84CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE10■ Connectionsq ANTENNA CONNECTORConnects to a marine VHF antenna cable’s PL-259 con-nector.CAUTION: DO NOT transmit without an antenna.w NMEA IN/OUT LEADSBrown: Talker B (Data-L), Data Out (–)White: Talker A (Data-H), Data Out (+)Connect to NMEA input lines of navigation equipment, toreceive position data of other ships.• A NMEA 0183 (ver. 2.0 or later) sentence format DSC or DSEcompatible navigation equipment is required.• The built-in GPS outputs RMC, GSA, GSV format sentences.Green: Listener B (Data-L), GPS In (–)Yellow: Listener A (Data-H), GPS In (+)Connect to NMEA output lines of a GPS receiver for posi-tion data.• A NMEA 0183 ver. 2.0 or later RMC, GGA, GNS, GLL, VTG,GSV, and GSA sentence format compatible GPS receiver is re-quired. Ask your dealer about suitable GPS receivers.• The GPS sentences input from an external GPS receiver havepriority over the sentences from the built-in GPS.e AF OUT LEADSBlue: External Speaker (+)Black: External Speaker (–)Connects to an external speaker.Orange: Public Address Speaker (+)Gray: Public Address Speaker (–)Connects to a PA speaker.• PA output power: More than 10 W at 10% distortion into a 4 ˘ loadDO NOT connect the black or grey leads to the ground.These leads must be connected to the External speaker(–) or Public Address Speaker (–) lines.NOTE for NMEA In/Out and AF Out leads:The connectors are attached to keep the leads together.Before connecting to a piece of equipment, you should cutthe leads to remove the connector.ueyqwrt• The figure shows the IC-M423GE.