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Location: lansing, il | i am running a couple year old (blue plug) 332c on the dash, running a newer 25c (blue plugs) also on the bow. both run off of the lcg2000 antenna. question is....if i buy a t-connector (also with blue plugs) should i be able to run both units off of the one antenna?
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| Yes, you will need 3 tees, and two 120 ohm terminators, plus the the appropriate cables to connect your network. If you add anything, you'll need a tee for each device. Pretty simple, once you have the basic network installed.
Edited by Shep 5/12/2008 7:32 AM
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Location: lansing, il | i can connect everything with one tee. is there a reason you have to use 3 separate tees and 120 ohm terminators? or can i just run it out of the antenna and one way to the dash unit and one way to the bow? in otherwords what is the purpose of the ohm terninators and extra tees? |
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| ANother option is to just wire them together using the NEMA 183 wires that are already on your untis. The instruction manula describes how to do this and it will allow you to use one puck on two units but you will not be able to share waypoints between units if that matters to you.
I have mine hooked up with all the "T's" but had them hooked up with the NEMA 183 system before and it worked fine. |
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Location: lansing, il | i already wired the unit in with the standard power supply, so i am just looking to get them both running off the one puck. i just need to know if i need to use the 3 tees or if i can just use one. |
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| You need a "T" for every unit you put on the network along with one "T" for the GPS puck. You will also need two 120ohm terminators. |
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Location: Wisconsin | I was told that besides the tee and 120 ohm on every devise that you must also run a power tee for the network cable and that not doing this you could occasionlly loose gps position I did not want to be threading the needle thru a reef and an alarm come up saying position lost. So far it works great and it is also nice that when you save a waypoint on one unit it is also on the other unit.
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Location: lansing, il | i bought the 3 tees, and 120 ohm connectors and it has been working. but havnt gotten out on the water yet. it held a signal fine in my garage which is usally poor, so i think i am g2g. thanks for the help everyone. |
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