A6X And A7X To Nmea 0183 Dsc Vhf Radio Connection; Camera / Video Connection - Lighthouse a65 Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

4.22 a6x and a7x to NMEA 0183 DSC
VHF radio connection
To connect an a6x and a7x variant MFDs to an
NMEA 0183 DSC radio a SeaTalk
converter must be used to convert the SeaTalk
messages to NMEA 0183 messages.
The MFD and converter must be connected to the
same SeaTalk ng backbone.
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2
12 V dc
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ng
SeaT alk
12 V dc
1 a6x / a7x MFD
2 SeaTalk ng spur cable
3 SeaTalk ng to NMEA 0183 bare wires spur cable
4 Converter NMEA 0183 negative connection (yellow
wire)
5 NMEA 0183 device input negative connection (purple
wire)
6 Converter NMEA 0183 positive connection (red wire)
7
NMEA 0183 device input positive connection (grey
wire)
8
NMEA 0183 DSC VHF Radio
9 SeaTalk ng power cable (only required if not connecting
to an existing powered SeaTalk
10 Converter
11 NMEA 0183 connection (use cable supplied with VHF
radio)
Note: The connection at the VHF radio must be to
the NMEA 0183 input only. It is a uni-directional
(one-way) connection.
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ng to NMEA 0183
3 4 5
— —
+ +
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9
12 V dc*
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11
NMEA 0183 **
ng backbone.

4.23 Camera / Video connection

A camera or a video device can be connected directly
to New c Series and New e Series multifunction
displays using the video connector on the power and
data cable.
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Note: Video devices cannot be directly connected
to New a Series multifunction displays. For camera
connections to a New a Series display please refer
to the IP camera connection section.
Examples of video sources that you can connect to
the display include:
• Video camera.
• Thermal camera.
• DVD player.
• Portable digital video player.
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1. Rear connector panel of multifunction display.
2. Power and data cable.
3. BNC video connector (input 1).
4. Video source — for example, video camera.
Note: To listen to a movie's audio track, any
connected DVD or digital video player will require
speakers to be connected to the players audio
output.
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2
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a Series / c Series / e Series
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