#80204 - 05/04/09 01:51 PM
Furuno FCV 620
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Booner
Registered: 11/30/07
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Loc: Anchorage
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We took the "new" boat out for the first ride this weekend. The Furuno 620 fish finder was amazing. Money well spent!
My old Garmin 160 Blue would lose track of the bottom at around 200-feet, when running at 30 MPH, which I thought was pretty good. The Furuno unit, with the standard P66 transducer, held fast and gave readings to nearly 800 feet while running at 30+ MPH. I was more than impressed; I was shocked!
I look forward to hitting all of my favorite fishing spots with my new "eyes" to see what I've been missing all these years.
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#80210 - 05/04/09 04:05 PM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: Dan In Alaska]
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Booner
Registered: 11/17/07
Posts: 2554
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Looks like you got the transducer mounted perfectly, to get a reading in 800ft at 30 mph. Think of how handy that will be finding rockpiles in deep water that aren't on the chart.
Now go mark some fish with it! Rockfish are green, coho's are green/yellow/dab of red, and kings are red...
Got the bottom lock?
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#80213 - 05/04/09 05:06 PM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: Calvin]
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Registered: 11/30/07
Posts: 2282
Loc: Anchorage
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No shit? Different species of fish show up in different colors? How cool is that?
Something to do with the strength of the echo?
Yep, it's got the bottom lock.
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#80216 - 05/04/09 05:29 PM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: Dan In Alaska]
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Booner
Registered: 11/17/07
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Loc: Anchorage
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It was pretty damn impressive, even to an idiot like me.
I was kind of surprised that all the shit you wired up actually worked the first time out.
We're threatening to make a trip this weekend...
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#80262 - 05/05/09 05:44 PM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: cwh]
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Registered: 11/17/07
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Dan,
Gain setting and water depth are factors in what shows up to be what color.. A moderate gain setting will give the colors I stated above. Crank the gain too high, and everything is red..
Go kill some fish.
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#129688 - 06/21/11 03:04 AM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: Calvin]
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Registered: 11/17/07
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Did you guys end up staying happy with the FCV-620?
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#129707 - 06/21/11 09:20 AM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: Uncle Dave]
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Masher
Registered: 11/17/07
Posts: 1984
Loc: Paradise, Alaska
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Should be a FCV-585 bolted on to the back by the time you get home....
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#129719 - 06/21/11 10:07 AM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: Brother Bill]
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That'll be nice having one of those on the back deck...
I'm still really happy with that raymarine. It shows me stuff..(grin)
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#129721 - 06/21/11 10:11 AM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: Calvin]
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Registered: 11/17/07
Posts: 1984
Loc: Paradise, Alaska
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We've been having some issues as of late with our Raymarine, ordered a new DSM300G for it this Spring, and Dave and I installed a 1000 watt xducer this spring. Think I'm done with Raymarine, at least for FF capabilities. Still getting some errors on the DSM, though at least it doesn't freeze up anymore.
Time to go back to Furuno with manual settings and the good old rotary dial for gain.
Luckily, the new Airmar Xducer will fit on either unit...
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#129723 - 06/21/11 10:17 AM
Re: Furuno FCV 620
[Re: Brother Bill]
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Registered: 11/17/07
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That sucks. What is the DSM?
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