Garmin GPSMAP 6000 Series Installation Instructions Manual - page 8
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GPSMAP 6000/7000 Series Installation Instructions
Installing the GPSMAP 6000/7000 Series Chartplotter and the GPS 17x Antenna NMEA
2000 Network Connections
The GPSMAP 6000/7000 series chartplotter is packaged with the necessary NMEA 2000 connectors and cable to either connect a GPSMAP
6000/7000 series chartplotter and a GPS 17x antenna to your existing NMEA 2000 network, or to build a basic NMEA 2000 network. For more
information on NMEA 2000, visit
If you are unfamiliar with NMEA 2000, be sure to read the “NMEA 2000 Network Fundamentals” chapter of the Technical Reference for
Garmin NMEA 2000 Products on the included CD or click on the “Manuals” hyperlink on the product page for your chartplotter at
www.garmin.com/products/GPSMAP7212/
.
Connecting to an Existing NMEA 2000 Network
If your boat already has a NMEA 2000 network installed, use the included T-connectors and drop cable to connect a GPSMAP 6000/7000 series
chartplotter and a GPS 17x antenna to the existing network.
Notice
If you have an existing NMEA 2000 network on your boat, it should already be connected to power. Do not connect the included NMEA 2000
power cable to an existing NMEA 2000 network.
to connect a GPSMAP 6000/7000 series chartplotter and a GPS 17x to your existing NMEA 2000 network:
1. IdentifywhereyouwanttoconnecttheGPSMAP
6000/7000serieschartplotterandtheGPS17xtoyour
existingNMEA2000backbone.
2. DisconnectonesideofaNMEA2000T-connectorfrom
thebackbonenearesttothelocationwhereyouwantto
connectthechartplotter.
ToextendtheNMEA2000backbone(ifnecessary),
connectanappropriateNMEA2000backboneextension
cable(notincluded)tothesideoftheT-connectoryou
disconnected.
3. ConnectanincludedT-connectortotheNMEA2000
backbone(forthechartplotter).
4. Routeanincludeddropcabletothechartplotterand
tothetopoftheT-connectoryouaddedtoyourNMEA
2000network.
Iftheincludeddropcableisnotlongenough,youcan
addadropcableextensionupto13ft.(4m).Ifmore
cableisneeded,addanextensiontoyourNMEA2000
backbone,basedontheNMEA2000guidelines.
5. DisconnectonesideofaNMEA2000T-connectorfrom
thebackbonenearesttothelocationwhereyouwantto
connecttheGPS17xantenna.
ToextendtheNMEA2000backbone(ifneeded),
connectanappropriateNMEA2000backboneextension
cable(notincluded)tothesideoftheT-connectoryou
disconnected.
6. ConnectanincludedT-connectorintheNMEA2000
backbone(fortheGPS17xantenna).
7. RouteanincludeddropcablefromtheGPS17xantennatothetopoftheT-connectoryouaddedtoyourNMEA2000network.
Iftheincludeddropcableisnotlongenough,youcanaddadropcableextensionupto13ft.(4m).Ifmorecableisneeded,addan
extensiontoyourNMEA2000backbone,basedontheNMEA2000guidelines.
NotES:
• Thediagramon
showsonlytheNMEA2000dataconnectiontoaGPSMAP6000/7000serieschartplotter.Thechartplottermust
alsobeconnectedtopoweroritwillnotfunction.
• OneGPSantennawillprovidepositiondataforeverydeviceontheNMEA2000network.DonotconnectmultipleGPSantennasifyou
areusingmultiplechartplotters.
Connecting a GPSMAP 6000/7000 Series Chartplotter and a GPS 17x
Antenna to an Existing NMEA 2000 Network
T-connectors
(included)
Drop cables
(included)
Existing NMEA 2000 network
(not included)
GPS 17x
antenna
GPSMAP 6000/7000
series chartplotter
NMEA 2000
device
(not included)