Installation: Gps Antenna; Installation: Sonar Transducer - Navman TRACKFISH 6500 Installation And Operation Manual

18-5 Installation: GPS antenna

Selecting an antenna
Fit one of these GPS antennas:
Normally use the GPS antenna supplied.
•
An optional differential beacon DGPS
•
antenna to give enhanced accuracy within
range of land based differential beacons
in areas where WAAS or EGNOS are not
available. Such a DGPS antenna has both
a GPS receiver and a beacon receiver,
and it automatically applies the beacon
correction to the GPS position.
A compatible GPS or DGPS instrument or
•
antenna connected by NavBus (see section
18-11) or NMEA (see section 18-12). In this
case, the TRACKFISH does not need its own
antenna.
Note:
• The TRACKFISH can apply the WAAS and
EGNOS DGPS correntions to any GPS
antenna.
• To configure the TRACKFISH for different
antenna options, see section 17-4.
For more information, contact your NAVMAN
dealer.
To set the DGPS options of NONE or
WAAS/EGNOS:
Remove the Y cable (if connected) and connect
the GPS directly to the yellow input. Set the
option. See section 17-4. the new setting will
be displayed if it was successfully applied.

18-6 Installation: Sonar transducer

Either:
Fit the transom mount sonar transducer
•
supplied, following the instructions in the
Transom Mount Transducer Installation
Manual supplied with the TRACKFISH.
For enhanced performance, fit an
•
optional through hull dual frequency
sonar transducer and through hull
speed/temperature transducer. Contact
the nearest NAVMAN dealer for more
information.
Connect the transducer to the blue TRACKFISH
connector; tighten the locking collar.
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To restart the GPS:
Remove the Y cable (if connected) and connect
the GPS directly to the yellow input and select
restart, see section 17-5.
Installing an antenna
If an external antenna is required, install the
antenna and fit the antenna cable back to
the display unit. Follow the instructions in
the manual supplied with the antenna. Fit an
optional Navman extension cable if required.
If a SmartCraft system or Navman petrol/
gasoline sensors are fitted as well, fit a Y cable:
Yellow
Yellow
GPS/fuel Y cable
White
Otherwise:
Yellow
During setup, configure the TRACKFISH for the
chosen antenna, see section 17-4.
Blue
During setup
set Sonar to
a
b set up the sonar options (see section 17-3)
NAVMAN
GPS antenna
Other connections
GPS antenna
Sonar cable
(see section 17-1)
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