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Link-8 VHF
Installation Instructions
ENGLISH
lowrance.com
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Copyright © 2013 Navico All rights reserved. Lowrance® is a registered trademark of Navico No part of this manual may be copied, reproduced, republished, transmitted or distributed for any purpose, without prior written consent of Lowrance Electronics. Any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual is strictly prohibited. Lowrance Electronics may find it necessary to change or end our policies, regulations, and special offers at any time. We reserve the right to do so without notic
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Table of Contents 1 Installation preparation ................................................................................6 1.1 Checklist.................................................................................................................................................6 1.2 Tools needed for installation ..........................................................................................................6 2 VHF installation ..................................................
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Important safety information DISCLAIMER: It is the owner’s sole (Documentation) may be translated to, responsibility to install and use the or has been translated from, another instrument and transducers in a manner that language (Translation). In the event of any will not cause accidents, personal injury or conflict between any Translation of the property damage. The user of this product is Documentation, the English language version solely responsible for observing safe boating of the Doc
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RF Emissions notice This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environ- ment. This device’s antenna must be installed in accordance with provided instructions; and it must be operated with minimum 96 cm spacing between the antennas and all person’s body (excluding extremities of hands, wrist and feet) during operation. Further, this transmitter must not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. FCC Statement T
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1 Installation preparation 1.1 Checklist Check that you have all the following items before starting the installation. Contact your dealer if an item is missing: • Link-8 base station, with microphone • Handset mic wall hanger, with: attached - 2 self-tapping screws - 2 flat screws • Dust cover - 2 plain washers • GPS connector cable - 2 spring washers • Speaker connector cable - 2 nuts • Power supply cable • 2 M5 x 32 screws with 2 plain (with 7 A fuseholder incorporated) wa
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2 VHF installation 2.1 Location requirements Please check these before doing any cutting or drilling. Whichever installation method you choose, ensure that the chosen location: • Is at least 3’ (1 m) from the antenna • Allows easy connection to (at least) a 10 Amp fused 13.6 V DC electrical source and the antenna • Is at least 1.5’ (45 cm) from the compass to avoid creating magnetic deviation of the compass during radio operation • Has a suitable space close by for installing the microp
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2.3.1 Mounting bracket installation 1. Hold the supplied mounting bracket at the chosen location and use a soft pencil to mark the 4 screw hole positions onto the mounting surface. 2. Drill the 4 screw holes where marked. Drill completely through the mounting surface. Note: If you are drilling into fiberglass, use a small drill bit to drill pilot holes before drilling the screw holes. 3. Use the flat screws, spring washers, plain washers, and nuts to attach the mounting bracket to the locati
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2.3.2 Recessed installation 1. Tape the supplied mounting template to the chosen location. Ensure that the template is smooth and taut. 2. Drill the 2 screw holes where marked. Drill completely through the mounting surface. Note: If you are drilling into fiberglass, use a small drill bit to drill pilot holes before drilling the screw holes. 3. Drill through the corners of the hatched area where marked, then cut out the hatched area to create a cavity in the mounting surface. (The dashed line
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2.4 Link-8 dimensions 10 Lowrance - Link-8 Installation Instructions
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2.5 Handset mic wall hanger 1. Hold the handset mic wall hanger at the chosen location and use a soft pencil to mark the 2 screw hole positions onto the mounting surface. 2. If the mounting surface is: • non-metallic, use the 2 self-tapping screws and 2 plain washers to attach the handset mic wall hanger to the mounting surface. • metallic, use the 2 flat screws, 2 spring washers and 2 nuts to attach the handset mic wall hanger to the mounting surface. 3. Hang the handset mic on the hands
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3 VHF electrical installation 3.1 Connect the radio Both NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 is supported by this radio. Use the GPS connector cable to connect NMEA 0183, or the N2K connector for NMEA 2000 connections. 1 VHF antenna A suitable radio antenna (not supplied) must be mounted and connected before you can operate the radio. Consult your Lowrance dealer for advice, if necessary. Always mount the VHF antenna as high as possible and at least 37” (96 cm) from the base station. 2 NMEA 2000 (N2K
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Pin / Socket Wire color Function (NMEA 2000) 1 Green Can-D, Drain wire, Shield 2 Red Can-S, Power, +12 V DC 3 Black Can-C, Ground 4 White Can-H, Data High 5 Blue Can-L, Data Low 3 GPS Connector and cable NMEA0183 OUT (+) 2 (Orange) NMEA0183 IN (-) NMEA0183 IN (+) 4 (Green) 5 (Yellow) GROUND (Shield) RS422 OUT (-) NMEA0183 OUT (-) 3 (White) 1 (Bare wire) RS422 OUT (+) RS232 OUT 7 (Blue) 6 (Black) RS232 IN 8 (Grey) Line up the arrow on the GPS connector with the arrow on the GPS cable and plug t
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4 Hailer Horn Wire color Function Details White (+) Connect to hailer speaker + Shield (-) Shield Connect to hailer speaker - Important: Do not short these 2 wires. Install the hailer horn in a forward-facing location on the boat because the hailer horn will transmit the FOG horn sounds and will ‘listen back’ when not transmitting. Note: We recommend you use a hailer horn of 4 Ohms to obtain maximum 30 W audio output power. 5 External speaker You can connect 1 x 2 W 8Ω or 1 x 4 W 4Ω speake
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3.2 Wiring diagram - NMEA 2000 Lowrance - Link-8 Installation Instructions 15
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3.3 Wiring diagram - External speaker and hailer VHF Antenna External Speaker Hailer Speaker 16 Lowrance - Link-8 Installation Instructions
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3.4 Wiring diagram - NMEA 0183 connections GPS Plotter - +- +- + Link-8 VHF Fuse Switch Red Black 12 VDC Power 12 VDC only Lowrance - Link-8 Installation Instructions 17 NMEA0183 In 4800 1. Shield DSC Information 2. Orange NMEA0183 Out 4. Green GPS Position 5.Yellow RS422 38,400 6.Black AIS Information 3. White 7. Blue N/C 8.Grey N/C +
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4 Setup your radio - Your user MMSI CAUTION You can’t make any DSC transmissions until you’ve obtained a user MMSI and entered it into your radio. You must enter your User MMSI before the DSC functions of this radio will work. See the Setup section in the Link-8 User Guide for full setup details. CAUTION Under extreme operating conditions, the temperature of the rear heat-sink on this radio may exceed normal surface temperatures. Caution is advised to prevent possible skin burns. 18 Low
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