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Si-Tex Marine Electronics is on the move again and this time it is with some very versatile chartplotters. The new multipurpose EC chartplotter line has all the functionality you’d expect from a chartplotter plus all you need for 3D and video navigation.
The new chartplotters, which are more like complete communication and navigation systems, not only have built in features that support AIS, sonar/fishfinder, radar and VHF distress, but they have it all within a 3D graphics and video framework.
To top it off, these chartplotters are a snap to integrate. Si-Tex has made it not only easy to integrate its products with its other marine gear, but also with the ever-growing array of NMEA compatible electronic devices.
Si-Tex’s latest chartplotters, known as the EC-series come in a variety of different screen sizes and options that will fit almost any budget. The top of the line version, the EC-11, features a 10.5 inch all-light display that is not only easy to read in the dark but also in the bright sunlight. Besides the high-resolution display, the chartplotter has all you need to quickly integrate together all of your real time sonar, AIS, and radar data with your navigational maps and charts.
The large screen and software that comes standard with the chartplotter not only let you pull up your own virtual instrument control panel, but also let you combine and overlay different display data onto different windows. With the window screen system, it’s just a push of a button to see your heading and what’s on radar, but also view what’s underwater and what’s coming at you on the AIS feed.
Giving you the heads up on emerging video navigation technology, the EC-11’s 3D and video view control is one feature that you’ll make good use of. And that’s because you can mark your video views right on the maps of your radar, sonar and AIS views; letting you see the actual seascape and coastline your navigation data maps to. Adding extra safety and fun, the chartplotter’s video ports and software makes it easy to not just feed in your own video waypoints, but also make them instantly view-accessible on your digital maps.
If you want even more video power, the EC-11 is ready for you. Because the chartplotter is NMEA compatible and video ready, you can readily hook up all the latest video technology, like video-based thermal imagers; allowing you to view stored daytime video waypoints and routes alongside real-time thermal video waypoints and routes.
What is also outstanding about the chartplotter line is not just the hundreds of features, such as man overboard alarms and the GPS/WAAS receiver, but the fact that it’s all so well-documented and well-supported.
Unlike other manufacturers, Si-Tex documentation covers all the basics and provides everything you need to know to configure your chartplotter exactly how you want it. And that means not only the ability to customize your screens with the exact data, graphics and video you want, but the ability to integrate your chartplotter with other Si-Tex and NMEA compatible devices.
Si-Tex, however, doesn’t leave its customer support at that. Their customer blog provides hundreds of tips for getting the most out of your navigation and communications equipment. And it does it all in a straightforward easy-to-understand manner.
