick486]

Read the manual?

 

[jviss]

Read the manual?

Thanks, yes, I have. No mention of how to pan w/o using the touch screen.

 

[Gunni]

See that rocker pad under the knob?

 

[jviss]

See that rocker pad under the knob?

No, I don't! I have the 7" MFD here at home, powered up, right in front of me. To what do you refer?\

 

[Gunni]

No you don't because you have the Zeus2 it was sold by Navico as touch-only. You have to move up to the zeus3 models to get get full button control.

 

[jviss]

That's helpful thanks, Gunni!

 

[BarryL]

Hey,

I have the B&G Vulcan 7. Touch screen only. I haven't done that much sailing in the rain, but the few times I have I just wipe the screen off with a rag and then use the touch screen normally. I don't have to make that many touches to do what I need.

Barry

 

[jviss]

I haven't sailed this one in the rain yet, but rain is inevitable cruising in New England. The Raymarine e7 touchscreen becomes unusable even with just moist fingers, so the "hybrid touch" system is brilliant. I don't know if the B&G touchscreen will be any different.

There's even a screen lock feature on B&G, so you can clean it without changing anything, but it's only accessible via the touchscreen!

 

[Gunni]

I know it doesn't work with full finger gloves.

 

[jssailem]

I'm imagining sailing in the rain, standing in water accumulated on the cockpit floor, seeing your hand reflecting in the MFD, then.....

 

[DougM]

I have a Raymarine e7, and like the touch screen, but because I am somewhat old school I can't seem to break the habit of using the knob and pushbutton. Saves a lot of fingerprints on the display.

 

[Davidasailor26]

I'm imagining sailing in the rain, standing in water accumulated on the cockpit floor, seeing your hand reflecting in the MFD, then.....
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Funny thing to imagine, but not likely. The MFD runs at 12 volts, so even if you somehow grabbed both a hot spot and ground, it would be no worse than grabbing both posts of a battery - not that exciting.