sailor11767
Member
I'm fairly new (July 1) to Furuno. Our boat has a pair of MFD8 units installed, and I'm learning a lot. Quite impressed! A few questions.
* They draw a fair amount of power. I can't find any way to have only one unit turned on. I've tried the Master and the Slave, no luck. Am I missing something?
* The free chart downloads (USA) is a game changer. I think Furuno is the ONLY vendor who doesn't see keeping charts current as an overpriced revenue stream. Good on you!
* My downloaded charts give VERY fuzzy satellite views. Not the high res I expect. By "fuzzy" I mean just green shading. I must be doing something wrong. I'm doing a fresh d/l but not very confident
* Is there a listing somewhere of the mouse operations? I have a cordless mouse on order. but with a corded mouse I am still using the mouse and buttons in concert.
* AIS is a challenge. On my old boat, GPS by "G", the AIS was "all or nothing," a useless combination. You allow filter by speed, a huge improvement (I don't need to see 100 anchored/moored pleasure boats!). I would love to filter by class. I was out on the Chesapeake this weekend, near Annapolis. There was a freighter I wanted to know about. There were a dozen or more class "B" boats in the same direction. It was not easy to find the right target. I do NOT CARE about Class "B" targets. It would be a huge safety improvement if I could turn off Class "B." Laptop-based chart programs allow that. Is it possible on the MFD8? My AIS is the source of my incoming signal so right now I am transmitting like everyone else -- as soon as I figure out how to turn off transmission, I'll do my small part to help the rest of the world. Class B targets can be safely avoided from inside 100 yards -- it's the big boys that require attention.
* Is there a fairly easy way to set an anchor location? Setting it while monitoring the water depth and communicating with the foredeck is not intuitive.
Thanks for any help. I hope I haven't inundated you!
Harry
* They draw a fair amount of power. I can't find any way to have only one unit turned on. I've tried the Master and the Slave, no luck. Am I missing something?
* The free chart downloads (USA) is a game changer. I think Furuno is the ONLY vendor who doesn't see keeping charts current as an overpriced revenue stream. Good on you!
* My downloaded charts give VERY fuzzy satellite views. Not the high res I expect. By "fuzzy" I mean just green shading. I must be doing something wrong. I'm doing a fresh d/l but not very confident
* Is there a listing somewhere of the mouse operations? I have a cordless mouse on order. but with a corded mouse I am still using the mouse and buttons in concert.
* AIS is a challenge. On my old boat, GPS by "G", the AIS was "all or nothing," a useless combination. You allow filter by speed, a huge improvement (I don't need to see 100 anchored/moored pleasure boats!). I would love to filter by class. I was out on the Chesapeake this weekend, near Annapolis. There was a freighter I wanted to know about. There were a dozen or more class "B" boats in the same direction. It was not easy to find the right target. I do NOT CARE about Class "B" targets. It would be a huge safety improvement if I could turn off Class "B." Laptop-based chart programs allow that. Is it possible on the MFD8? My AIS is the source of my incoming signal so right now I am transmitting like everyone else -- as soon as I figure out how to turn off transmission, I'll do my small part to help the rest of the world. Class B targets can be safely avoided from inside 100 yards -- it's the big boys that require attention.
* Is there a fairly easy way to set an anchor location? Setting it while monitoring the water depth and communicating with the foredeck is not intuitive.
Thanks for any help. I hope I haven't inundated you!
Harry