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Icom America, Inc. 

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Connecting a GPS to Your Icom M324/M424 radio 

On the back panel of your radio, there is a connector with four colors: brown, white, 

green, and yellow. The yellow and green wires connect to your GPS. 

Connections 

Radio 

GPS 

NMEA in + (yellow)                

 

NMEA / Data out 

NMEA in – (green)

                  →

 

NMEA / Data ground 

 

 

 

 

GPS Example Connections 

You will need to solder the 2 wires to the NMEA wires from your GPS. For more 

specific information, consult the individual instruction manual from the GPS 

manufacturer. 

 

Garmin GPS 

 

 

Summary of Contents for IC-M424

Page 1: ...tener B Data L Yellow In Listener A Data H HM 195 COMMANDMICIV Handset HM 196 Handset non removable For more details about connections please review pages 83 84 in the Instruction Manual 1 Represents the NMEA In Out Leads 2 Represents the AF Out Leads OPC 1540 20ft of cable OPC 1541 20ft of cable OPC 478UC Programming Cable OPC 980 Programming Adapter Cable 2015 Icom America Inc The Icom logo is a...

Page 2: ...r with four colors brown white green and yellow The yellow and green wires connect to your GPS Connections Radio GPS NMEA in yellow NMEA Data out NMEA in green NMEA Data ground GPS Example Connections You will need to solder the 2 wires to the NMEA wires from your GPS For more specific information consult the individual instruction manual from the GPS manufacturer Garmin GPS ...

Page 3: ...aymarine GPS Note When using some Raymarine equipment you may need to connect your Icom radio directly to the Raymarine GPS itself not through a repeated port from other equipment such as a plotter This ensures that the proper NMEA sentence passes to the radio Standard Horizon GPS ...

Page 4: ...ify that the plotter GPS device is sending GPGGA GPGLL GPRMC GPVTG or GPGNS sentences Check Plotter GPS Instructions If you are still not receiving latitude and longitude you can try setting the plotter to send just a single GPGGA sentence Have a technician check the plotter GPS using test equipment to verify it is sending the GPS sentence Check the solder points on the radio and plotter connector...

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