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3.2 Location Requirements
To more conveniently and efficiently use your marine radio, find a mounting location that:
Is far enough from any devices like devices to avoid any interference caused by the speaker
magnet in your radio during their operation;
Provides accessibility to the front panel controls;
Allows connection to a power supply and an antenna;
Has free space nearby for installation of a handset hanger;
Where the antenna can be mounted at least 3 feet from radio.
3.3 Connections
Power supply
You radio should be powered by a 13.8VDC power supply. Red cable is for positive pole and
the thicker black one is for negative pole.
External speaker
If needed, you can connect your radio to an external speaker with the supplied connection
cable. White cable is for positive pole and the thinner black one is for negative pole.
GPS equipment
When your marine radio MA-366 is connected by the GPS cable to a GPS equipment, it can
obtain the information of both its current location (longitude and latitude) and the local GMT.
GPS cable
Line up the arrow on the connector with the arrow on the GPS cable (supplied) and then plug
together. The GPS cable has eight pins as follows:
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Pin Filo Function
1 Red Ground
2 Orange NMEA OUT (+)
3 White Not used
4 Green NMEA IN (-) from GPS navigation receiver
5 Yellow NMEA IN (+) from GPS navigation receiver
6 Black NMEA OUT (-)
7 Blue Not used
8 Grey Not used
NEMA 0183 Version (1.5 to 3.0) sentence format: GLL, GGA, RMC, GNS.
Note: never short wires, this may cause damage.