Which MFD should I pick for Raymarine Ev-100 Autopilot sys?

[whyguruguru]

Hello

I decided to install Raymarine Ev-100 Autopilot wheel system on my 26x. I figured it is also a good time to upgrade my old center console. I have narrowed down a few MFD , but I am not sure how good they are when they are interacting with the Ev-100 autopilot. Would anyone please give me some recommendation on these MFD, Thank you in advance

Here is the list

Raymarine
-ES78 (has a touch screen and physical keypad)
-A78 with WIFI

Lowrance
-HDS gen2 touch

Sigrad
-Go7

[grady]

Garmin 7607

[grady]

Ok acually I would try to keep all my electronics from the same manufacturer if possible. It may be NMEA2000 compliant but you can lose some features by cross breeding.

[Flightfollowing]

I like my a78, works great and is completely compatible with the ev100. I agree, stick with the same brand unless you have a compelling reason to intermix.

[menkalos]

Most definitely. I also have the EV1 Autopilot from Raymarine. I had a Garmin MFD, and discovered that I then had no way to update the firmware on the autopilot to the latest version that fixed a log of initial bugs. I also wanted to add radar, so I took the opportunity to buy a Raymarine radar/A78 MFD combo pack. It all works awesomely together, and because they're all from the same company, there are no longer any "weird" issues plaguing my setup like before.

[Gazmn]

Apples with apples...

I was in the process of switching over from Raymarine to Lowrance, mainly for broadband radar capability & now Raymarine came out with their own broadband called Quantum Wireless Chirp Radar

My other holdover issue is my Raymarine Auto pilot - which isn't even working right now. So my "fix was to keep my Raym E7d MFD as a backup chart plotter & autopilot interface & wire in the new lowrance MFD. Get the largest & newest screen you can house- pay for it later or over time. Bigger is better for radar & multiple screens. My Lowrance is a 9" vs 7" RayM...



I actually took a wide horizontal box & mounted it vertically to make it fit on top of my pedestal

PS: Buttons are better in rain/ wet than flatscreen - get the mix capability