sstacey
Cadet
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2012
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Greetings all,
I've a 2007 Optimax 150 and a Lowrance HDS 12 Gen 3. I recently purchased a Mercury Vesselview LINK ...Not the VVL Mobile.... and am trying to connect it to my Lowrance HDS 12 Gen 3. The VVL kit came with a smartcraft cable but it was 3 feet. So I went to Ebay and bought an extension cable. I found the smartcraft connection in the engine that had the yellow termination cap. I put the cable on the engine, took the yellow termination cap and put it on the cable that came with the kit and connected it to the VVL box. Then connected the VVL to the NMEA 2000 network, which is then connected to the Lowrance HDS 12 Gen 3. While connected to the internet, the Lowrance upgraded, Mercury features enabled and I can now see the Mercury toolbar to the left and engine speed is showing..... BUT that is all. There is so much marketing but no content on how to install this. I was under the impression it was plug and play. After reading what posts I could find, I've bought other cables with no luck and I think I'm now more confused than when I started. Anyone know if I missed something or can provide some input?
I've a 2007 Optimax 150 and a Lowrance HDS 12 Gen 3. I recently purchased a Mercury Vesselview LINK ...Not the VVL Mobile.... and am trying to connect it to my Lowrance HDS 12 Gen 3. The VVL kit came with a smartcraft cable but it was 3 feet. So I went to Ebay and bought an extension cable. I found the smartcraft connection in the engine that had the yellow termination cap. I put the cable on the engine, took the yellow termination cap and put it on the cable that came with the kit and connected it to the VVL box. Then connected the VVL to the NMEA 2000 network, which is then connected to the Lowrance HDS 12 Gen 3. While connected to the internet, the Lowrance upgraded, Mercury features enabled and I can now see the Mercury toolbar to the left and engine speed is showing..... BUT that is all. There is so much marketing but no content on how to install this. I was under the impression it was plug and play. After reading what posts I could find, I've bought other cables with no luck and I think I'm now more confused than when I started. Anyone know if I missed something or can provide some input?