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CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE
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Connections
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DC POWER CONNECTOR
Connects the supplied DC power cable from this connector
to an external 12 V battery.
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EXTERNAL SPEAKER LEAD (Yellow)
Connects to an external speaker or hailer speaker.
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PUBLIC ADDRESS LEAD (Blue)
Connects to an external speaker or hailer speaker.
• PA output power: 4.5 W (typical) at 10% distortion
with a 4
Ω
load
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NMEA IN LEAD (Red)
Connects to a GPS receiver for position indication.
• A NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01 (sentence formatters RMC, GGA,
GNS, GLL) compatible GPS receiver is required. Ask your dealer
about suitable GPS receivers.
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NMEA OUT LEAD (White)
Connects to a PC or navigation equipment (NMEA0183
ver. 3.01 sentence formatters DSC, DSE compatible) for
plotting position data received from other ships.
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ANTENNA CONNECTOR
Connects a marine VHF antenna with a PL-259 connector
to the transceiver.
CAUTION:
Transmitting without an antenna may dam-
age the transceiver.
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EXTERNAL MICROPHONE JACK
Connects to optional HM-157
COMMANDMIC II
™.
CAUTION:
After connecting the DC power cable, NMEA
IN/OUT leads, external speaker lead and public address
lead, cover the connector and leads with an adhesive tape
as shown below, to prevent water seeping into the trans-
ceiver.
Rubber vulcanizing
tape
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