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GPS City Q&As » Marine Network » Lowrance NMEA 0183 Adapter Cable Q&As

Lowrance NMEA 0183 Adapter Cable: How to connect the Mark 4 to a GX1600 S-H radio? (6 replies)

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How to connect the Mark 4 to a GX1600 S-H radio?

› Lowrance NMEA 0183 Adapter Cable

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Ron
Newberg, Or

Original question asked on Jul 25, 2012, 5:33pm

Want to hook up my Standard Horizon GX1600 to my Mark 4 GPS. Have NDC-4 cable. First can you tell me the color code connections,and do I need to leave the resistor inline? Second I have two of the same VHF how or can I hook up both on the same cable setup or is the signal only enough for one unit?
Thanks for any HELP
PS had a tuff time with the HDS 7 setup so I got the backup gps unit hope this works......

Ron

Jordan
GPS City

Reply #1 on Jul 26, 2012, 7:21am

The Elite 5 cable NDC-4 -
The yellow wire is NMEA transmit, orange is NMEA receive and black is ground. Connect the yellow transmit wire to the receive wire on the VHF radio and the orange receive wire to the the transmit wire. Connect the two ground wires together and it should work. No settings on the GPS side.

I am unsure if you need to cut the resistor and diode off for your application. You will need to check your radio manual. I would try it with the resistor and diode on and if it is not working cut them off and try again.

Ron
Newberg OR

Reply #2 on Jul 27, 2012, 3:49pm

Ok I give....
I have tried to hook this radio to two diffrent lowrance products and nothing...
I dont even get a signal on the radio that says its wrong...
just like it wasnt hooked to anything....
I swaped wires around, removed the resistor....I even called standard horizon and that guy treated me like I am stupid...
Can I check the radio out to see if it is reciving?
I dont get it and this is in my skill set, very frustrating...
Any Ideas

Jordan
GPS City

Reply #3 on Jul 30, 2012, 8:56am

I will not be able to help you with the Standard Horizon radio. I have not used one and do not have access to them. I took a quick read through the manual and did not find it very helpful for wiring this up.

Do you have NMEA turned on in the GPS? I would check that setting to verify if that is the problem. Also check the voltage on the Transmit line from the GPS. See if it varies showing that some data is being outputted.

I would call Standard Horizon again. You will most likely get another rep. If not just ask for someone else.

If you are stuck I would recommend taking the setup to a local Marine installer or tech company for assistance.

Ron
Newberg

Reply #4 on Jul 30, 2012, 4:21pm

Thanks Think I will have one more go at it....
The S-H guy told me voltage has nothing to do with it,but Im with you...
One line was 5.3V the other was 3.4V and I had the gps set on 4800 Baude and I removed all the data sentences that were not recomended in the S-H book...
One more try and then it will have to wait for this winter when I can get the boat out of the water and to a local installer/tech place...

Thank you
Ron

Jordan
GPS City

Reply #5 on Jul 30, 2012, 5:16pm

I just got some time to read the manual for your radio.

I seems like the GPS is outputting some data. I found that the radio requires GGA, GLL, GNS and RMC NMEA sentences.

This is the wiring by what I understand.

GPS Radio
Yellow ----> Blue
Orange ----> not used on elite series
Black ----> Green and Brown (Ground wires)
----> Grey (do not connect)

*** If the above does not work try grounding the ground wires to the power ground.

I hope the above helps you get this solved. Please let us know.

Ron
Newberg

Reply #6 on Aug 11, 2012, 3:39pm

Just got back from the coast.
THANK YOU!
your wiring was way simpler than the way I was hooking it up....
Here's the embarrasing part, The GPS was set to transmitt on something else (WASS?) NOT 0183 when I changed that part of the menu I could hook up both my raidos to the same output and all is well.
Thanks again,Hope this helps someone else
Ron

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