Raymarine previews new A-Series multifunction displays

The new a-Series brings the performance and simplicity of Raymarine multifunction navigation into a sleek, compact, and full-featured touchscreen display. Engineered to perform on boats below 30ft, the new a-Series are rugged multifunction displays designed for tight spaces. The touch-screen design and low-profile bezel gives every helm a clean, and integrated appearance, while the supplied mounting bracket offers convenient mounting virtually anywhere at the helm.

Keeping with Raymarine’s high standard for sunlight visibility, the new a-Series is equipped with a super-bright LED backlit display that is optically bonded for sharp colour and contrast in the brightest sunlight.

The compact a-Series multifunction displays are extremely versatile, offering boaters simple and quick access to navigation applications like GPS, sonar, radar and much more. Like Raymarine’s award winning e-Series multifunction displays, the new a-Series utilise Raymarine’s intuitive LightHouse user interface. With a-Series and LightHouse, boaters have an easy-to-use home screen of applications, making learning and operating a-Series MFDs fast and easy.

The new a-Series consists of two models that are ready to navigate right out of the box. Both models include a 50 channel internal GPS and Navionics Silver cartography on microSD. Boaters can choose the a65 MFD for GPS navigation and networking, while serious anglers will appreciate the a67 MFD with ClearPulse® digital sonar built-in.

 Anglers looking for greater sonar resolution and performance can network with Raymarine’s optional CP450C ClearPulse® chirp sonar module. Boaters can further expand a-Series with Bluetooth MP3 control and Fusion audio control. An optional SIRIUSXM receiver enables both SIRIUS marine weather overlays and SIRIUSXM satellite radio audio control.

A-Series displays also connect with NMEA2000 and Raymarine SeaTalkng networks, giving boaters the ability to integrate AIS, autopilots and engine instruments. Taking advantage of engine fuel data, the new a-Series offer a fuel manager, allowing captains to monitor fuel consumption and time-to-empty calculations. In addition, the a-Series chartplotter application provides a fuel range ring overlaid on the navigation chart, allowing captains to visualise their maximum fuel range.

The new a-Series will be available to consumers in late October 2012. Official retail pricing will be released in September 2012. For more information go to: