Garmin AIS Upgrade

[snestler]

Rocky said:

Remember to shut off the AIS on your Garmin VHS or you'll see your own boat on the screen all the time....🙂

Not sure I follow you here. Can you explain? If I remove the AIS 300 (to replace it with the AIS 800), why would this happen?

 

[Rocky]

My factory AIS Receive was accomplished via my Garmin VHF Radio..... There was menu selection to toggle the AIS function "off" on the VHF Radio.

If I was to leave that toggles "on" the AIS Receive in the VHF would show my own boat on the screen...In essence, my VHF AIS was picking up my AIS800 Transmit....

I did not have an AIS 300.

I hope that helps!

Rocky

 

[Gypsy]

Consider the Vesper Cortex M1. I was on back order for the 800 for months. Finally talked to Garmin. They indicated that the Cortex, at a higher price, is an upgrade to the 800. I installed it and had them program it remotely. Works very well.

 

[gregc]

One of my ToDo projects is to swap it for the em-trak b954 I bought last summer....

 

[brofish17]

gregc, why are you swapping out the Em-Trak B954?