Raymarine RAY70 - GPS Troubleshooting

11.6GPStroubleshooting
ProblemswiththeGPS/GNSSandtheirpossiblecausesandsolutionsaredescribedbelow.
BeforetroubleshootingGPSproblemsensureyour
producthasthelatestsoftware,bycheckingthe
SoftwareUpdatespageontheRaymarinewebsite
www.raymarine.com.
NoGPSx
PossiblecausesPossiblesolutions
GPSswitchedoffEnsureyouexternalorinternalGPS/GNSSreceiverisswitchedon.
Geographiclocationorprevailingconditions
preventingsatellitex.
Checkperiodicallytoseeifaxisobtainedinbetterconditionsoranother
geographiclocation.
LocationofproductForoptimumperformancetheunitshouldbemountedabovedecksandnotbe
incloseproximitytoanystructuralbulkheadsorotherelectricalequipmentor
cableswhichmaycauseinterference.
RefertoChapter3Planningtheinstallationfordetailsonproductlocation
requirements
NoGPSdata
PossiblecausesPossiblesolutions
InternalGPSisswitchedoffEnsureyouexternalorinternalGPS/GNSSreceiverisswitchedon.
WrongNetworkoutputselectedEnsurethecorrectnetworktypeandspeedisselectedintheNetworkoutput
menu:Menu>Set-up>Networkoutput.
Poor/damaged/insecurecable/connection1.Checkthattheconnectorsarefullyinsertedintotheunitandlockedin
position.
2.Checkthecablesandconnectorsforsignsofdamageorcorrosion,replace
ifnecessary.
3.Checkthevessel’sbatteryvoltage,theconditionofthebatteryterminals
andpowersupplycables,ensuringconnectionsaresecure,cleanandfree
fromcorrosion,replaceifnecessary.
4.Withtheproductunderload,usingamulti-meter,checkforhighvoltagedrop
acrossallconnectors/fusesetc,replaceifnecessary.
Note:TheRay70’sinternalGPSdoesnotoutput
dataonthenetwork.
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