Comments on: Raymarine RC400 – Pros and Cons

By: Isabelle White

Isabelle White — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:37:05 +0000

battery chargers that are made in china are a bit under rated so i don’t use them anymore”‘:

By: RC400 – listen up all you “diehards” | altendorff.co.uk

RC400 – listen up all you “diehards” | altendorff.co.uk — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:51:44 +0000

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By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:22:31 +0000

Rick

Then the only thing left is the power source (other than canning it!)

On page 12 of the manual you will see the following advice about batteries.

“….When used portably, the RC400 can be powered by the supplied four (4)
Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries or with four (4) AA alkaline cells
(not supplied), using the supplied Battery Tray.
Note: The RC400 was designed to be used with all Ni-MH or all alkaline
battery cells only. Do not mix or use any other battery types.
? To install batteries:
1. Remove the battery tray as shown in Figure 2-2 .
2. Locate the Battery Type switch on the inside of the chartplotter adjacent
to the chart card (if already installed) and turn to the appropriate
position: ALKALINE or RECHARGEABLE….”

First make sure the battery type switch is set correctly:-)

Secondly, I only use rechargeable NimH batteries AND I highly recommend uprating them to 4 x AA 2500mAh Ni-MH rechargeable batteries.
See my posting here on the subject of batteries for portable items…

I do hope this helps :-/

By: RIck Norman

RIck Norman — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:21:43 +0000

i tried the various resets. still stops on the raymarine home screen during boot up? any ideas.

raychart

chartplotters by raymarine. Globe.

Always stops on this screen.

By: Russ

Russ — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:39:34 +0000

Resetting the System
Three types of reset are available for the Chartplotter:
• Power-On Reset: When you turn the display unit off, then on again,
the screen reverts to the chart display with all windows cleared.
• Hardware Reset: This procedure enacts a power-on reset if the unit
has entered a lock-up condition.
To perform a hardware reset, press and hold the POWER key for 9
seconds.
• Factory Reset: This resets all values back to their original factory
settings. The factory default settings are listed in Chapter 4.
Note: Take care–factory reset clears all Waypoint and Route databases.
To perform a factory reset:
1. Power off the unit.
2. Press and hold CLEAR while powering up until is displayed.
3. Either press CLEAR to abort Factory Reset and resume normal
Power-Up or press ENTER to continue Factory Reset.
4. Press ENTER again; the unit restarts as for a first time Power Up
with all values reset to their original factory settings.

By: Rick Norman

Rick Norman — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:29:43 +0000

Does anyone know how to reset the unit. I do not have the manual. and stops on the home screen during boot up.

By: Charger

Charger — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:58:27 +0000

Thanks for the review. I know it’s a couple of years old now but I’m researching this type of product as part of my business so still very helpful.

By: boating forum

boating forum — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:19:13 +0000

thanks for the useful review which will help me decide which product to get

thanks

Mally

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