Furuno's new FMD3x00 ECDIS series, utilizes an all-new intuitive and task-based Graphical User Interface, designed by navigators for navigators, the manufacturers say.
The FMD3x00 ECDIS allows for up to five profiles to be customized by individual watchkeepers. This allows each team member to customize their own personal settings, then save and recall their profile as needed. A special playback function allows the bridge team to replay a voyage for training or review purposes.
A handy screen shot feature allows users to save the entire screen image for future reference and exportation for training or diagnostic purposes. Furthermore, a customizable conning display is standard on the FMD3x00 series and may be utilized simply by connecting an additional monitor.
The FMD3200 includes a 19” LCD display, while the FMD3300 has a 23” LCD display. Also available is the FMD3200BB, which is a Black Box version that allows you to connect virtually any size monitor. While the IMO does not currently recognize “BB” configurations for mandated vessel fittings, there are some advanced applications in which the BB makes a lot of sense.
One possibility is as a route-planning station, while another is using the BB as an easy retrofit kit for existing Furuno FEA2107 ECDIS installations, replacing old keyboards and processors, resulting in a “new” ECDIS without modification of vessel consoles or pedestals. The FMD series ECDIS is fully type approved with existing MU201CE and MU231CE monitors.
All of the FMD3x00 ECDIS systems are delivered pre-loaded with official NOAA S57 ENC and IENC Inland Waterways Charts. A broad catalog of charts is also offered, such as Jeppesen/C-MAP Professional with Dynamic Licensing, IHO/S57 download, Admiralty Raster Chart Services (ARCS) and Admiralty Vector Chart Services (AVCS).
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