![]() ![]() Got a Raymarine chartplotter? For info on connecting the radio to a Raymarine chartplotter, read these directions that Mike McCollough left in the comments. Just as with the AIS/DSC wires, you are likely to have to change settings on both the radio (if using its output) and chartplotter. For those wires, however, the chartplotter (or external antenna) will be the transmitter and the radio the receiver. ![]() However, the basic principles are the same for that wiring. We are using the internal GPS for the radio, so I did not have to hook up an external GPS. Change/confirm settings on chartplotter.There are three steps to connect the VHF to the chartplotter for AIS/DSC display: There aren’t any settings or anything to change on the radio for this but if you’re not getting AIS hits on the radio, you won’t be able to get them on the chartplotter! The big thing is to know that the radio is receiving AIS signals before proceeding. If you are connecting a remote microphone (RAM) you can do it now or later. Hopefully there will be some boats transmitting AIS signals near you so that you can see them. From the little bit of looking at the owners manuals for other models of Garmin chartplotters, many will be the same or very similar but if you have any questions you will have to call the Garmin tech support and/or Standard Horizon tech support (SH seems to have info on connecting to many chartplotter models).īegin by installing the radio - power and antenna hookups only - and verify that it works both as a VHF and that you can see the AIS information on the radio display. I’ve had questions about how to do this, so here it is. Like most Standard Horizon models, you can also add a remote microphone at a second location (generally the helm). If you install it in a location that blocks the internal GPS, it can also use an external GPS antenna or GPS position information from the chartplotter. The GX2200 is a DSC-capable VHF with an internal GPS antenna (this makes DSC distress calls automatically include the GPS position – an important feature in and of itself) and also AIS receiver. Over the past week, we installed a Standard Horizon GX2200 VHF with AIS receiver and hooked it up to show AIS targets on our Garmin 541s chartplotter. ![]()
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