Raymarine eci-100 - Chapter 1 Important Information; Water Ingress; Disclaimer; EMC Installation Guidelines

Chapter1:Importantinformation
Warning:Productinstallationand
operation
•Thisproductmustbeinstalledand
operatedinaccordancewiththe
instructionsprovided.Failuretodoso
couldresultinpersonalinjury,damage
toyourvesseland/orpoorproduct
performance.
•Raymarinerecommendscertied
installationbyaRaymarineapproved
installer.Acertiedinstallationqualies
forenhancedproductwarrantybenets.
ContactyourRaymarinedealerfor
furtherdetails,andrefertotheseparate
warrantydocumentpackedwithyour
product.
Warning:Productgrounding
Beforeapplyingpowertothisproduct,
ensureithasbeencorrectlygrounded,in
accordancewiththeinstructionsprovided.
Warning:Positivegroundsystems
Donotconnectthisunittoasystemwhich
haspositivegrounding.
Warning:Powersupplyvoltage
Connectingthisproducttoavoltage
supplygreaterthanthespecied
maximumratingmaycausepermanent
damagetotheunit.RefertotheTechnical
specicationsectionforvoltagerating.
Warning:Switchoffpowersupply
Ensurethevessel’spowersupplyis
switchedOFFbeforestartingtoinstallthis
product.DoNOTconnectordisconnect
equipmentwiththepowerswitchedon,
unlessinstructedinthisdocument.
Caution:Powersupplyprotection
Wheninstallingthisproductensurethe
powersourceisadequatelyprotected
bymeansofasuitably-ratedfuseor
automaticcircuitbreaker.
Caution:Serviceandmaintenance
Thisproductcontainsnouserserviceable
components.Pleasereferallmaintenance
andrepairtoauthorizedRaymarine
dealers.Unauthorizedrepairmayaffect
yourwarranty.
Wateringress
Wateringressdisclaimer
Althoughthewaterproofratingcapacityofthis
productmeetsthestatedIPXstandard(refertothe
product’sTechnicalSpecication),waterintrusion
andsubsequentequipmentfailuremayoccurifthe
productissubjectedtocommercialhigh-pressure
washing.Raymarinewillnotwarrantproducts
subjectedtohigh-pressurewashing.
Disclaimer
Raymarinedoesnotwarrantthatthisproductis
error-freeorthatitiscompatiblewithproducts
manufacturedbyanypersonorentityotherthan
Raymarine.
Raymarineisnotresponsiblefordamagesorinjuries
causedbyyouruseorinabilitytousetheproduct,
bytheinteractionoftheproductwithproducts
manufacturedbyothers,orbyerrorsininformation
utilizedbytheproductsuppliedbythirdparties.
EMCinstallationguidelines
Raymarineequipmentandaccessoriesconformto
theappropriateElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)
regulations,tominimizeelectromagneticinterference
betweenequipmentandminimizetheeffectsuch
interferencecouldhaveontheperformanceofyour
system
CorrectinstallationisrequiredtoensurethatEMC
performanceisnotcompromised.
Note:InareasofextremeEMCinterference,
someslightinterferencemaybenoticedonthe
product.Wherethisoccurstheproductandthe
sourceoftheinterferenceshouldbeseparatedby
agreaterdistance.
ForoptimumEMCperformancewerecommend
thatwhereverpossible:
•Raymarineequipmentandcablesconnectedto
itare:
–Atleast1m(3ft)fromanyequipment
transmittingorcablescarryingradiosignalse.g.
VHFradios,cablesandantennas.Inthecase
ofSSBradios,thedistanceshouldbeincreased
to7ft(2m).
–Morethan2m(7ft)fromthepathofaradar
beam.Aradarbeamcannormallybeassumed
tospread20degreesaboveandbelowthe
radiatingelement.
•Theproductissuppliedfromaseparatebattery
fromthatusedforenginestart.Thisisimportantto
preventerraticbehavioranddatalosswhichcan
occuriftheenginestartdoesnothaveaseparate
battery.
•Raymarinespeciedcablesareused.
•Cablesarenotcutorextended,unlessdoingsois
detailedintheinstallationmanual.
Importantinformation
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