Samyung radar system-gctid401577

[Johnny_Vintage]

My old Furuno 1831 was in the shop but I have been told it is not repairable. They have offered me a Samyung SMR-3700 10" colour radar display and 24" dome for under $3000.00.

Anyone know anything about this unit? It's from Korea but what isn't these days.

And no, that's not a typo, it is Samyung, not Samsung. Maybe it's his brother!!

[Guest]

Never heard of them.

How about something like this:

http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CE4Q8wIwAA

or

http://www.starmarinedepot.com/Garmi...ar+Bundle.html

or

http://www.boatersland.com/gar010-00883-00.html

[Guest]

Also, who told you the Furuno wasn't repairable? Furuno, or the shop offering you the Samyung?

[Johnny_Vintage]

I sent the radar to the Furuno USA repair center. They said the main CPU board was gone and there were not parts. I found a used board on e-bay that the seller said was good and sent that and the radar back to Furuno.

They just called me and said that board too is bad so I got hosed. They told me my radar is not repairable.

[Guest]

Personally I would pass and go with a Garmin or Raymarine. I have a Garmin 5212 and a 4210 {one for each station) with the 18" HD dome and I love it. Radar overlay on the GPS map, HD so I can see small items like carp pot bouys and logs in the water, plus target and AIS tracking and the famous Garmin support. I would hate to have to call Korea for support. The 10" Garmin with the dome is about that same price, if not cheaper. The Samyung doesn't sound like a great deal to me.

[JimMc]

SAMYUNG RADAR. ??? If it was $30 but not $3000.

There too many better ways to use $3000.

[boatworkfl]

Check out ebay, I bought a spare R10XX for $35.00, works great.

$3000.00 is a lot for something you rarely use.