Product overview

The RVM-400-Series transducers are RealVision Max 3D stainless steel thru-hull transducers.
RealVision Max 3D transducer

In conjunction with a RealVision Max 3D-variant MFD / chartplotter running LightHouse 4 software, or a LightHouse 4-compatible MFD / chartplotter and RVM1600 sonar module, the RVM-400-Series transducers produce realistic 3D representations of the objects below your vessel, to help you identify underwater structures and locate fish.

RealVision Max 3D transducers benefit from improved ping rates and tighter beamwidths, resulting in sharper sonar images, detailed wrecks, and distinct fish targets. RealVision Max 3D transducers also provide higher contrast color palettes for accentuating targets, allowing fish targets to stand out from the water column noise.

Sonar channels

  • RealVision Max 3D transducers offer the following sonar channels:

    • RealVision® Max 3D

    • SideVision®

    • DownVision®

    • Conical High CHIRP / Low CHIRP 600 W / 200 kHz

  • RealVision Max 3D transducers include a built-in AHRS (Attitude and Heading Reference System) sensor, which helps stabilize 3D imaging automatically, by compensating for vessel motion.

Stainless steel transducers are suitable for installation on vessels with fiberglass, metal, or wooden hulls.

Important

  • When installing the transducer on a vessel that has a metal hull, you must use ALL of the supplied isolator parts to ensure that the transducer metalwork is fully isolated from the metal hull.

  • Do NOT install stainless steel transducers on vessels with a positive ground system.

The RVM-400-Series includes 5 transducer variants, each having the same external shape and dimensions, but differing in their suitability for vessels, depending on the deadrise angle installation requirement.

Transducer variants

The transducers differ internally, and contain different numbers and types of transmit and receive elements. Your installation should comprise either a single RVM-400 transducer, or a split-pair of RVM-412 or RVM-420 transducers.

DeadriseThe hull geometry of your vessel determines the most appropriate transducers to use. You should fit transducers whose elements are angled to match within ±6° of your hull’s deadrise angle, as detailed below:

Variant

Document history

Deadrise angle

Split pair
All-in-one

  • RVM-400 (A80704)

0° (suitable for a deadrise angle of 0° to 6°)

N/A
Split-pair

  • RVM-412P (Port) (A80705)

  • RVM-412S (Starboard) (A80706)

12° (suitable for a deadrise angle of 6° to 18°)

T70543
Split-pair

  • RVM-420P (Port) (A80707)

  • RVM-420S (Starboard) (A80708)

20° (suitable for a deadrise angle of 14° to 26°)

T70544