Raymarine Axiom 2 9 Display-Only Multifunction Display E70722

The Raymarine Axiom 2 9 display-only model, part number E70722, is built for one job and it does that job well. It's a second screen. If you already run an Axiom 2 chartplotter at your main helm, this 9-inch display gives you another full-size window into the same navigation picture at a flybridge, a cockpit station, or a nav desk down below. Because it's a display-only unit, it doesn't carry its own GPS receiver or sonar engine. Instead, it pulls charts, radar, sonar, camera feeds, and engine data straight off your Axiom network, so you're not paying twice for hardware you already own.

The screen is where this unit earns its keep. It's a 9-inch IPS touchscreen running at HD 1280 x 720 resolution, and it's genuinely bright, so you can read it in direct midday sun with polarized glasses on. Raymarine's HydroTough coating helps the glass shed spray and resist fingerprints and oil, which matters when you're running the boat with wet, salty hands. Touch response stays quick thanks to the same fast 6-core processor found across the Axiom 2 line, and there's 64 GB of internal storage on board for smooth chart handling and app data.

Networking is the whole point of a display-only MFD, and this one connects the way the rest of the Axiom 2 family does. Gigabit RayNet Ethernet ties it into your primary display and any networked sonar modules, radar, or thermal cameras, so a big DownVision or RealVision 3D image redraws cleanly on the second screen. NMEA 2000 support lets it show engine RPM, fuel, tank levels, and other instrument data. Built-in Wi-Fi opens the door to software updates and app integration. In practice, you set your system up once at the primary Axiom 2, and this display mirrors and extends that experience wherever you mount it.

Think about how you actually run your boat. A center console captain wants eyes on sonar at the helm and a second chart view up on the tower. A cruiser wants the skipper working the upper station while a mate keeps watch on radar and AIS from the salon. A sportfisher wants the same RealVision 3D bottom picture visible from two stations at once so nobody misses a mark. That's exactly what a networked repeater delivers. You get a consistent LightHouse interface across every screen, so anyone aboard sees the same layout and can take control from either position.

Physically, it's a clean install. The unit measures roughly 265 mm wide, 188 mm tall, and 178 mm deep including cables, and it supports both trunnion bracket mounting and flush mounting so it drops into a helm pod or a dash cutout without drama. It runs on standard 12-volt DC power with an operating range of 8 to 16 volts, so it's happy on the same electrical system as the rest of your electronics. The rugged, sealed housing carries an IPX6 water rating, built to shrug off heavy spray and washdowns on an open helm.

What you don't get with a display-only unit is just as important to understand up front. There's no internal GPS antenna and no sonar transducer input on this model, because it's designed to lean on a fully equipped Axiom 2 that already has those. If you want a standalone display that fixes its own position and drives its own transducer, you'd choose one of the Axiom 2 or Axiom 2 RV chartplotter models instead. But if your goal is to add a big, bright, second screen to a system you've already built, the E70722 is the smart, cost-effective way to do it. You're buying screen real estate and networking, not a redundant sensor stack.

Setup is straightforward for anyone comfortable running Ethernet on a boat. You link the display to your existing RayNet backbone, add NMEA 2000 for instrument and engine data, and the LightHouse operating system handles the rest. From there you'll pan the same charts, watch the same radar, and read the same engine gauges you see at the main helm. It's a proven way to give a bigger boat a true multi-station layout without doubling your electronics budget, and it keeps everyone aboard looking at one shared, trustworthy picture of what's around and under the boat.