[C320-list] Radio Remote Mounting

[Daryl Hunt]

I installed the same vhf and RAM on my '99 C320 #660 Believe last spring on the side of the engine control pod where the old one was.  The RAM mic installation guide says you can cut and splice the cable. I put the splice below the pedestal in the aft berth.  That conduit is wicked tight, but I was able to splice a feeder line onto the old cable and pull it through with some difficulty.  I sprayed some lubricant on it to help.  Then spliced the feeder line to the cut new cable and pulled that down.  I've enjoyed the new vhf & RAM mic this season with AIS at the helm.  Next project: connect the GX2200 AIS to my Raymarine C80 chartplotter.
Fair winds,Daryl Hunts/v Believe, 1999 C320 #660Pittsford, NY - Lake Ontario
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-------- Original message -------- On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 06:57 AM, John Meyers wrote:

> I am looking for a way and place to mount a radio remote onto the
> pedestal.  I have the standard Edson pedestal including the instrument 
> pod
> near the top over the compass. (I purchased and installed a Standard
> Horizon GX2200 in the cabin and then bought the remote CMP31.)
>
> The remote cable has a connector that won't fit easily into the 
> conduit
> that goes into the gauge housing on my 1997 #406. There are about a 
> dozen
> wires and shut off cable that uses that conduit that leads from the 
> housing
> down to the steering box in the aft berth.  I tried pulling the
> disconnected wires down and there was a lot of resistance and not sure 
> if I
> could push/pull those wire back through after I put through the remote
> cable.
>
> Has anyone done this? Is there another place/way to mount the radio 
> remote?
> Any advice on what I am trying to do?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> John Meyers
> 1997 #406
> Wind Chime
> Muskegon, MI
>