Jonny, your support on this forum and the Furuno support techs that answer the phone are amazing. We appreciate and learn so much from this site, so thank you. Again, that is one of the big sellers of the brand for me. Yes, the radar, AP and Sat Compass are IMHO the best in the business.
However, it is known by many and perceived by many more that if a fisherman is looking for good bathy charts from a MFD, the TZT3 is not your MFD. The charts exist for all other manufacturers, Furuno just does not allow us to have them, and there in lies the rub to us Furuno fans. Just allow us to load 3rd party charts again, please.
For example, two rather famous fishing grounds in the northeast, Stellwagen and Jefferies have little options for bathy charts on the TZT3- crazy if you ask me. Yes, all other MFDs , iOS and android have multiple options.
Sure, I could have added the Noble tech for charts, + radar + sounder, + hardware for 2K, but why, we purchased the Furuno MFD.
I guess we could add DFF3D plus ducer for 4K to make my own charts, but again why and who has the time to make my own charts.
I added a 2nd TZT3 last year, yet sounds like hardware is woefully underpowered for future development. The XL is released with better charts, much faster with AI routing, kinda leaves us with buyer remorse.