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You can probably find another control head on eBay... the ST6002 should also work, though it's smaller. The ST8002 is the same size but adds a knob meant for powerboats, but should also work. All three models are SeaTalk, which is what you need. The ST70 is also SeaTalk in addition to N2K, so I'd expect it to work.

It replaces the fluxgate compass and adds a few Moore sensors to the system, such as acceleration an deviation sensors to give a m?re intelligent data to the processor

I suggest you sell that before you have serious problems and no one will buy it. Yeah, that's what I would do... after all the two best days of a boat owner experience are the day you buy it... and the day you get rid of the money pit.

You haven't said if you have a DSM fitted ( sonar unit and tranducer) the C70 is only a multifunction display unit MFDU you then put a card in for navigation, a radar aerial/ scanner or a sonar unit for depth and fish finding . if you have a sonar unit and it's working then press Presentation press Depth Digit and select on / off press OK or cancel to return to the default display hope this helps

I would think it's prity much certain that the DSM 300 is duff. I returned mine back to Raymarine for test and repair £200 + VAT They came back unable to repair as they have no parts for the DSM 300 . They undertake to be able to repair units for up to 10 years and I think that's why they offered me a DSM 30 that will work with my analog display in my case a C70 MFDU and the existing transducer. OR an upgrade to a CP370 digital sonar unit, this will work on your existing tranducer but you will have to upgrade your display to a digital unit, I went for the upgrade and purchased an "a"series 9" MFDU with a chart, fantastic performance. This has left me with a spare analog MFDU that will hopefully keep my radar running a little longer before I have to go down that road and upgrade. Hope this helps PS there was no extra to pay so a CP370 for £240 was a good deal

On manualslib.com or on the Raymarine site itself...

Very possible that the Wind instrument has a defective Seatalk interface - it happened to me. You could try your Wind in another boat, just connecting it temporarily to the Seatalk Bus - if it jams those it is the problem Your autopilot should have a separate Course Computer such as the 100, 400, S1... somewhere. Some models have two SeaTalk busses, and the recommended installation is to use one bus for the 6002 control head alone, and the other bus for instruments etc, so a SeaTalk fail on the instrument bus will not disable he Autopilot. I retired my boat this way (after the dealer took the one-bus shortcut). The real solution is to have the Wind instrument fixed. The cheapest work-around is to cut the yellow SeaTalk wire between the 6002 and the Wind, so that the Wind instrument gets power but does not affect the data bus. That should let the AP and Wind each work normally and independently (no Wind-angle mode on the AP). Raymarine have a forum you should join for more info and help.

If I were troubleshooting this, I'd manually adjust the orientation of the compass sensor until it matched the true heading. Once that was done, I'd move it side to side to ensure it's changing in the correct directions. If not, the unit could be upside down. Let me know how this turns out.

compass needles are affected by iron objects and can also be affected by field magnetism generated by current flowing through a wire .Bilge pumps , winch motors are heavy current drawers and they could affect the compass operation while the voltage is low the field of the magnetism around the wire can influence the compass heading so check for any electronic apparatus wiring close to the unit ( radio , radar etc it may be necessary to run the powers wires in an insulated sheath ( like coaxial cable or other insulated power cables) around sensitive equipment talk with marine equipment installers to get better ideas as to prevent interference with the compass

either the cord to the chart plotter is faulty or the chart plotter itself is dead short have an electrician do an insulation test and circuit test on the cord and plotter unit