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Black (8-pin) White (8-pin)
Pin
Wire Color Function Function
1 Black GND (power & NMEA) GND (NMEA 2)
2 Brown ( not used ) +9V DC Output
3 White NMEA out NMEA 2 in
4 Blue NavBus (-) or NMEA
-1 in Fuel - Single or Port / SmartCraft*
5 Red
+10-32V in – via 2A fuse
Positive power IN
( not used )
6 Orange NavBus (+) Fuel - Starboard / SmartCraft*
7 Yellow
Auto power in
Connect to pin 5 to enable Auto Power ON
NAVBUS / Fuel detect
(do not use)
8 Green
External Buzzer / Light out
Switched to GND – 200mA max.
( not used )
Note: If a wire color is not specifically men-
tioned, it is not used in that wiring option.
Note: The cable shield is connected to Pin 1
(black wire) and does not need to be
grounded.
*Note: SmartCraft only available on FISH
4600.
Six wiring options are described in this section:
• Basic wiring. This does not start the fish-
finder automatically when the boat ignition
is switched on and it disables the engine
hours counter.
• Auto power wiring. This must be used
for the engine hours and fuel computer op-
tions.
• Secondary Alarm wiring
• Fuel kit wiring
• Comms wiring
Warning
2 Amp fuses must be positioned where
shown in the wiring diagrams.
6-5 Wiring Options
Fuse
Red
Yellow
Black
Main
switch
12 V DC
Basic wiring
Basic wiring
This requires the FISH 4500/4600 to be powered
on manually with the key.
Black wire: Connect this to the negative bat-
tery terminal.
Red wire: Connect this to the positive battery
terminal after the main switch. Fit a 2 Amp fuse
as shown.
Yellow wire: Connect this to the black wire.
This disables the engine hours counter.
Power on the fishfinder manually whenever the
main switch is on.
The rear of the fishfinder has three connectors: Black - for Power and Comms; White - for Fuel and
SmartCraft; and Blue for the Sonar Transducer. The supplied Power cable connects to the Black
connector, and contains eight wires as follows:
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