Raymarine REALVISION 3D RV-3 Series - Cable Routing and Interference Avoidance

4.2Cablerouting
Cableroutingrequirementsforthetransducercable
.
Important:T
oavoidinterference,thecablemustberoutedasfarawayfromVHFradioantenna
cablesaspossible.
Important:Thetransducercable
’sconnectorissuppliedwithaseparatelockingcollarassembly,
usedtosecurethecablefirmlytoaRealVision™3Dsonar-capabledevice(e.g.AxiomRV
multifunctiondisplay).Ensurethatyouroutethecableallthewaytothe3Dsonar-capabledevice
beforeattachingthelockingcollar.
•Checkthatthecableislongenoughtoreachtheequipmentitwillbeconnectedto .Ifyou
areinstallingsplit-pairtransducers,youmustuseaY-cable(A80478)alongwithanextension
cabletoconnectthetransducerstoyourRealVision™3Dsonar-capabledevice(e.g.AxiomRV
multifunctiondisplay).
•Usegrommetsinanypass-throughholestopreventdamagetothetransducercable.
•Securethecableatregularintervalsusingcableclips(notsupplied).
•Takecarenottoapplyexcessivestraintothecablewhereitleavesthetransducer.Wherepossible,
allowthecabletolaynaturallyasitleavesthetransducer,beforesecuringitwithcableclips.
•Donotbendthetransducercablebeyonditsminimumbendradius.Thisisparticularlyimportantat
thepointwherethecableleavesthetransducer.
•Anyexcesscableshouldbecoiledupataconvenientlocation.
RealVision™3Dtransducerextensioncable
Forbestperformance,cablerunsshouldbekepttoaminimum.However,forsomeinstallations
(includingallsplit-pairtransducerinstallations)itmaybenecessarytoextendthetransducercable.
Thefollowingoptionalextensioncablesareavailable:
•RealVision™transducerextensioncable3m(9.8ft)(partnumberA80475)
•RealVision™transducerextensioncable5m(16.4ft)(partnumberA80476)
•RealVision™transducerextensioncable8m(26.2ft)(partnumberA80477)
Itisrecommendedthatamaximumoftwocableextensionsareused,withthetotalcablelength
(includingthetransducer’sfittedcable)notexceeding24m(78.7ft).
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