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Chris.au

Until recently I had 2x eS98 MFDs in my system. The touch screen on the cockpit installed MFD failed so this unit was swapped over to an Axiom Pro 9. This meant upgrading the entire system to Lighthouse 3, something I had hoped to avoid until the software was more mature. I was very familiar with the Lighthouse 2 software operating on the eS98 MFD and happy with its performance. Apart from the many functional deficiencies in Lighthouse 3, I find font size and line width on the Axiom Pro 9 to be much too fine to be easily read. Lighthouse 3 on the eS98 is more easily readable than on the Axiom Pro 9, but is still reduced compared to Lighthouse 2. It makes me wonder if the developers were using Axiom Pro 12 as there test unit. Maybe the font size and line widths look ok on a 12" display, but they are definitely not ok on the 9" display. Remember that a marine chart-plotter screen is meant to be easily readable under harsh conditions at sea. I was really shocked when I first powered up the new Axiom Pro 9 to see such microscopic font size and tiny AIS vessel symbols. I felt sure that there would be an option to change the font size, but alas, no. I trust that this deficiency will be addressed soon in a software update.