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Do you mean S1000? Turn up the gain. You need to do that when your going real slow, then turn the gain down when you go real fast. You wouldn't want to make turns too fast when hauling ass.

Jesus, it took me 8 minutes to read that I laughed till tears were comming out of my eyes.

Anchorexpress.com Lost alot of deals to them. Now I just install.

Wiley, Have you thought about this ap with this forum? I use it and it rocks! http://www.tapatalk.com/

That looks awesome!

One thing is for sure, LOWrance is the cheapest multifunction system on the market. There's something to brag about. Furuno is the most expensive. As well as being probably the most reliable! I would set my sights higher, but that's me.

Thanks Ron www.boatus.com/mmsi

Looks like a good brand. I had a chance to go looking through the wire nightmare for any sign of a Seatalk box, and I don't have one. I think they used a cross over cable and everything else just plugs in to the MFD (besides NMEA). So, I'll save my coin and not install a Smart Heading Sensor just yet. If I come down for Newport's halibut raid, maybe for a few cool ones you could take a look? At times I feel like ripping out all the old wiring and starting over. I did find what I think is a NMEA block, where different devices are attached without the need for triple or quadruple crimps. If I find a skinny 8 year old that does wiring maybe I can reach those tiny wires to trace what device they come from, nothing is labeled!! From the colors on the wires and listing the radio, gladiator and MFD colors maybe I can deduce which device is hooked to which.

Well wait a minute...When the E80 sends out your position on the single output nmea0183, up to three devices CAN see that (listener). So technically you can have an autopilot-Gladiator and a DSC radio BOTH seeing your position. The problem comes into play when there is only INPUT--That means only one person can talk...! The Gladiator will provide HDG (heading) and that's a pretty nice feature. So, a multiplexer will allow three devices talk on ONE input. I bought the one below and it worked very good see below.. http://brookhouseonline.com/nmeamux_aisc.htm

Ok here's the skinny. There is only one in and one out for the E or C classic series. So, If you have the Raystar 125 GPS antenna hooked up via SEATALK then you have one nmea0183 in and 1 nmea0183 out. If the VHF is recieving a signal for the only output from the E Series, (of which you can have three listeners--AP, VHF, Etc.) then that leaves a single input. Here's the rub. If the Gladiator is sending a heading signal to your E series plotter, then you cannot have the plotter RECIEVE a DSC from the VHF INTO the E Series... Only one talker at a time. If what I described is what your doing, you need a nmea0183 multiplexer. It will take in up to three devices and then buffers them all for single output. Call me if you get lost. pm me for my number.

Sounds like software to me....get the latest upload from LOWrance and reflash the unit. If that doesn't fix it, and all the plugs are plugged in correctly, it must be a bad unit.

I wouldn't get one. software too twitchy. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Too many issues reported by too many people. The only reason people buy lowrance is price. Spend more and get a better product with REAL support. jmo

Jim-- Thank you for all your help over the phone. Made a decision...I went ahead and ordered a ProNautic 1240. Even though it is only a 3-bank charger. I decided to change the "house" switch back to a single battery output and put the two house batteries in parallel. The charger will be mounted in the driest location I have left. I will remove the drivers side panel and 5200 a 3/4" marine plywood to the outter bulkhead and mount the charger on it. It will likely be a fairly dry install--at least there will be zero water anyway. Humidity at worst. I will be posting pics as the process goes forward.