John Botich
New Member
The cord is frayed on my VHF radio. I have 2003 Sea Ray 380 Sundancer and am having a hard time finding a replacement cord.
Raymarine VHF radio
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Mike Blake
Active Member
- Jan 27, 2012
- 2,413
- Boat Info
- 89 340 Sundance all Raymarine.
- Engines
- Gas hogs 454X2.
Send it back to raymarine in NH. The last one I had done was $75.00
- Feb 14, 2009
- 1,361
- Boat Info
- '07 42SS Carver, full electronics array
'03 380DA, RL80C+, ST7001, Kohl 7.3,4kw o/array sold
- Engines
- 8.1S Crusader express drives
+1 to Mike above. Fairly quick turn around. Easy to deal with.
I just replaced mine... The only place I could order it from was West Marine.. it was just under $100. My VHF is a Raymarine 230...the part number is R49085
It was a simple process to replace the old cord with the new. You just need a small Phillips to take the back plate off the hand held
It was a simple process to replace the old cord with the new. You just need a small Phillips to take the back plate off the hand held
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Bugsy22
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- Jun 2, 2016
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- Boat Info
- 00' 310 Dancer w/ 5.7 EFIs and Bravo 3s.
93' Mariah 18 Diablo
90' 270 Dancer
- Engines
- 5.7 EFIs w/ Bravo 3s
I just replaced my Ray55 radio because the speaker wasn't working. Transmitted fine but I couldn't hear anyone. Contacted raymarine and it was $175 plus shipping to repair it! Its on the shelf! Replaced with a new Uniden. All good now!
JVM225
Well-Known Member
You may want to consider just investing in a new radio instead of messing with the one you have.
I sent my Ray 240 back to them in January shortly after I bought the boat so they could go through it and reprogram the MMSI number. I had already replaced the frayed cord that came with the radio. I got off cheap on the cord by buying a new one from a member here and replacing it myself before I sent the radio to Raymarine.
The good: Raymarine will do a nice job and will test everything out before they send it back to you, and it will work like new when you get it. It's also nice to not have to further modify the dash or helm area if you stick with your current radio.
The bad based on my experience: They are extremely difficult to get on the phone, don't respond to emails, it will take 3 times longer than they tell you it will when you finally do get them, and what you're going to pay could go towards the cost of a nice new Standard Horizon or other brand.
I'm really happy with the work they did but knowing what I know now I don't think I'd do it again. There are better games in town.
My old boat had Garmin electronics which were super easy to use, and I recently put a new Standard Horizon VHF on my Uncles Boat that we use for fishing. It has DSC with built in GPS and cost less than $150.00 after a rebate. That boat also has a Garmin chart plotter and sonar sender on it.
Overall, although my experience with Raymarine is relatively short (just this season so far) I'm not a huge fan of their stuff. Much less user friendly than Garmin Chartplotters or Standard Horizon radios, and customer support is horrible. The Raymarine HD color radar and the two 12" MFD's that came on my current boat are only about 3 years old so I'm keeping them, but if I needed to replace all of my electronics I'd probably go with something other than Raymarine.
I sent my Ray 240 back to them in January shortly after I bought the boat so they could go through it and reprogram the MMSI number. I had already replaced the frayed cord that came with the radio. I got off cheap on the cord by buying a new one from a member here and replacing it myself before I sent the radio to Raymarine.
The good: Raymarine will do a nice job and will test everything out before they send it back to you, and it will work like new when you get it. It's also nice to not have to further modify the dash or helm area if you stick with your current radio.
The bad based on my experience: They are extremely difficult to get on the phone, don't respond to emails, it will take 3 times longer than they tell you it will when you finally do get them, and what you're going to pay could go towards the cost of a nice new Standard Horizon or other brand.
I'm really happy with the work they did but knowing what I know now I don't think I'd do it again. There are better games in town.
My old boat had Garmin electronics which were super easy to use, and I recently put a new Standard Horizon VHF on my Uncles Boat that we use for fishing. It has DSC with built in GPS and cost less than $150.00 after a rebate. That boat also has a Garmin chart plotter and sonar sender on it.
Overall, although my experience with Raymarine is relatively short (just this season so far) I'm not a huge fan of their stuff. Much less user friendly than Garmin Chartplotters or Standard Horizon radios, and customer support is horrible. The Raymarine HD color radar and the two 12" MFD's that came on my current boat are only about 3 years old so I'm keeping them, but if I needed to replace all of my electronics I'd probably go with something other than Raymarine.
Brian ouellette
New Member
how is the ray 230 holding up?
I replaced the antenna to the radio. Everything else has been working fine... I also have a good handheld as a backup if necessary but no thoughts of replacing the 230
Brian ouellette
New Member
I cant seem to fine one or a replacement handset
BVasily
Member
Hi Blueone. I have same issue. But the cable appeared to connect into a sealed unit behind the cradle which then feeds the radio and separately the speaker. Just confirming how easy this was to obtain and replace?
It was simple enough to replace.
I purchased mine thru west marine as you can’t go direct to ray marine at the time. West marine was a pain and I had to go to two different stores in Michigan to get it done after repeated visits.
I have heard ray marine isn’t making replacement cords now but don’t know that first hand. You might try calling Raymarine direct to get the answer on that.
