does anyone have a standard horizon 150 plotter if so are they any good looking for a cheap plotter the spec on them look alright new to boats have fished plenty but 1st ive owened info would be very welcome ive already got a colour sounder have to learn how to use it not sure what the colours mean and got no info with it as it came with the boat thanks
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You can pick up the garmin 180 mono dirt cheap ( About £420 I think ) , I had one on my last boat -great jobs. Don\'t think none of the members have got Standard Horizon , they are new to the british market I believe .
Depending on what model your souder is , you can download some manuals from makers websites .
[Edited on 23/1/2004 by DaveMason]
Depending on what model your souder is , you can download some manuals from makers websites .
[Edited on 23/1/2004 by DaveMason]
Neil
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I have a Standard Horizon cp150. Just got the thing in December and only been to sea with it once. They take the cheaper Cmap NT+ cards so you can buy a card for Montrose to Briddlington Bay for £80 .
I got a good deal from MES ltd, for the unit and the card.
They use a WAAS reciever so they are pretty acurate as well.They also come with a three year warranty. Check out the US web sites you will find Standard Horizon are as common as Garmin etc.
As for performance it would be unfair for me to comment after one trip. The only thing I noticed was it started to delete my track log , deleting forwards from my launch point the further I travelled, probably a storage function needs set up somewhere.
If you want to read up on them email me your address and I will send you a photo copy of the owners manual.
Neil.....
[Edited on 23/1/2004 by Neil]
[Edited on 23/1/2004 by Neil]
I got a good deal from MES ltd, for the unit and the card.
They use a WAAS reciever so they are pretty acurate as well.They also come with a three year warranty. Check out the US web sites you will find Standard Horizon are as common as Garmin etc.
As for performance it would be unfair for me to comment after one trip. The only thing I noticed was it started to delete my track log , deleting forwards from my launch point the further I travelled, probably a storage function needs set up somewhere.
If you want to read up on them email me your address and I will send you a photo copy of the owners manual.
Neil.....
[Edited on 23/1/2004 by Neil]
[Edited on 23/1/2004 by Neil]
Neil
Well-known member
Bob
How much track log does your one store. Reading the instructions it states the CP150 will store up to 1000 fix points in the memory, stored in either distance or time. The units default was to store a fix every 1 second ,meaning it will delete the track after 15 mins or so ?
I had a Garmin before this and it seemed to store the track log until I deleted it. Any ideas.. :casstet:
Neil
How much track log does your one store. Reading the instructions it states the CP150 will store up to 1000 fix points in the memory, stored in either distance or time. The units default was to store a fix every 1 second ,meaning it will delete the track after 15 mins or so ?
I had a Garmin before this and it seemed to store the track log until I deleted it. Any ideas.. :casstet:
Neil
boblydon
Well-known member
Niel, you can change the units settings to store track history for as long as you want,i only use mine as a back up unit,my main plotter is a cetrek 345 which has a huge screen,the only problem with that is i need to use my furuno gps to give it its position info
[Edited on 25/1/2004 by boblydon]
[Edited on 25/1/2004 by boblydon]
