bjac
Member
- Jul 13, 2008
- 232
- Boat Info
- 2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer
- Engines
- Twin 350 Mag MPI 300hp w/Bravo III Drives
Hi All:
I posted this on my isolated "320" group and got no response whatsoever, so I thought maybe someone over here may have done this and could provide some answers.
Last year I upgraded my chartplotter from the original to a Raymarine C95. All went well and I really enjoyed the new model. This year I am contemplating upgrading the original Smartcraft SC5000 to Vesselview. My questions to all you aficionados that have upgraded the same way is:
1. Are there any consistent problems encountered with going from the original 2004 SmartCraft to the new VV 4 or 7 models?
2. Which model do you recommend?
4 or 7 both of which should be plug and play.....the 7 provides dual on screen viewing for each engine as apposed to switching views from engine to engine
502 or 702 - these are more complicated to upgrade to but do provide NMEA 2000 connections to my other devices but also about $1000 difference from the 4 & 7
3. I have no thru hull devices for calculation of speed and depth and therefore assume the external black plastic unit mounted on the stern at the bottom calculates all of that. It seems to work ok but should I upgrade that as well by either replacing it or going to a thru hull?
This is an expensive upgrade so I'm trying to see exactly what I need and don't need before ordering parts etc. so any advice is most appreciated.
Thanks to all for any help provided.
I posted this on my isolated "320" group and got no response whatsoever, so I thought maybe someone over here may have done this and could provide some answers.
Last year I upgraded my chartplotter from the original to a Raymarine C95. All went well and I really enjoyed the new model. This year I am contemplating upgrading the original Smartcraft SC5000 to Vesselview. My questions to all you aficionados that have upgraded the same way is:
1. Are there any consistent problems encountered with going from the original 2004 SmartCraft to the new VV 4 or 7 models?
2. Which model do you recommend?
4 or 7 both of which should be plug and play.....the 7 provides dual on screen viewing for each engine as apposed to switching views from engine to engine
502 or 702 - these are more complicated to upgrade to but do provide NMEA 2000 connections to my other devices but also about $1000 difference from the 4 & 7
3. I have no thru hull devices for calculation of speed and depth and therefore assume the external black plastic unit mounted on the stern at the bottom calculates all of that. It seems to work ok but should I upgrade that as well by either replacing it or going to a thru hull?
This is an expensive upgrade so I'm trying to see exactly what I need and don't need before ordering parts etc. so any advice is most appreciated.
Thanks to all for any help provided.
