furuno 522 video depth sounder

[bass4brains]

Does any one know any thing about the furuno 522 depth sounder ,it's supposed to have color screen but doesn't say wether it's crt or Lcd , don't know any thing about this brand , is it just a depth sounder or does it pick up fish too? Any opinions good ,bad or just too old, ugly? Any help would be appreciated thanks.

 

[dingbat]

Re: furuno 522 video depth sounder

The model number is a FCV522. Its a dual frequency unit (50/200 hz) with an 8" CRT display and 150W RMS of power.

Furuno is arguably the best fish finder in the business. You’ll find more commercial boats running Furuno and all the others combined.

In it's time it was a good fish finder but it’s large and with only 150W of power your sensitivity would be limited. In comparison, the new low power Furuno units are 300W and most units utilize from 600W to 1KW.

I’m running a FCV582L and the performance of this unit is second to none except for the new FCV585 Digital unit.

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: furuno 522 video depth sounder

I'll also add that they are almost impossible to see in daylight. That will be typical for any CRT screen.