There seems to be some regional variation in what is considered surface mounted vs. flush mounted. You are correct though, comparted to devices like our Axiom MFD's which can be recessed and mounted completely level/flush with the surrounding panel, the VHF is a surface mount.
Thank you for watching! You can do a few things by connecting the Ray63 VHF to the network. First, as you mentioned, you can update the software in your radio from a Raymarine Axiom MFD. From time-to-time we do issue updates to the software and this is an easy way to keep your radio up-to-date. Second, you could take advantage of a different GPS receiver to support the radio's Digital Selective Calling (DSC) features. Ray63 has a GPS receiver of its own built-in, however in some instances it could be beneficial to use a different GPS source, for example if the radio was mounted below-deck or inside a pilothouse that prevented the built-in receiver from getting a fix. Third, there are some features of the DSC system that allow the VHF to interact with your Raymarine chartplotter. If you issue a DSC position request from another vessel, or receive a distress message, the position of the other vessel is shared from the VHF to the chartplotter and plotted on the chart. This makes it easy to set a course to that position for a rendezvous our to render assistance.
@@RaymarineInc thank you so much for your thorough answer. I appreciate it! Would there be a silent GPS location transfer or would the unit indicate that the network GPS is used (for example from Axiom?). Also, would the other units in the network retrieve the VHF GPS position, if that were the only one useful? The third feature about the DSC traffic location is good, and I thought “GREAT”, but then it occurred to me, that this feature already exists as I have the AIS700 connected. Anyway, the Ray63 is connected now, and I have great confidence that the whole system is much more resilient to disturbances, and happy that the software updates can be done centrally. Once again, thank you for your answer!
Why is this video titled Flush mounting when the unit is Surface mounted?
There seems to be some regional variation in what is considered surface mounted vs. flush mounted. You are correct though, comparted to devices like our Axiom MFD's which can be recessed and mounted completely level/flush with the surrounding panel, the VHF is a surface mount.
Nice video, thanks! My question is, what are the benefits of hooking up to the STNG network? Extra GPS feed or software update via plotter?
Thank you for watching! You can do a few things by connecting the Ray63 VHF to the network. First, as you mentioned, you can update the software in your radio from a Raymarine Axiom MFD. From time-to-time we do issue updates to the software and this is an easy way to keep your radio up-to-date. Second, you could take advantage of a different GPS receiver to support the radio's Digital Selective Calling (DSC) features. Ray63 has a GPS receiver of its own built-in, however in some instances it could be beneficial to use a different GPS source, for example if the radio was mounted below-deck or inside a pilothouse that prevented the built-in receiver from getting a fix. Third, there are some features of the DSC system that allow the VHF to interact with your Raymarine chartplotter. If you issue a DSC position request from another vessel, or receive a distress message, the position of the other vessel is shared from the VHF to the chartplotter and plotted on the chart. This makes it easy to set a course to that position for a rendezvous our to render assistance.
@@RaymarineInc thank you so much for your thorough answer. I appreciate it! Would there be a silent GPS location transfer or would the unit indicate that the network GPS is used (for example from Axiom?). Also, would the other units in the network retrieve the VHF GPS position, if that were the only one useful? The third feature about the DSC traffic location is good, and I thought “GREAT”, but then it occurred to me, that this feature already exists as I have the AIS700 connected. Anyway, the Ray63 is connected now, and I have great confidence that the whole system is much more resilient to disturbances, and happy that the software updates can be done centrally.
Once again, thank you for your answer!