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Old 09-14-2008, 10:12 PM
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Hey guys I am new on the forums and new to boating. I recently bought a 2000 19' Proline Sport.

It came with a Lowrance LMS-520c (GPS/chartplotter/sonar) and I just bought a Uniden UM-525 VHF

Uniden says that their radio can interface with GPS units. I, for the life of me cant find how to connect them.
If you guys could give me some advice or point me in the right way i would be grateful.

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Old 09-15-2008, 06:38 AM
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The answer is NMEA wires.
NMEA out from Lowrance to NMEA in of Uniden.

Don't know the details of your specific units but it shouldn't be hard.
Wait for some input in this forum but also check the respective unit manuals.

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You'll need the manual for the 520-C. If you don't have it go to the Lowrance website and download. http://www.lowrance.com/en/Products/...20C/Downloads/

You'll need to hook up the NMEA output from the Lowrance to the NMEA input of the Uniden. Using both the manuals for the Lowrance and the Uniden you should be able to determine the wires that need to be connected.
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BoozeMonkey, if you don't have a NMEA cable already, I have one available. It's almost new and has 7-pin ends (one male, one female)
PM me if you have that same setup on your display and VHF or e-mail me at rspickering@gulftel.com
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Bamaboy-

That's a really nice gesture! THT is full of nice people....
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I haven't used either one of these devices, but sometimes I just like to see what I can dig up. Here's what I found. There is enough information in the manuals on these units to do the job, providing you have all the stuff that came in the box with them. The radio came with a GPS/External Speaker connector/cable with an 8 pin connector and bare wires at the end. Got it?
The GPS came with a PWR/DATA cable which I think you have because that's how the GPS gets power.
Your GPS speaks NMEA 2000, which is good, but has only one bidirectional com port for NMEA 0183, which is what the radio speaks. Com-1 uses the yellow wire to transmit, the orange wire to receive, and the shield wire for signal ground. Your unit does not use the blue wire.

You made a very good choice of radios, this one is crammed with features, but isn't any harder to learn that another one as far as DSC goes.

You need to make three connections:
The data grounds (three 'wires') are all connected together; The shield from the GPS connects to radio's yellow and orange wires.
The GPS's Orange wire connects to the radio's green wire, and the GPS's yellow wire connects to the radio's white wire. That's all you need to do for DSC except:

[This is the hard part] Go to www.boatus.com and register for an mmsi number. Its just like a telephone number for your boat. Then [gasp] read the DSC stuff in you radio manual. It too is just like a telephone, including conference calls, direct dialing, and 911!

Then read the GPS manual (which I found on line at http://www.lowrance.com/Downloads/Manuals) to see how to tell it there's a DSC radio connected to it.
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wow thanks for the info guys. Im glad there are smarther people out there than me when it comes to this stuff
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jwss is an idiot,you just did not know how to do it no harm no foul
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