Installation Instructions

Installation:

General Precautions and Planning:

• Your vessels power system should be either:

Negative grounded, with the negative battery terminal connected to the vessels

ground, or floating with neither battery terminal connected to the vessels ground.

It is important that an effective RF ground is connected to your weather system –

if an RF system is installed.

• The receiver should not be installed in an environment outside of the following

temperatures: operating: 32 F to 131 F.

Storage: -31 F to 185 F.

• Do not place receiver close to the vessels engine or where fuel vapor may be

present.

• Do not place the receiver where water may be present [internal or spray from the

environment].

• Do not install receiver or antenna where it can be damaged by being kicked or

trampled.

• Area behind the mounting position of the receiver must be free and clear of cables

and obstructions.

• The antenna can be installed in either the “pedestal” mode [as supplied] or by

“surface mount” mode. See instructions under “antenna”.

• The antenna beam is required to have an unrestricted view of the skies; this

constitutes 5 ft [1.5m] out from the antenna and 1 ft [0.3m] above and below the

antenna.

• The antenna is to be installed on a flat horizontal surface.

• The antenna must not be installed in the path of a radar beam.

• Area below mounting position of antenna must be free and clear of cables and

obstructions.

• Avoid running cables through bilges or doorways or close to moving or “hot”

objects. Where a cable passes through an exposed bulkhead or deck head, a

watertight gland or “swan neck” tube should be used. Care to be taken “pulling”

cables and or connectors through bulkheads as damage could occur.