Customer ratings

Fast and good -- again and again

Quality device

I will respond when I have an answer to my request for a flush-mounting kit which I have been lacking since April 30 and for which I have no price or deadline. I was only able to test it at home.

I had the old MLR networked with the ICom M505 radio and the NASA GPS repeater on board. The GP-39 can fully handle all functions without modification. NMEA 0183 simplifies integration. Also worth mentioning is the additional USB interface for waypoints and routes.
Completely satisfied.

No surprise compared to the GP32. Too bad we can't enter the total log when it's to replace an old GPS.

But why an even smaller display like the previous one? The design has something plastic-like and misses the maritime fact - a shame !! But the inner values seem to be right.

Installation of special equipment are not in the catalog

As a longtime Furunonutzer I am lenient, the device is now very industrial, that is made plasticmässig. But in terms of the price that's ok.

I bought the gp 39 for a GPS fluvial, but it is useless, it is surely good for the maritime but not for the fluvial,

Too bad there is no documentation in French impossibility to set it with the vhf and the repeater.

Over the last 30 years I have consistently equipped my various sailing yachts with FURUNO products, radar, GPS etc. and have always been satisfied.
I recently replaced the old GP 32 with the new GP 39.
Unfortunately, I now have to say that the computer scientists who developed the menu navigation in the new GP 39 obviously had very little expertise in using the device on a sailing yacht, or did not consider it necessary to have competent sailors as users to include development.
Although all functions can be accessed in ways that are sometimes quite difficult to find, some are extremely clumsy and impractical. There was no reason for criticism on the old GP 32.

For example, it is almost impossible to find the appropriate waypoint alphabetically in the waypoint list, because after 2-3 seconds the waypoints rush through at an extremely high speed, so that you have to make numerous new attempts to find the appropriate waypoint alphabetically .
The texts of the device's feedback when checking the coordinates of a waypoint are also completely nonsensical. When checking the coordinates, the device asks Do you really want to change the waypoint?, which is just completely wrong. No relation to the content of the operation.
It is also noticeable that the device has a slightly smaller display compared to the previous GP32 model, although the housing would allow for a larger display. Operating the cursor field, which is far too small, is hardly possible precisely with slightly larger hands, especially not with cold hands in bad weather.

On the button of the Furuno GPS 39 is material error (is un face) in the plastic

The device is very good in its function, but in the operation needs to get used to.