On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:13:33 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

I'm not all that familiar with Furuno systems - any help there would
be appreciated. I'm not sure if they have a complete "system" or not.

I've had an integrated Furuno system on the GB49 for four years -
installed everything myself with no problems. It combines the
functions of radar/GPS/chartplotter/fishfinder/depth sounder into one
10 inch, high visibility, weather proof display. It worked great
right out of the box and has never needed servicing of any kind. I've
called Technical Support a couple of times with questions and always
reached knowledgable people with the right answers. They even sent
me a free cable once for transmitting NMEA data to the lower helm. I
also have a secondary 7 inch display but it does not have a trackball
cursor pointer like the 10 inch model, and I find it more difficult to
use as a result.