Raytheon Expert Needed

[Ribtecer]

Hi Guys
I wonder if anyone here can help me with a problem of connectivity.
My Family has a sailing boat which has a Raytheon RL9 Radar Monitor and Scanner on board, and in addition we also have a RL70RC radar and Chart-plotter from a different boat (but no scanner).
We would like to do away with the RL9 radar monitor already fitted to the boat and replace it with the RL70RC radar and chart-plotter combined.
Problem is Raymarine, the old Raytheon, say the old RL9 scanner up the mast has a different interface to the RL70RC monitor, can somebody here please help and advice whether the two can be paired and if so what do I need to get/do to make it all work. Another problem is that the boat is currently 200 miles away.
Thank you in anticipation of any advice.
Toby

[Ribshop]

Originally Posted by Ribtecer

Hi Guys
I wonder if anyone here can help me with a problem of connectivity.
My Family has a sailing boat which has a Raytheon RL9 Radar Monitor and Scanner on board, and in addition we also have a RL70RC radar and Chart-plotter from a different boat (but no scanner).
We would like to do away with the RL9 radar monitor already fitted to the boat and replace it with the RL70RC radar and chart-plotter combined.
Problem is Raymarine, the old Raytheon, say the old RL9 scanner up the mast has a different interface to the RL70RC monitor, can somebody here please help and advice whether the two can be paired and if so what do I need to get/do to make it all work. Another problem is that the boat is currently 200 miles away.
Thank you in anticipation of any advice.
Toby

It’s been a while since I worked on these but I think you will find the dome and cable are completely different. The RL70 used the newer pathfinder dome so I think the whole lot will need to be replaced.

[Into The Blue]

The radomes have been through at least four evolutions in the last ten years and almost without exception are not backward or forward compatible. Best man I know to talk to us Andy Chisnall at Raymarine in Fareham. What he doesn't know isn't worth knowing.
Some of the late pathfinder domes did work with the C&E classic displays but before that there was a change in cables and interface.
Sadly I think you'll have to upgrade both.