FURUNO
GP-170
SP - 1
E4482S01C
SPECIFICATIONS OF GPS NAVIGATOR
GP-170
1 GPS
RECEIVER
1.1 Receiving frequency
1575.42 MHz
1.2 Tracking code
C/A code
1.3 Number of channel
GPS: 12 channels parallel, 12 satellites
1.4 Accuracy (dependent on ionospheric activity and multipath)
GPS
10 m approx. (2drms, HDOP<4)
DGPS
5 m approx. (2drms, HDOP<4)
WAAS
3 m approx. (2drms, HDOP<4)
MSAS
7 m approx. (2drms, HDOP<4)
1.5 Ship
’
s speed accuracy 0.2 kn (10kn or less), 2 % of ship
’
s speed (more than 10kn),
excluding influence of roll and pitch
1.6 Course accuracy
±3° (within 1 to 17kn), ±1° (more than 17kn)
1.7 Position fixing time
Cold start: 90 s typical
1.8 Tracking
velocity
1000
kn
1.9 Position update Interval* 1 s (standard), 0.1 s (minimum)
*: Set the position update interval 0.1 s or 0.2 s for high-speed craft. Set the positioning cycle
5 or 10 Hz according to the position update interval; 5/10 Hz for 0.2s interval, 10 Hz for 0.1s
interval.
2 DISPLAY
SECTION
2.1 Display type
Color LCD 116.16 x 87.12 mm, 640 x 480 dot matrix
2.2 Brilliance
700
cd/m
2
typical
2.3 Visible distance
0.625 m nominal
2.4 Display modes
Plotter, Highway, Course, Data, Integrity
2.5 Projection
Mercator
2.6 Track plotter display
Scale
0.125 to 1024 NM, 14 steps
Latitude limits
Between 88° N and 88° S
Plot interval
By time 0 to 60m00s or by distance 0 to 99.99 NM, sm/km or halt
2.7 Memory
capacity
Track and marks
Track: 1,000 points, Mark: 2,000 points
Waypoints
1,000 points with 20 characters comment each
Route
100 routes (containing 1,000 waypoints each)
No. 001 to 099: for registering routes
No. 100: for reading from USB flush memory/ synchronizing with
ECDIS
2.8 Notice
Arrival and anchor watch, Cross track error, Speed, Trip
2.9 Alerts
Differential positioning interruption, HDOP overshoot, Own ship
positioning fail, Own ship position lost, Beacon signal lost,
Beacon malfunction, Antenna short-circuit
2.10 Satellite information
Satellite number, Bearing, Elevation, Signal level, DOP, Status
