T&T: garmin 4208

[John Buckwalter]

balamar at aol.com wrote:

>last year, after a lightning strike in Norfolk, we installed 2 networked
>garmin 4208 gps chartplotters connected to a garmin 18 radar and networked to
>our simrad auto pilot. after a year and a half the lower station unit came up
>system missing and now nothing is networked. B garmin charged me 30 bucks for
>a new sd card. B did not fix it now the unit had to be shipped back to Kansas
>where Dorothy will fix it. B My over all impression of these garmins is poor.
>B before these i had a jrc with c maps. B their charts were much better with
>more soundings and it seemed better software. B If you need to get new
>electronics i do not recommend garmin.
>george
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George

Sorry you had a bad experience.  I installed a similar system, i.e. a 
5208 and 5212 with radar and depth. I am very happy with our system.

John