[C320-list] Radio Remote Mounting

[Doug Treff]

My solution doesn't help you because you've already bought the
components, but I solved the problem by going with the B&G V50 and H50
combination. The handset is wireless and eliminates the need for running
RAM interface wires. It's pretty sweet, as long as you remember to keep
the handset charged in between use.

Works great... the only concern I have is the the handset could be lost
overboard because it's not tethered to the boat by a cord any longer.
Working on some type of tether solution for that right now.

--
Doug Treff
September Song - #350 - Pasadena, MD
doug at treff.us

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017, at 08:13 AM, Daryl Hunt wrote:
> 
>     
> 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
> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone
> 
> -------- 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
> >