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GPS/WAAS PLOTTER

GP-25 and GP-27

New Product Information

Contents

1. What is the GP-25/27 2

2. Specifications 3

3. Chart 4

4. Comparison among FURUNO plotter 5

5. Built in internal GPS 6

6. Touch screen 7

7. Operation 8

Attention: Asian Furuno Distributors/subsidiaries Date: December 03, 2013

SB No: FSB13-0013 Number of Pages: 11

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1. What is the GP-25/27?

The GP-25 and GP-27 are small color touch screen chart plotters designed for Asian

market to meet local demands, such as local language, reasonable price, detailed chart,

etc. Touch screen operation is a trend in our life and gives you an intuitive operation.

The main target is customers who use our GP-32. As you know, the GP-32 has had a

remarkable success in Asian market for a long time, but, today, a chart on a plotter must

be essential since it will give additional information such as depth contour, chart object

like light house, etc. This information will help vessel operation.

Following shows you sizes of GP-25 and GP-27. As you can see, the sizes are very

small and thin, which make it easy to take it home from the vessel.

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2. Specifications

Specifications

General GP-25 GP-27

LCD size 5” Wide 7” Wide

Resolution 800 x 480 (WVGA)

Brilliance 500 cd

Touch Screen

Capability

Available (Single touch operation)

Language Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, English, Thai, Vietnamese,

Japanese

Chart C-MAP MAX (Standard supply)

GPS Antenna Built in

Waterproofing IP56

Environment -15℃ to +55℃

Power 12-24 VDC

Waypoints 30,000

Ship's track 30,000

Routes 200

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3. Chart

Available chart areas are as follows;

Ref. No. Chart Code Coverage

MW12 M-AS-M001 GULF OF THAILAND TO YELLOW SEA

MW15 M-IN-M001 SINGAPORE TO SOUTH CHINA SEA

MW16 M-IN-M002 INDIAN OCEAN

MW24 M-AU-M002 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

For more details, please visit following Jeppesen’s website;

http://ww1.jeppesen.com/marine/lightmarine/gb/max/coverage.jsp?region=IAO

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4. Comparison among FURUNO plotters

As you can see table below, memory capacity of waypoints and track of GP-25/27 is

same as the GP-1670 series, which is higher-grade model. When it is compared with

the GP-32, the GP-25/27 has 30 times greater capacity of waypoints and tracks.

GP-32 GP-25 GP-27 GP-1670 GP-1870

LCD 4.5" 5" 7" 5.7” 7“

120 x 64 800 x 480 800 x 480 640 x 480 800 x 480

Touch

Screen

Touch

Screen

Waypoints 999 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000

Tracks 1,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000

Routes 50 200 200 1,000 1,000

Color Mono Color Color Color Color

Chart

N/A

C-MAP MAX C-MAP MAX C-MAP 4D C-MAP 4D

Standard Standard Local

supply

Local

supply

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Picture 1; Pegasus

Front of upper deck Upper deck console

Salon

5. Built in Internal GPS Built-in GPS/WAAS antenna gives easy and flexible installation. The GP-25/27 has a built-in internal GPS antenna at upper side of them. It is recommended to install the GP-25/27 near window with internal GPS antenna in a direction toward outside of the window for ease of receiving GPS signal We have tested the internal GPS antenna in our test boat, Pegasus and a fishing vessel in Vietnam. Picture 1 shows Pegasus. In Pegasus, the GP-25/27 was installed on front of upper deck, console and salon to confirm if internal GPS worked properly though it took 5 minutes to detect satellites. Picture 2 was taken on a wooden fishing vessel with iron roof in Vietnam. It took about 7-8 minutes to detect GPS signal, but finally the GP-25 or GP-27 could work without using external GPS antenna GPA-017. As you can see from the picture 2, the internal GPS antenna is pointing in a direction toward outside of the window which helped receiving GPS signal even under the iron roof. When satellite signal is not received due to installation condition, optional GPS antenna unit GPA-017 can be used.

Picture 2: Vietnamese fishing vessel

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6. Touch screen

The GP-25 and GP-27 employs “Pressure sensitive panel” so that they can work with

duty/wet finger. This is totally different from the ones on tablet PC or smart device.

“Pressure sensitive panel” does not react to static electricity but to press down onto the

outer surface, such as a fingertip with/without gloves or Stylus pen, as per the picture

below. For your information, the capacitance touch panels for tablet PC or smart device

react to a static electricity between panel and finger. This panel is adopted on the TZT.

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7. Operation

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