Electronics question-gp31/st60/navman

[Beau Nidle]

Hi all

Just picked up my new boat and a trying to figure out some bits and have a couple of questions.

Does anyone know how to change the language on a furuno gp31? For some reason mine is in French and I would like to get it back to English.

Is it possible to interface with the radio? It is a dsc radio and there is a gps connector off the back but it doesn't appear to have been connected.

Can the st60 multi be hooked in as well? It would be nice to have a repeater in the cockpit.

Sorry for all the questions. It's a steep learning curve and this is the home of those who know

 

[tillergirl]

It is easy to interface with the radio. Green is the + output, blue is the common ground. Manual here http://www.furunousa.com/ProductDocuments/GP31 GP36 Operator's Manual K.pdf

It is possible to connect to the ST60 but you will need the Raymarine PC/Seatalk/NMEA interface box as their stuff uses their own language 'Seatalk'.

 

[rob2]

Actually, the ST60 Multi can accept the NMEA 0183 GPS data - see the manual downloadable here: http://www.raymarine.com/SubmittedFiles/Handbooks/Instruments/ST60/81039_4www.pdf

I've used this to get the GPS data into my set of ST60 instruments.

Rob.

 

[earlybird]

NMEA output to external instruments is white & blue. (Green is for input.)
Yellow can be used to output to a PC.
Language can be selected under menu - sys. setup.

 

[Beau Nidle]

NMEA output to external instruments is white & blue. (Green is for input.)
Yellow can be used to output to a PC.
Language can be selected under menu - sys. setup.

Can't find anything under param-sys to indicate the ability to change languages, is mine just too old?

 

[earlybird]

Can't find anything under param-sys to indicate the ability to change languages, is mine just too old?

My GP32, which I thought was virtually identical, offers about 6 languages.
Apologies if the GP31 is different in that respect.
Seems odd for Furuno to have offered an exclusively French version.
I've found Furuno UK helpful.

 

[garvellachs]

GP31 language

Ours is in german - no way to change it that I can find. The menu tree appears to be the same as the english version so I set it using that and rarely change anything. It finds a fix very quickly despite its age and feeds everything else on the boat with NMEA efficiently.

 

[Beau Nidle]

That's encouraging at least. Ours isn't currently feeding anything else and I didnt want to try and connect it all up if there is a language issue.

I have navionics on the iPad as well so I guess it can stay for now - even in French!