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Anyone have any info on the new fx-ccr subgravity just released? I see it on the website but no real info or reviews yet?
Question Iq sub fx-ccr. New chest mount unit
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I looked at the order page for it on the Sub-Gravity website.
One thing I found to be odd and I would hope would not be an actual limitation:
The unit could not be configured with both a Shearwater Petrel3 AND a NERD2.
You could/can choose one or the other as a controller. But, for example, there is no way to choose a Petrel3 as your controller and then also choose a NERD2 as a monitor. The only monitor options are to use a HUD you already own or to choose a Shearwater HUD.
I would HOPE that that is just a limitation of the Sub-Gravity order page and not an actual limitation of the FX itself. But, I guess it remains to be seen.
In contrast, the Choptima can have a Petrel3 or NERD2 controller and also have a Petrel3 or NERD2 monitor.
You can even have 2 controllers (on the Chop) and plug one into the actual controller port and the other into the monitor port and use it as just a monitor. Thus having the flexibility that if either one dies, you can ensure the working one is plugged into the controller port and replace the other one with the standard Shearwater blinky-light HUD, so you can keep diving. Very handy (in my opinion) for traveling to remote dive destinations.
Now that I know that is possible, I would want any CCR I own to have that same capability. The rEvo cannot and I'll knock it for that - though I can have a Petrel controller and a NERD monitor. They just are not interchangeable, like they are on the Choptima.
One thing I found to be odd and I would hope would not be an actual limitation:
The unit could not be configured with both a Shearwater Petrel3 AND a NERD2.
You could/can choose one or the other as a controller. But, for example, there is no way to choose a Petrel3 as your controller and then also choose a NERD2 as a monitor. The only monitor options are to use a HUD you already own or to choose a Shearwater HUD.
I would HOPE that that is just a limitation of the Sub-Gravity order page and not an actual limitation of the FX itself. But, I guess it remains to be seen.
In contrast, the Choptima can have a Petrel3 or NERD2 controller and also have a Petrel3 or NERD2 monitor.
You can even have 2 controllers (on the Chop) and plug one into the actual controller port and the other into the monitor port and use it as just a monitor. Thus having the flexibility that if either one dies, you can ensure the working one is plugged into the controller port and replace the other one with the standard Shearwater blinky-light HUD, so you can keep diving. Very handy (in my opinion) for traveling to remote dive destinations.
Now that I know that is possible, I would want any CCR I own to have that same capability. The rEvo cannot and I'll knock it for that - though I can have a Petrel controller and a NERD monitor. They just are not interchangeable, like they are on the Choptima.
Is the HUD option only hardwired?
The 4-pin NERD is also analog. But, what I cannot tell is whether the FX CCR's monitor port is a 4-pin analog connection, or if it's a 5-pin DiveCAN connection. Or maybe you have the option to order it either way...?
If it's a 4-pin, then it's definitely "out" for doing like you can with the Chop and run 2 controllers, with one just acting as a monitor.
Oh, and I meant to post this link earlier:
ccr.sub-gravity.com
If it's a 4-pin, then it's definitely "out" for doing like you can with the Chop and run 2 controllers, with one just acting as a monitor.
Oh, and I meant to post this link earlier:
FX-CCR - SubGravity
ccr.sub-gravity.com
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