3.2EMCinstallationguidelines
Raymarine®equipmentandaccessoriesconformto
theappropriateElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)
regulations,tominimizeelectromagneticinterference
betweenequipmentandminimizetheeffectsuch
interferencecouldhaveontheperformanceofyour
system
CorrectinstallationisrequiredtoensurethatEMC
performanceisnotcompromised.
Note:
InareasofextremeEMCinterference,someslight
interferencemaybenoticed.Wherethisoccursthe
productandthesourceoftheinterferenceshouldbe
separatedbyagreaterdistance.
ForoptimumEMCperformancewerecommendthat
whereverpossible:
•Raymarine®equipmentandcablesconnectedtoit
are:
–Atleast1m(3ft)fromanyequipmenttransmitting
orcablescarryingradiosignalse.g.VHFradios,
cablesandantennas.InthecaseofSSBradios,the
distanceshouldbeincreasedto2m(7ft).
–Morethan2m(7ft)fromthepathofaRadarbeam.
ARadarbeamcannormallybeassumedtospread
20degreesaboveandbelowtheradiatingelement.
•Theproductissuppliedpowerfromaseparatebattery
fromthatusedforenginestart.Thisisimportantto
preventerraticbehavioranddatalosswhichcanoccur
iftheenginestartdoesnothaveaseparatebattery.
•OnlyRaymarine®specifiedcablesareused.
•Cablesarenotcutorextended,unlessdoingsois
detailedintheinstallationinstructions.
Note:
Whereconstraintsontheinstallationpreventany
oftheaboverecommendations,alwaysensurethe
maximumpossibleseparationbetweendifferent
itemsofelectricalequipment,toprovidethebest
conditionsforEMCperformancethroughoutthe
installation.
Suppressionferrites
•Raymarinecablesmaybepre-fittedorsuppliedwith
suppressionferrites.Theseareimportantforcorrect
EMCperformance.Ifferritesaresuppliedseparately
tothecables(i.e.notpre-fitted),youmustfitthe
suppliedferrites,usingthesuppliedinstructions.
•Ifaferritehastoberemovedforanypurpose(e.g.
installationormaintenance),itmustbereplacedinthe
originalpositionbeforetheproductisused.
•Useonlyferritesofthecorrecttype,suppliedby
Raymarineoritsauthorizeddealers.
•Whereaninstallationrequiresmultipleferritestobe
addedtoacable,additionalcableclipsshouldbe
usedtopreventstressontheconnectorsduetothe
extraweightofthecable.
Connectionstootherequipment
Requirementforferritesonnon-cables.
Ifyouristobeconnectedtootherequipmentusing
acablenotsuppliedby,asuppressionferriteMUST
alwaysbeattachedtotheendofthecablenearthe.
3.3Productdimensions
Productdimensions-Basestation
TheBasestationdimensionsarelistedbelow.
TheBasestationincludesafittedpoweranddatacable,
Thepowercablelengthis1.2m(3.94ft)sandtheData
cablelengthis420mm(1.38ft).
Productdimensions-speakers
ThedimensionsforthePassivespeakerareshown
below.
ThePassivespeakerincludesafitted2m(6.56ft)audio
cableterminatedwithamaleRCAplug.
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