Raymarine VCM100 - Water Ingress; EMC Installation Guidelines; Suppression Ferrites; Declaration of Conformity

Wateringress
Wateringressdisclaimer
AlthoughthewaterproofratingcapacityofRaymarineproducts
exceedsthatcalledforbytheIPX6standard,waterintrusion
andsubsequentequipmentfailuremayoccurifanyRaymarine
equipmentissubjectedtocommercialhighpressurewashing.
Raymarinewillnotwarrantequipmentsubjectedtohighpressure
washing.
EMCinstallationguidelines
Raymarineequipmentandaccessoriesconformtotheappropriate
ElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)regulations,tominimize
electromagneticinterferencebetweenequipmentandminimizethe
effectsuchinterferencecouldhaveontheperformanceofyour
system
CorrectinstallationisrequiredtoensurethatEMCperformanceis
notcompromised.
ForoptimumEMCperformancewerecommendthatwherever
possible:
•Raymarineequipmentandcablesconnectedtoitare:
–Atleast1m(3ft)fromanyequipmenttransmittingorcables
carryingradiosignalse.g.VHFradios,cablesandantennas.
InthecaseofSSBradios,thedistanceshouldbeincreased
to7ft(2m).
–Morethan2m(7ft)fromthepathofaradarbeam.Aradar
beamcannormallybeassumedtospread20degreesabove
andbelowtheradiatingelement.
•Theproductissuppliedfromaseparatebatteryfromthatused
forenginestart.Thisisimportanttopreventerraticbehavior
anddatalosswhichcanoccuriftheenginestartdoesnothave
aseparatebattery.
•Raymarinespeciedcablesareused.
•Cablesarenotcutorextended,unlessdoingsoisdetailedin
theinstallationmanual.
Note:Whereconstraintsontheinstallationpreventanyof
theaboverecommendations,alwaysensurethemaximum
possibleseparationbetweendifferentitemsofelectrical
equipment,toprovidethebestconditionsforEMCperformance
throughouttheinstallation
Suppressionferrites
Raymarinecablesmaybettedwithsuppressionferrites.These
areimportantforcorrectEMCperformance.Ifaferritehastobe
removedforanypurpose(e.g.installationormaintenance),itmust
bereplacedintheoriginalpositionbeforetheproductisused.
Useonlyferritesofthecorrecttype,suppliedbyRaymarine
authorizeddealers.
Declarationofconformity
RaymarineLtd.declaresthattheHDandSuperHDDigital
OpenArrayradarscannersareincompliancewiththeessential
requirementsofR&TTEdirective1999/5/EC.
TheoriginalDeclarationofConformitycerticatemaybeviewedon
therelevantproductpageatwww.raymarine.com
8
HDandSuperHDDigitalOpenArrayInstallationinstructions