BMEA

Raymarine’s new premier navigation system, the G Series, will be on show on stand QT35.  Offering more than just navigation, G Series is a complete information, command and entertainment system providing a comprehensive and powerful solution for all onboard requirements. 

The G Series is a high performance networked system that features a built-in high capacity hard drive, the GPM400 processor module, offering superb PC-like performance.   The system provides a central display for navigational data, instrument information, video and on-board cameras, radar, fishfinders and cartography.  The G Series comes pre-loaded with worldwide cartography from Navionics.  This highly detailed mapping shows navigation charts, 3D topography, aerial photographic views of ports, port data, animated tides and currents.  Charts for entire geographic regions are loaded on the internal hard drive, with CompactFlash used to download data for charts in other areas. 

The G Series comprises high visibility, sunlight viewable, low profile LCD displays, which are available in 12”, 15”, 17″ and 19” sizes.  These provide unrivalled detail with high resolution graphics on clear and easy to see screens.  New technology used by Raymarine means these low-profile screens are manufactured using glass bonded to the LCD to improve contrast, and optimize direct sunlight visibility even in direct tropical sunlight, minimise reflections and prevent condensation.  A night mode dims the screen to red to maintain night vision.  Each display has nine direct access hot keys on the front enabling users to move quickly and easily between inputs and displays.  
The G Series keyboard is used to control the GPM400 core processor module.  Users can choose an optional wireless kit if preferred, (available late 2007) and the keyboard is designed to interface with single or multiple G series displays.  The alpha-numeric keypad has intuitive softkeys interfacing and is used to operate and control the autopilot, and data inputs from the modules. 

As expected from a top of the range system, the G Series introduces new technology into many of the modules linked to the G Series.  The radar, for example, uses Raymarine’s patented HD Digital sonar input in the DSM400 Digital Sounder Module using next generation HD Digital signal processing technology.  This is compatible with Raymarine’s new line of ultra high performance transducers including broadband options and wideband transducer options. 

The new HD Digital open array radar scanners also use advanced digital signal processing, which delivers double the performance and target recognition of conventional radars.  Other new features include an adjustable beam width to less than one degree, adaptive auto-settings and multi-level colour target display.  In production tests, Raymarine’s 4kW HD Digital radar with a six foot antenna outperformed conventional 25kW radar with a nine foot antenna, while the technology improves target detection by virtually eliminating all noise.

Users selecting the G Series can choose multiple options based around the core system comprising the G Series marine display and GPM400 processor module, which costs from £3,315 for the G120 12 inch marine display and £3,100 for the GPM400 processor module.  This package will link with all SeaTalk and SeaTalk2/NMEA2000 inputs, as well as Raymarine’s communication and safety products including AIS250 and LifeTag man overboard system.  The G Series is being launched at Southampton Boat Show, Cannes, La Rochelle and Monaco Yacht Shows, and is available through Raymarine’s global network of dealers and distributors.