Connecting Phillips Navigator MK8 to a MT500 DSC/VHF

By Russ, on January 31st, 2007

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Russ January 31st, 2007| 5 comments - be the next!|Tags: DSC - Electronics - NMEA - Philips MK8.

5 comments to Connecting Phillips Navigator MK8 to a MT500 DSC/VHF

• Russ

  31 January, 2007 at 11:45 pm · Reply

  Following on from Tony Hughes question below – firstly here is the spec for the MT500 that Tony refers to.

  As for how to connect it up to the MK8 I have written a new post above to document all the tips about the wiring that I have come across, including the advice on connecting the MT500 and a Phillips MK8.

  The MT-500 is the latest Class-D DSC equipped marine VHF from M-TECH. It meets the EN-301 025 capabilities with integral CH70 watch receiver.

  Position Send/Request functions are also included which enable you to transmit/request the position data to other vessels. The received position data is transferred to a connected plotter (not supplied), if your plotter is DSC capable.

  Large SELECT/ENT knob can be rotated and pushed which offers you simple and easy operation for channel and menu selection.

  Construction is waterproof meeting the JIS-7 standard

  • Built-in CH70 watch receiver
  • 32 MMSI number directory
  • Large dot-matrix LCD display – 4 lines with 11 characters each
  • LAT/LON position indication with GPS connected
  • Alert for GPS unconnected
  • Position Send/Request_transfer the received position data to a connected plotter
  • All available INT’L plus authorized local channels
  • 3 channel scanning modes_Priority, All and Memory Scan
    Channel name indication
  • DISTRESS button with protective cover
  • One button instant access to CH16
  • Large SELECT/ENT knob for channel/menu
  • Microphone with alphanumeric keys
  • Waterproof meeting the JIS-7 standard
  • Selectable ATIS mode for inland waterways

   

• Hans

  26 February, 2009 at 11:50 am · Reply

  Dear Russ,

  Can you help me with an instruction to connect an Clipper GPS repeater to a Phillips MK8 GPS?

  I try to connect them, without a good result.
  I onely get info that there is a 12V connection, but no data info.

  Hans

• Chris Woodd-Walker

  18 May, 2009 at 11:16 am · Reply

  We acquired a GPS Navigator MK8 with our boat & the instructions dated July 1993 & it worked last year, but now it just shows the position as zeros or similar if you change the datum base. Have tried replacing the Back-up battery ‘expected life 2 years’. All the tests appear OK, including the antenna. Any suggestions?

• Tony Hughes

  31 July, 2009 at 11:06 pm · Reply

  Dear sir, can you help.
  I am trying to connect my Garmin 450 GPS to a M Tech 500 DSC VHF Transceiver.Both unit`s wiring instructions are not clear and although I have followed them correctly, The GPS is not speaking to the M Tech vhf, with no Lat or Long readingsor time etc.
  Be grateful for advice. Are they compatible?

  Tony and Ann (United Kingdom)

• Chris Geary

  24 February, 2010 at 7:06 pm · Reply

  Hi,
  I have a Mk8 and just like Chris Woodd-Walker is has also stopped displaying Lat & Long. Is there a solution to this?

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5 comments to Connecting Phillips Navigator MK8 to a MT500 DSC/VHF

• Russ

  31 January, 2007 at 11:45 pm · Reply

  Following on from Tony Hughes question below – firstly here is the spec for the MT500 that Tony refers to.

  As for how to connect it up to the MK8 I have written a new post above to document all the tips about the wiring that I have come across, including the advice on connecting the MT500 and a Phillips MK8.

  The MT-500 is the latest Class-D DSC equipped marine VHF from M-TECH. It meets the EN-301 025 capabilities with integral CH70 watch receiver.

  Position Send/Request functions are also included which enable you to transmit/request the position data to other vessels. The received position data is transferred to a connected plotter (not supplied), if your plotter is DSC capable.

  Large SELECT/ENT knob can be rotated and pushed which offers you simple and easy operation for channel and menu selection.

  Construction is waterproof meeting the JIS-7 standard

  • Built-in CH70 watch receiver
  • 32 MMSI number directory
  • Large dot-matrix LCD display – 4 lines with 11 characters each
  • LAT/LON position indication with GPS connected
  • Alert for GPS unconnected
  • Position Send/Request_transfer the received position data to a connected plotter
  • All available INT’L plus authorized local channels
  • 3 channel scanning modes_Priority, All and Memory Scan
    Channel name indication
  • DISTRESS button with protective cover
  • One button instant access to CH16
  • Large SELECT/ENT knob for channel/menu
  • Microphone with alphanumeric keys
  • Waterproof meeting the JIS-7 standard
  • Selectable ATIS mode for inland waterways

   

• Hans

  26 February, 2009 at 11:50 am · Reply

  Dear Russ,

  Can you help me with an instruction to connect an Clipper GPS repeater to a Phillips MK8 GPS?

  I try to connect them, without a good result.
  I onely get info that there is a 12V connection, but no data info.

  Hans

• Chris Woodd-Walker

  18 May, 2009 at 11:16 am · Reply

  We acquired a GPS Navigator MK8 with our boat & the instructions dated July 1993 & it worked last year, but now it just shows the position as zeros or similar if you change the datum base. Have tried replacing the Back-up battery ‘expected life 2 years’. All the tests appear OK, including the antenna. Any suggestions?

• Tony Hughes

  31 July, 2009 at 11:06 pm · Reply

  Dear sir, can you help.
  I am trying to connect my Garmin 450 GPS to a M Tech 500 DSC VHF Transceiver.Both unit`s wiring instructions are not clear and although I have followed them correctly, The GPS is not speaking to the M Tech vhf, with no Lat or Long readingsor time etc.
  Be grateful for advice. Are they compatible?

  Tony and Ann (United Kingdom)

• Chris Geary

  24 February, 2010 at 7:06 pm · Reply

  Hi,
  I have a Mk8 and just like Chris Woodd-Walker is has also stopped displaying Lat & Long. Is there a solution to this?

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