Dicky Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) We have a couple of Simrads on our Pirate and not overly happy with them at the minute. Firstly can’t get the radar to work and the other issue is the boat icon seems to crab sideways across te screen rather than point in the direction we are travelling. I have added a direction line yesterday which does at least point in the direction of travel but would be nice if the icon was facing the same way. Pictures below of the icon and the screens when trying to use radar. Any help most welcome, thanks Edited August 12 by Dicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Personally it may be something you need to run through with Simrad on the phone. Have you checked no pins aren't bent on cables and connections and all electrical fitting to the radar. Do you put your phone or a speaker of any kind close to the unit as that will cause that sideways crabbing from the first image. Have you done a heading calibrate ?I don't use radar, so have no experience but I have owned Simrad units and use them on several other boats and find them problematic, hence why I no longer have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordmac Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 My Garmin plotter does that, the boat direction comes from the fluxgate compass for the autopilot. Switch that off and the correct direction is displayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 (edited) 22 hours ago, JDP said: Personally it may be something you need to run through with Simrad on the phone. Have you checked no pins aren't bent on cables and connections and all electrical fitting to the radar. Do you put your phone or a speaker of any kind close to the unit as that will cause that sideways crabbing from the first image. Have you done a heading calibrate ?I don't use radar, so have no experience but I have owned Simrad units and use them on several other boats and find them problematic, hence why I no longer have them. No phone or speaker near the unit, will look into a heading calibration when next down but manual is crap. Thanks Edited August 13 by Dicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 11 hours ago, Gordmac said: My Garmin plotter does that, the boat direction comes from the fluxgate compass for the autopilot. Switch that off and the correct direction is displayed. We don't have autopilot but will check to see if there is a setting for a fluxgate compass on the plotter, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Need to recalibrate the compass, you basically drive round in a circle slowly while in calibration mode, have a look on YouTube it’s much quicker than the manual to understand! for the radar check the connection at the Radome and clean it up, they are prone to water ingress, msg need to quick clean ti getting it up a d running. if all else fails, I’ll give you a tenner for it 😉 daio web and Dicky 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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