what colour sounder to buy????

[kingfisher25]

i am looking at buying a sounder for the boat.
tossing up between
Furuno FCV-600L dual freq
Raymarine DS600X dual freq
or
Lowarance X105CDf

any feed back on any of these sounders would be great
mostly fishing nth moreton bay, the cape deep tempest
etc

boat is a haines traveller TC1700

thanks dale

[basserman]

JRC ff50 is also a top unti but does cost a fair bit too! ;D

[magicpudding]

If you can stretch the budget to the JRC-FF50, its well worth it. It gets really good soundings and gives you the option of going deeper in the future.

CJ

[Spaniard_King]

One of the guys I fish with has the Furuno fCV 600L
Nice bit of gear [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

The furuno has a lot of power, you are going to need this fishing deep tempest. I believe power is everything when you are fishing deep water

Garry

[michael_k]

dale
like everybody else says jrc ff 50. i,ve had mine for 18mths and i have not got any complaints.
mick

[bungie]

"what colour sounder to buy????" one with lots of colours, and not just one, would be the best.

;D ;D

[liltuffy]

Kingfisher25, I've got the Furuno and it's a cracker, does everything really well from 2m to 100m+. I've also got a mate who has the FF50 and he swears by it. I think whatever you choose you get what you pay for and if you pick a good quality unit you won't be disapointed.

[seabug]

Have any posters used this shop?


Electronics



PLOT-500F CHARTPLOTTER + GPS112 Antenna



PLOT-500F CHARTPLOTTER + GPS112 Antenna
Manufacturer: JRC ELECTRONICS

Part #: JRCPLOT500F

Our Price: $ 1275.00

Retail Price: $ 2799.00

Shipping Weight: 3.10lbs



Quantity:


On Sale!


Dual chart Plotter with powerful Fish Finder
High performance color chart plotter plus 600 watt blue water fish finder.
Daylight-viewaable 6.5 inch LCD (TFT) display
C-Map NT plot with Ports and Tides information
View full screen, or spit horizontally or vertivcally
1,000 waypoints, 40 routes, 10,000 tracks/marks

Plotter Function
- Mercator projection to 85 degrees latitude
- 1,000 to 1/100,000 scale
- Memory capacity: 10,000 points total with selectable Mark types
- Destination marks: 1000 points
- Route plan: 40 routes
- Screen width scaling
- Chart data selectable C-MAP NT micro C-card.
- Tide graph and Port service guide by C-MAP NT micro C-card.
- NMEA 0183 compatible for Nav-Data: Vessel Position; Target Range;
- Bearing; Lat/Lon; Speed & Course; Relative, Magnetic & True Readout of Bearing Lines and Waypoint
- Input sentencesÊGGA, RMC, GLL, VTG, MTW, HDT, HDG, HDM, VWR, VWT, MVW.
- Output sentencesÊGPGGA, INRMB, GPRMC, GPGLL, GPVTG, INAPB, IIAPB, INBWC, INBOD, INXTE, INDPT, INDBT, INMTW.
- Memory Backup using C-MAP NT 1MB USER card.
- Memory Backup and Edit Waypoint & Route using Personal computer.
- 12-24VDC operation, <25W >

Fish Finder Function
- Dual A-Scope Mode
- Bottom Lock Mode
- Bottom Discrimination Mode
- Auto Gain, Auto Ranging, Auto Shift
- Audible alarm functions
- Speed/Temp and Distance Traveled Log
- Interference rejection and noise suppression
- Zoom split-screen mode, view both frequencies at once
- Range 0-5000 FT in 1 foot step (fathoms, meters or any other units).
- Numeric graduated scale indicates the depth.
- Dual-frequency (200/50 kHz)
- Power output 600W (RMS)
- Possible to connect 1.2kW (RMS) transducer that gives more than 1kw performance.

Now includes JRC GPS112 Antenna: Multiple 12-channel 12-simultaneous satellite parallel receiver, conversion to NMEA 0183. V1.5 and v2.0 data output (selectable), internal DGPS function (w/ beacon receiver), includes 15m power cable.




Part #JRCCFT2501HFA TRANSDUCER Thru Hull, BRONZE for JRC FF50, PLOT500F
Part #JRCCFT2501TF TRANSDUCER for JRC FF50, PLOT500F, Transom Mount



E-Mail sales@shipstore.com with any questions.

[kingfisher25]

I HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE JRC-FF50

HOW MUCH FOR THIS UNIT AND WHERE COULD I GET IT FROM

THANKS FOR THE QUICK REPLYS

DALE

[dfox]

Dale- The JRC is a top unit mate and most people buy them through TMQ electronics, but from what you have indicated your currently looking at units that are a little more affordable. For a couple of grand you'll be looking at an ff50 or the furuno 582 (which i use) couple that with a high quality transducer and youve got all you'll ever need. But at a more reasonable price the fcv 600L is great value.
Many units make wild claims about power and output, but in the real world they dont perform anything like there specs, all the above units do however.
The ff50 and 582 or 581 can have diplexers and 1kw tranducer output but this is a little overkill for rec fishing. As previously said you get what you pay for...foxy

[GBC]

ff50.
Works to any depth u can drop a line to...
Tru story:
Doing approx 18-20 kts out from the shoals to the shelf at Sandy Cape and picked up individual Pearlies in 110m of water.
Dropped down, bagged out on some huge ones, thought we had the toyota classic wrapped up, only to find out they don't weigh them in the comp!!!
(Pearlies are particularly hard to find as they show up a different colour on the above sounder)

[Mortalkombat]

furuno 582l this is at 263odd FATHOMS

[Mortalkombat]

AN AWSOME UNIT HAS COME DOWN HEAPS IN PRICE TO

[opimax]

jrc ff50

[opimax]

give jim a call 0732453633 he`l look after you

[Reefmaster]

Can't go wrong with JRC FF50
I have heard this model jrc are no longer made. could be wrong
Cheers Greg

[opimax]

back in production so i am told