Raymarine i70 - General Location Requirements

•Theproductissuppliedfromaseparatebatteryfromthatusedforenginestart.Thisisimportant
topreventerraticbehavioranddatalosswhichcanoccuriftheenginestartdoesnothavea
separatebattery
.
•Raymarinespecifiedcablesareused.
•Cablesarenotcutorextended,unlessdoingsoisdetailedintheinstallationmanual.
Note:
Whereconstraintsontheinstallationpreventanyoftheaboverecommendations,alwaysensure
themaximumpossibleseparationbetweendifferentitemsofelectricalequipment,toprovidethe
bestconditionsforEMCperformancethroughouttheinstallation.
Generallocationrequirements
Belowareimportantrequirementsthatneedtobeconsideredwhenchoosingasuitablelocationto
installyourproduct.
Theproductissuitableformountingaboveorbelowdeck s.
Theproductshouldbemountedinalocationwhereitwillbe:
•protectedfromphysicaldamageandexcessivevibration.
•wellventilatedandawayfromheatsources.
•awayfromanypotentialignitionsourcesuchasanengineroom,nearfueltanksoragaslocker.
•easilyaccessibleforoperations.
Whenchoosingalocationfortheproduct,considerthefollowingtoensurereliableandtrouble-free
operation:
•Access—theremustbesufficientspacetoenablecableconnectionsandtoavoidtightcable
bends.
•Electricalinterference—theproductshouldbemountedfarenoughawayfromanyequipment
thatmaycauseinterferencesuchasengines,motors,generators,radiotransmitters/receiversand
cablescarryinghighpower.
•Magneticcompass—refertotheCompasssafedistancesectioninthisdocumentforadviceon
maintainingasuitabledistancebetweenthisproductandanycompassesonyourvessel.
•Mountingsurface—ensuretheproductisadequatelysupportedonasecuresurface.Refertothe
weightinformationprovidedintheT echnicalspecificationforthisproductandensurethatthe
intendedmountingsurfaceissuitableforbearingtheproductweight.DoNOTmountunitsorcut
holesinplaceswhichmaydamagethestructureofthevessel.
Compasssafedistance
Topreventpotentialinterferencewiththevessel'smagneticcompasses,ensureanadequate
distanceismaintainedfromtheproduct.
Whenchoosingasuitablelocationfortheproductyoushouldaimtomaintainthemaximumpossible
distancefromanycompasses.Typicallythisdistanceshouldbeatleast1m(3.3ft)inalldirections.
Howeverforsomesmallervesselsitmaynotbepossibletolocatetheproductthisfarawayfroma
compass.Inthissituation,whenchoosingtheinstallationlocationforyourproduct,ensurethatthe
compassisnotaffectedbytheproductwhenitisinapoweredstate.
Viewingangleconsiderations
Asdisplaycontrastandcolorareaffectedbytheviewingangle,Itisrecommendedthatyou
temporarilypowerupthedisplay,priortoinstallation,toenableyoutobestjudgewhichlocation
providestheoptimumviewingangle.
Fortheviewinganglesforyourproductrefertop.61—Technicalspecification
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