SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Safety Information for the Operator WARNING CAUTION Do not open the cover of Do not place liquid-filled containers on the top of the equipment. the equipment. This equipment uses high Fire or electrical shock can result if a liquid voltage electricity which can spills into the equipment.
Serious injury or death can result if the Observe the compass safe distances power is not turned off, or is applied while to prevent deviation of a magnetic the equipment is being installed. compass. Unit Standard compass steering compass NX-500 0.8m 0.6m...
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EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS................ 6-9 External Input/Output................6-9 SAR Alarm ....................6-9 AF Out/Input.................... 6-10 Navigation Data ..................6-10 List of Furuno Equipment to be connected ..........6-12 TAPING WHIP ANTENNA ................6-13 7.SPECIFICATIONS................... 7-1 thru 7-5 Specifications ....................7-1 Complete Set ....................7-3 At-sea Maintenance Parts ................
Navtex signal. 4.Navigation date is not fed to 4.Check if EXT "connector jack" printer section. (option) is loose. (NX-500 dose not print Navtex message without "link wire" in the [EXT] connector plug.) LOCK lamp does not 1.No Navtex signal at this time.
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ACTIVE ANTENNA (Preamp Unit; option) If your boat is small and you can not provide space for such a long antenna, it is recommended to install the optional Preamp Unit and 1.2m Whip Antenna. The body of the Preamp Unit can be mounted in two ways; 1.The bottom of the Preamp Unit is designed to accept a threaded extension mast of 1 inch diameter.
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TAPING WHIP ANTENNA After inserting the whip antenna to the antenna base, tape the antenna base and whip antenna with self-vulcanizing tape and vinyl tape to reinforce the whip antenna. 1. Wrap the antenna junction point with butyl 15 tape or the equivalent. How to wrap 1) Pull the tape to be about two times in length and wind it up, overlapping by 1/2 the width of the tape.
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