Marine Electronics Unlimited Stays Focused on Latest Technology

Marine Electronics Unlimited, a company defined as an Internet dealer of marine electronics, is one company to put on your list of virtual boating shopping malls. The company’s web site not only carries over 50 of the leading marine electronics brands like Garmin, Lowrance, Raymarine and Simrad, but also the top name brands in marine electrical equipment; like Mermaid and Navico.

Although the wide product selection could keep you busy for hours, if you want to find out what the latest marine technology trends are, visit the company’s “New Products” page. That page includes not only the latest fishfinders, GPS units and navigation equipment from the main manufacturers, but also a number of new gizmos that you may have never even seen before.

Recently featured on the new products page was a RFID man overboard system from Raymarine Electronics. What’s great about that emergency system is that it lets you immediately detect when someone or something goes overboard. Using it is also simple. Just give a tag to each of your passengers and attach it to your valuable cargo, enter in a few program IDs and you’re ready to go.

The system, called the Life Tag System, will then automatically sound an alarm or sirens when the tag leaves the base station’s transmission range (about 35 feet).

Currently, the price of the Life Tag System is $518, which is a significant discount from the list price of $618. Additional tags can be purchased for $94.95. However, if you give the company a call you might be able to talk them down. That’s because MAP pricing guidelines restrict the company from advertising prices below a set level.

Another new product featured on Marine Electronics Unlimited’s web site that will help you locate just where in the ocean your tagged passenger or cargo is, is the McMurdo FastFind GPS Satellite Personal Location Beacon. That product which sells for $246.95, weighs in at just 5.3 ounces.

But don’t let the weight or small size fool you. Not only will the GPS unit pinpoint your tags to within 10 meters, but it will also send out that distress signal continually for 48 hours to Cospas Sarsat Satellites, NOAA’s satellite system for search and rescue.

Besides the latest products, you’ll also find the marine technology classics at Marine Electronics Unlimited. If you have some time, take a look at the company’s marine computers and software. There, you’ll find B&G’s Deckman line of tactical navigation and racing software as well as the B&G marine instrument computer.

What’s unique about the Deckman software and computer is that they are designed for tactical navigation, giving you not only the racing edge but the safety edge. The computer instrument system has been specifically tailored to interface with all your boats sensors, instruments, and weather services.

Integrated weather and routing features supported with Deckman’s software include wind speed, barometric pressure, sea temperature, precipitation and wave height. But that’s not all. The Optimum Routing Tool clearly displays the sea and weather state of proposed routes. Additionally, it uses the latest animation technology to display projected seas and weather conditions along your route.

The integrated weather system also supports fully integrated weather downloads from UGTRIB, Saildocs and OCENS Weathernet services. Besides all that, the integrated weather system software is compatible with instrument systems such as the B&G H2000, the H3000 and WTP.