Furuno's New FR8xx5 Radar Series Offers
Powerful Features For All Types Of Vessels

Series includes 6kW, 12kW and 25kW models

Camas, WA, October 30, 2014 - Furuno recently won their 39th consecutive NMEA “Best Radar” award and now they are introducing their newest “contender”, the FR8xx5 Radar series. The FR8065/8125/8255 series is a cost-effective, high performance X-band Radar series, for discriminating captains who simply want a stand-alone Radar.

Offering a variety of power levels and range scales, the new series includes Furuno’s 6 kW model FR8065 (72 n.m. max. range), 12 kW model FR8125 (72 n.m. max. range) and 25 kW model FR8255 (96 n.m. max. range).

Ideal for fishing boats, workboats and pleasure craft, these advanced units incorporate Furuno’s UHD (Ultra High Definition) signal processing technology, bringing a new level of performance to stand-alone marine Radar. The UHD technology makes it easier to identify targets, even when you are in heavy rain or poor visibility. It can discern between rain and surface reflections, giving you the ability to find and track the movement of rain clouds, while removing unnecessary echoes. The FR8xx5 series also utilizes “True Motion Trails” and AIS Target-Tracking, enabling you to effectively track the movement of other vessels.

The FR8xx5 series features an easy-to-use keyboard with large buttons and knobs, giving you one-touch auto-adjust settings for Gain, Sea and Rain Clutter. Its high-resolution 12.1-inch Color LCD portrait display helps operators observe the area ahead of the vessel in either full-screen or off-center mode. The unique “True View Mode” allows the Radar echoes to move smoothly on the display when connected to an appropriate heading sensor. During the Radar sweep, the echoes move according to the heading of your ship. Since the echoes move in real-time, the discrepancy between an observed target and what is displayed on the screen is greatly reduced, providing navigators with an amazingly realistic presentation of their surroundings.

Each of the FR8065/8125/8255 Radars is available with a 4- or 6-foot, open array antenna. Also, by adding the optional ARP11 Auto Plotter, you can upgrade Furuno’s FR8xx5 Radars to provide automatic plotting of up to 10 targets and warnings against threatening targets violating preset CPA/TCPA limits. Match that with an optional AIS receiver and you can see important navigation information, such as AIS and ARPA targets displayed together on the screen with symbols and data cells at the bottom of the screen.

While Multi-Function Displays may take center stage on many vessels, there are still many situations where captains prefer to have a dedicated Radar display. When that occasion arises, what better brand to go with, than the one that as won the Best Radar award for 39 consecutive years, Furuno.

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