Customer ratings

To add VP D1-30 engine data to my AXIOM 7 MFD

Im not an electricalelectronic person at all so I was a bit trepidations about buying this but I was wrong. The instructions are simple and had it installed and working in about 30 minutes.

Super

Installation is easy. Worked straight away.

Used in combination with a Volvo D3 and EVC. Simple "plug and play" connection to the EVC Multilink hub. The engine data are then available in the N2K bus for display on a plotter.

Good part works well unfortunately poorly described.
Nevertheless for retrofitting for Volvo Penta top.

I have not yet connected the device but in any case, during this period of COVID 19, 3 days for delivery from Germany to France I say "Chapeau bas" !!! Super well packed short 2nd order and quality service.

Works well with the Volvo D2-75F EVC

Installation was a breeze (plug and play on a Bavaria 33 with two Volvo Penta D3 190 hp engines). Many engine data are displayed. Water temperature, depth, and speed are not, however; you need an additional adapter for that.

The device works well. As all things boat related it is expensive, as if manufacurers believe that all sailors are billionaires.
However the installation of the monitor on a Volvo D2-75 went very well and programming the device is straight forward.
We do not have any information on reliability yet as the installation was done a couple of weeks ago. But we will see.

The interface was ordered in December 2022 and the delivery was (allegedly)6!!! Months later. At this time we were already on our ship in Greece. The part ends up in dubious ways at the shipping service provider UPS commissioned by SVB on May 30, 2023. This informs me by e-mail that it should be delivered on June 7th, 2023. On 8.6. I ask UPS whether it has already been delivered or whether the package has been deposited somewhere. I was then informed that the package had been delivered to me personally!?! Up to now, UPS has not been able to find out whether the package was handed over to the neighbors or whether it was parked somewhere in front of our house. Up to now, UPS has not provided proof of delivery with a signature, although I requested this by email. Rather, I am repeatedly referred to their homepage by UPS, where some forms have to be filled out, and things are obviously being dragged out.
I'm not used to this service from SVB.
Robert Maurer

Installation very easy, the configuration honor not. I'm still tinkering.

Didn't work when plugged in so I tried to expand my nmea 200 network to try to get it working, in the end it turned out that the yellow and brown cable in the deutch connector were not contacted.
I took the connector apart and soldered the two cables in the connector after that it worked as it should. Unfortunately, troubleshooting, extra nmea cabling and trips back and forth to the boat cost more than the gateway itself.

This product was recommended to us by an SVB employee at the 2019 BOOT, stating our VOLVO Penta engine and model number. Now when installing, we had to find out that it depends on the respective control unit on the engine and is not applicable to our 2006 engine model. We would have expected competent information on this, because this article is not suitable for the engine mentioned.