Raymarine sonar - DSM 300 or 30

[gilraine]

Was having problems with my sonar not sending a clear video to my plotters via the DSM300. After having the DSM300 checked out last year, updating the OS on chartplotters and DSM300, checking all connections repeatedly, I was about to try splicing the transducer wire thinking that the hard kink as it entered the DSM may be causing a short. this was as a last resort before replacing the transducer.
I was at an info session at Masons chandelry and the Raymarine speaker suggested I try taking the DSM300 unit in for another 'check'. It seems that units made in Mexico have been having so many problems that Raymarine will replace defective units.
Very impressed with such good support. So I had my DSM replaced with a reportedly more reliable DSM30, which will handle the transducer I have in my hull.
Can't wait for splash in a few weeks to see if the sonar is working as it should, so I can find all that sunken treasure at the bottom of Lake Ontario

 

[seadaddler]

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What chartplotter do you have and what model transducer do you have,I was thinking of adding sonar to my C-80 but don't really want to make another hole in my hull.
I was thinking of getting a transducer that does depth,speed and temp to replace my depth and speed transducer into one of my already pop out airmar transducer and than get a sonar transducer for the DMS300 I would get but don't know if these new transducers would fit into the holes I already have.
Nick

 

[gilraine]

What chartplotter do you have and what model transducer do you have,I was thinking of adding sonar to my C-80 but don't really want to make another hole in my hull.
I was thinking of getting a transducer that does depth,speed and temp to replace my depth and speed transducer into one of my already pop out airmar transducer and than get a sonar transducer for the DMS300 I would get but don't know if these new transducers would fit into the holes I already have.
Nick

I have two Raymarine E120 plotters and the sonar transducer is a basic Airmar. I also have the Raymarine ST60 depth and speed above the companionway, that I would not want to give up. When sailing i almost always have the map or radar on the plotter, and depend on the ST60s. The Airmar is just for fish and better bottom info. Usually when coming into a new port or when drifting. Given the problems i was having, i had considered changing the Airmar transponder with one of the forward looking units so I could see the bottom before I got to it. However that would require a whole new system in order to get the feed to my plotters, which didn't seem worth it to me... Kind of like lithium ion house batteries, but that's a whole new thread