Connection of external equipment (options), Equipment available – Furuno FM-8500 User Manual
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Connection of External Equipment (options)
Equipment available
The following equipment can be connected to the FM-8500:
• Distress Message Controller DMC-5
• Remote Station RB-700 (or Distributor DB-500)
• Navigator : the FM-8500 can receive the following data sentences
in NMEA format (Ver. 1.5).
GLL: Latitude and longitude
RMC: Generic navigation information
RMA: Loran C data (L/L, LOPs, etc.)
Note:
For RMC, data (month an day) are entered in
the log and for GLL, time (hour/min/sec) is
entered in the log.
• MIC Receptacle Box and Wing Handset
• External Loudspeaker
• Printer Interface IF-8500
PRINTER
Connect Printer
Interface IF-8500 here.
DMC
Connect Distress
Message Controller
DMC-5 here.
NMEA
Connect
navigator
(Loran C,
GPS) here.
WING HANDSET
Connect wing
handset here.
CH70
RX ANT
REMOTE
NMEA
DMC
HANDSET
PRINTER
WING HANDSET
24VDC
ANT
EXT SP
EXT SP
Connect external
loudspeaker here.
REMOTE
Connect Remote Station
RB-700 or Distributor
DB-500 here.
Figure 9 FM-8500, rear view, showing location of external
equipment connectors
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