Connections And Maintenance; Connections - Icom iM400BB Instruction Manual

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CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE

■ Connections

• The figure shows the IC-M400BBE.
q
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q ANTENNA CONNECTOR
Connects to a marine VHF antenna cable's PL-259 con-
nector.
CAUTION: DO NOT transmit without an antenna.
w NMEA IN/OUT LEADS
Brown: Talker B (Data-L)
Connects to an NMEA In Negative line of a PC or
NMEA0183 ver. 3.01 sentence format DSC, DSE compat-
ible navigation equipment, to receive position data from
other ships.
White: Talker A (Data-H)
Connects to an NMEA In Positive line of a PC or NMEA0183
ver. 3.01 sentence format DSC, DSE compatible naviga-
tion equipment, to receive position data from other ships.
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Green: Listener B (Data-L)
Connects to an NMEA Out Negative line of a GPS receiver
for position data.
• A NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01 RMC, GGA, GNS, GLL and VTG
u sentence format compatible GPS receiver is required. Ask your
dealer about suitable GPS receivers.
y
t
Yellow: Listener A (Data-H)
Connects to an NMEA Out Positive line of a GPS receiver
for position data.
r
• A NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01 RMC, GGA, GNS, GLL and VTG
sentence format compatible GPS receiver is required. Ask your
e
dealer about suitable GPS receivers.
e AF OUT LEADS
Orange: Public Address Speaker (+)
Gray: Public Address Speaker (–)
Connects to a PA speaker.
• PA output power: More than 10 W at 10% distortion with a 4 ˘ load
Both black and blue leads are used only for maintenance
purpose.
NOTE for NMEA In/Out and AF Out leads:
The connectors are attached to keep the leads together.
Before connecting to a piece of equipment, you should cut
the leads to remove the connector.