West Marine VHF580 manual Connecting to a GPS receiver, Ground Wire Color

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Connecting to a GPS receiver

If you connect the radio to a GPS receiver, the radio can automatically transmit your current position during an automated distress call or during a normal DSC call.

Your radio supports a standard NMEA0183 input from a GPS receiver. Follow the steps below to connect your radio to your GPS receiver:

13.8V DC

Brown: NMEA_OUT (-)

Green: NMEA_IN (-)

White: NMEA_OUT (+)

Yellow: NMEA_IN (+)

Orange: N/A

Red: External Speaker (+)

Blue: External Speaker (-, GND)

Black: HS-C/GND

Bare: Shield/GND

1.Connect the BARE wire of the included accessory cable to the GROUND WIRE on your GPS receiver.

2.Connect the YELLOW wire of the included accessory cable to the GPS DATA OUTPUT WIRE on your GPS receiver. Below is a table of common GPS receivers and the proper connections:

 

 

GPS NMEA0183

Ground Wire Color

GPS MFG.

Model Number(s)

OUTPUT Wire Color

(connect to BARE

(Connect to YELLOW

 

 

WIRE on your radio)

WIRE on your radio)

 

 

 

Furuno

GP1650,

White

Black

GP1850

 

 

 

Furuno

GP30, GP36

White

Blue

Garmin

Fixed Mount

Blue

Black

Models

 

 

 

Garmin

Portable Models

Brown

Black

JRC

100 Series

Green

Black

JRC

200 Series

White

Black

JRC

GPS500

Yellow

Green

Lowrance /

Fixed Mount

White

Black

Eagle

Models

 

 

Lowrance /

Portable Models

Orange

Black

Eagle

 

 

 

Magellan

Fixed Mount

Gray

Black

Models

 

 

 

Magellan

Portable Models

Orange

Black

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