apogee
My name is Apogee and I am a Squidaholic
The long and the short of it...No matter what equipment you buy, make sure it is NMEA 2000 plug and play....There, I have just saved you tons of work....
All NMEA's are not created equal. For all you guys out there that want to connect your radio to your Multi Function Displays (MFD), NMEA 0813 has a bunch of tiny little wires that have to tied down to a terminal block and then the other devices wires have to be placed into the terminal block and this is not necessarily color to color. The information on a NMEA 0813 connection will supply the sentence structure to provide cross talk to your electronics. NMEA 2000 don't need no stinking terminal block. Just plug it into a "T" connector added to the spine, provide power if needed, and your done. I had two S/H GX2200's, I like the back up built in GPS. All of my other electronics are NMEA 2000, so I yanked one of the GX2200's and replaced it with a ICOM M605 VHF that is NMEA 2000. Plugged it into the spline, programmed my MMSI # 338239735 into the new radio, just like the other S/H GX2200 I kept on the boat, and viola.. I turn on my MFD's and there is everybody. DSC ready but I can see the AIS. Problem is they cannot see me, soooooooooo I opt for the new 5watt output Class B AIS transceiver with an antenna splitter that is also NMEA 2000. I just plug it in, provide power after it was programed with my MSSI# by the seller ala Homeland Security rules, and now I can be seen on AIS plus my DSC is fully operational....That was the long of it......Ap
All NMEA's are not created equal. For all you guys out there that want to connect your radio to your Multi Function Displays (MFD), NMEA 0813 has a bunch of tiny little wires that have to tied down to a terminal block and then the other devices wires have to be placed into the terminal block and this is not necessarily color to color. The information on a NMEA 0813 connection will supply the sentence structure to provide cross talk to your electronics. NMEA 2000 don't need no stinking terminal block. Just plug it into a "T" connector added to the spine, provide power if needed, and your done. I had two S/H GX2200's, I like the back up built in GPS. All of my other electronics are NMEA 2000, so I yanked one of the GX2200's and replaced it with a ICOM M605 VHF that is NMEA 2000. Plugged it into the spline, programmed my MMSI # 338239735 into the new radio, just like the other S/H GX2200 I kept on the boat, and viola.. I turn on my MFD's and there is everybody. DSC ready but I can see the AIS. Problem is they cannot see me, soooooooooo I opt for the new 5watt output Class B AIS transceiver with an antenna splitter that is also NMEA 2000. I just plug it in, provide power after it was programed with my MSSI# by the seller ala Homeland Security rules, and now I can be seen on AIS plus my DSC is fully operational....That was the long of it......Ap
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