Simrad NSX 3012 Bundle with HALO20+ Radar and Active Imaging 3-in-1

This bundle is what most mid-sized cruising and sport-fishing boats actually want as a turn-key Simrad upgrade. The 12-inch NSX 3012 chartplotter handles the helm, the HALO20+ pulse-compression dome handles the radar picture, and the Active Imaging 3-in-1 transducer handles down-scan, side-scan, and CHIRP traditional sonar from a single transom-mount housing. Buying the three pieces individually means a stack of separate SKUs and a real risk of leaving something out. The bundle ships everything you need in one box, with the components engineered to work together out of the gate.

The NSX 3012 is the modern Simrad chartplotter, built around the SolarMAX HD IPS touchscreen that reads in direct sun and through polarized sunglasses. The interface is touchscreen-driven with drag-and-drop screen customization, day/night modes, and the Setup Wizard that walks you through initial install without hunting through menus. C-MAP DISCOVER X and REVEAL X charts ship pre-loaded with daily updates available through the Simrad companion app. Autorouting takes your destination and your boat's draft and computes a safe route that avoids hazards, no-go zones, and shallows. For most cruisers that's the navigation workflow they actually want. You don't need a separate route planner on a laptop. The chartplotter handles it.

The HALO20+ radar dome is the headline upgrade in this bundle for safety-conscious operators. Pulse compression is the modern radar technology that lets the dome detect at long range (up to 36 nautical miles in this configuration, displayed as 48 nm on the chartplotter) and at very short range (down to 20 feet) without the magnetron tradeoffs older radars carry. VelocityTrack Doppler colors approaching targets red and receding targets green on the chartplotter screen, which on a busy harbor entry at night or in fog is the difference between scanning every blip for closing course and instantly picking out the targets that matter. The 60 RPM ultra-fast rotation at ranges up to 1.5 nautical miles gives you a near-real-time picture of close-in traffic that traditional 24 RPM dom­es can't match. Beam sharpening digitally enhances small-target detection so kayaks, crab pots, and channel markers show up cleanly against background clutter.

The Active Imaging 3-in-1 transducer is the transom-mount all-in-one that handles the fishfinder side of the install. CHIRP traditional sonar covers fish-arch detection and bottom finding. SideScan casts the picture out 100 to 200 feet on either side of the boat for finding isolated structure and bait schools. DownScan shows the photo-like vertical view directly below the boat. FishReveal overlays fish targets from CHIRP onto the SideScan and DownScan images, which makes individual fish stand out against bottom structure without manual interpretation. For deeper offshore work the NSX 3012 also accepts 1 kW external transducers through the network if you outgrow the included Active Imaging.

Connectivity is where the Simrad ecosystem pays off. The chartplotter supports full Simrad autopilot integration for setting and adjusting course from the helm screen. NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 cover instruments, VHF radios, AIS receivers, engine data, and any third-party gear that speaks the standard protocols. The Simrad companion app gives you waypoint sync, route planning, software updates, and chart data transfer over Wi-Fi. For most cruising and sport-fishing operators the integrated three-piece bundle plus the autopilot is the complete navigation suite. If you decide to add ForwardScan forward-looking sonar, an open-array radar upgrade, or live-sonar transducers later, the network accepts all of those as expansion options. The bundle ships with mounting hardware for the chartplotter and the radar dome, the transducer with cable, the radar cable for the dome-to-helm run, and the documentation. Plan on installer-level work for the radar mast install and the transom transducer drilling. We can recommend an installer in your area if you need one.