Icom to garmin gps...

Alanpatt · 16 June 2013, 10:30

Hi all, just got a rib with all electrics severed for one reason or another, all is now back working.....BUT! The Icom radio only has 4 leads out the back, positive, ground, a black one and another black one with (which looks like) a 3.5mm headphone socket. Now,is there a way of linking this to me Garmin 451 or should I bite my lip, buy new as the mmsi number also needs resetting?

Cheers all,
Al.

Nos4r2 · 16 June 2013, 11:37

The 3.5mm socket is for a speaker extension.

The black one without anything on will prob be a shielded cable-thats the one you need to hook it up to the GPS.

Alanpatt · 16 June 2013, 14:22

Excellent! Thanks for that. It never fails to amaze me the decent an knowledgeable folks on here that are willing to give advice without sarcasm or prejudice! :o)

Alanpatt · 16 June 2013, 16:57

So, now looking at the garmin 'bundle', what's all this nnmea 0183 lark? I'm assuming it should be an 'input' rather than output... Where's Bill Gates when you need him!?,? :o)

ShinyShoe · 16 June 2013, 17:21

NMEA 0183 is a standard that means different equipment all talks the same language. You will want the garmin output (talker?) going to the icom input (listener).

0183 is getting on a bit but pretty much most things will be able to revert to it.

Bill did nowt to improve connectiveness between machines btw.

martini · 16 June 2013, 17:37

Which Icom model is it? More recent ones have 2 RCA sockets for 0183, one in, one out. The in takes GPS position so you can broadcast it for a mayday or position request etc. the out will plot the same from other vessels onto your gps

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Alanpatt · 16 June 2013, 17:44

It's 411... On the rear I have, live, negative, external speaker and a single black. I'm thinking of sacking this one off and getting new....however, with the dosh that its cost me to get started in all this it's not something else I fancy lobbing out for, especially when there isn't an mmsi number programmed into it either.... Urgh..... Haha

martini · 16 June 2013, 18:36

Looks like the 411 only has GPS input. It's the black wire which should have an inner (+)core and a shield (-)

Instruction manual here:

http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/...df/IC-M411.pdf

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Alanpatt · 16 June 2013, 19:03

Martini, you are the man! I owe you a gunfire ration!