GARMIN 04109 Mobile Tranceiver Board User Manual

: June 16, 2024
: Garmin

Table of Contents

GARMIN 04109 Mobile Tranceiver Board
Product Information
Product Usage Instructions
IMPORTANT SAFETY AND PRODUCT INFORMATION
Product Environmental Programs
Limited Warranty
References
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GARMIN 04109 Mobile Tranceiver Board

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Product Information

Specifications

Product Name: Trolling Motor
Manufacturer: Garmin
Compliance: Directive 2014/53/EU and relevant statutory requirements
Warranty: Limited warranty for non-commercial, recreational use; Limited warranty for commercial use; Limited warranty for the composite shaft

Product Usage Instructions

Trolling Motor
When using the trolling motor, it is important to adhere to the following warnings:

Avoid contact with the rotating propeller to prevent accidents or collisions resulting in death or serious injury.

Battery
When handling the battery, please take note of the following cautions:

Failure to heed these cautions could result in minor or moderate injury, or property damage.

Device Functionality
To ensure proper device functionality and prevent personal or property damage, please take note of the following notices:

Contact your local waste disposal department to dispose of the device/batteries in accordance with applicable local laws and regulations.
Avoid using the navigation device in proximity to any device that uses a terrestrial broadband network operating close to the frequencies used by any Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), such as GPS. The use of such devices may impair reception of GNSS signals and result in degraded performance.

Declaration of Conformity
This product is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU and relevant statutory requirements. For the full text of the EU declaration of conformity, please visit www.garmin.com/compliance.

Authorized Repairs
This product does not contain any user-serviceable parts. Repairs should only be made by an authorized Garmin service center. Unauthorized repairs or modifications could result in permanent damage to the equipment, void your warranty, and your authority tooperate this device under Part 15 regulations.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Compliance
This device contains licence-exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s licence-exempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Warranty
This product comes with a limited warranty. The specific details of the warranty will depend on the type of use:

For non-commercial, recreational use, the warranty provides specific legal rights. You may have other legal rights that vary from state to state (or by country or province). Garmin does not exclude, limit, or suspend other legal rights you may have under the laws of your state (or country or province). For a full understanding of your rights, you should consult the laws of your state, country, or province.
For commercial use, the warranty covers defects in materials or workmanship for one (1) year from the date of purchase. Commercial use refers to any usage associated with income-producing activities or other activities associated with the operation of a business.
The composite shaft has its own limited warranty. Please refer to the warranty terms specific to the composite shaft.

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Q: Can I repair the product myself?
A: No, this product does not contain any user-serviceable parts. Repairs should only be made by an authorized Garmin service center.
Q: How should I dispose of the device/batteries?
A: Contact your local waste disposal department to dispose of the device/batteries in accordance with applicable local laws and regulations.
Q: What is considered commercial use?
A: Commercial use refers to any usage associated with income-producing activities or other activities associated with the operation of a business.

IMPORTANT SAFETY AND PRODUCT INFORMATION

WARNING
Failure to heed the following warnings could result in an accident or collision resulting in death or serious injury.

Trolling Motor Warnings

Do not run the motor when the propeller is out of the water. Contact with the rotating propeller may result in severe injury.
You are responsible for the safe and prudent operation of your vessel. The autopilot features on the trolling motor are tools that enhance your capability to operate your boat. They do not relieve you of the responsibility of safely operating your boat. Avoid navigational hazards and never leave the motor controls unattended.
Learn to operate the autopilot features on calm and hazard-free open water.
Use caution when using operating the trolling motor near hazards in the water, such as trees, shallow rocks, docks, pilings, and other boats.
Always disconnect the motor from the battery before cleaning or servicing the propeller to avoid injury.
Do not use the motor in areas where you or other people in the water may come into contact with the rotating propeller.

Battery Warnings
Replaceable lithium, alkaline, or NiMH batteries can be used with the remote control and foot pedal.
If these guidelines are not followed, batteries may experience a shortened life span or may present a risk of damage to the device, fire, chemical burn, electrolyte leak, and/or injury.• Do not disassemble, modify, remanufacture, puncture or damage the device or batteries.

Do not expose the device or batteries to fire, explosion, or other hazard.
Do not use a sharp object to remove the removable batteries.
KEEP BATTERIES AWAY FROM CHILDREN.
NEVER PUT BATTERIES IN MOUTH. Swallowing can lead to chemical burns, perforation of soft tissue, and death. Severe burns can occur within 2 hours of ingestion. Seek medical attention immediately.
Only replace batteries with correct replacement batteries. Using other batteries presents a risk of fire or explosion.

CAUTION
Failure to heed the following cautions could result in minor or moderate injury, or property damage.

Trolling Motor Cautions

When using the autopilot features, be prepared for sudden stops, acceleration, and turns.
When stowing or deploying the motor, be aware of the risk of entrapment or pinching from moving parts, which can result in injury.
When stowing or deploying the motor, be aware of slick surfaces around the motor. Slipping when stowing or deploying the motor may result in injury.

NOTICE
Failure to heed the following notices could result in personal or property damage, or negatively impact the device functionality.

Battery Notice
Contact your local waste disposal department to dispose of the device/batteries in accordance with applicable local laws and regulations.

GPS Notice
The navigation device may experience degraded performance if you use it in proximity to any device that uses a terrestrial broadband network operating close to the frequencies used by any Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), such as the Global Positioning Service (GPS). Use of such devices may impair reception of GNSS signals.

Product Environmental Programs

Information about the Garmin® product recycling program and WEEE, RoHS, REACH, and other compliance programs can be found at www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/environment.

Declaration of Conformity
Hereby, Garmin declares that this product is in compliance with the Directive 2014/53/EU. The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: www.garmin.com/compliance.

UK Declaration of Conformity
Hereby, Garmin declares that this product is in compliance with the relevant statutory requirements. The full text of the declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: www.garmin.com/compliance.

FCC Compliance
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

this device may not cause harmful interference, and
this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and may cause harmful interference to radio communications if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This product does not contain any user-serviceable parts. Repairs should only be made by an authorized Garmin service center. Unauthorized repairs or modifications could result in permanent damage to the equipment, and void your warranty and your authority to operate this device under Part 15 regulations.

Radio Frequency Radiation Exposure
This device is a mobile transmitter and receiver that uses an internal antenna to send and receive low levels of radio frequency (RF) energy for data communications. The device emits RF energy below the published limits when operating in its maximum output power mode and when used with Garmin authorized accessories. To comply with RF exposure compliance requirements, the device should be installed and operated with
a minimum of 20 cm (7.87 in.) between the device and your body. The device should not be used in other configurations. This device must not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any other transmitter or antenna.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Compliance
This device contains licence-exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s licence-exempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Software License Agreement
BY USING THE DEVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.
Garmin Ltd. and its subsidiaries (“Garmin”) grant you a limited license to use the software embedded in this device (the “Software”) in binary executable form in the normal operation of the product. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software remain in Garmin and/or its third-party providers.
You acknowledge that the Software is the property of Garmin and/or its third- party providers and is protected under the United States of America copyright laws and international copyright treaties. You further acknowledge that the structure, organization, and code of the Software, for which source code is not provided, are valuable trade secrets of Garmin and/or its third-party providers and that the Software in source code form remains a valuable trade secret of Garmin and/or its third-party providers. You agree not to decompile, disassemble, modify, reverse assemble, reverse engineer, or reduce to human readable form the Software or any part thereof or create any derivative works based on the Software. You agree not to export or re-export the Software to any country in violation of the export control laws of the United States of America or the export control laws of any other applicable country.

Third-Party Software Licenses
This product may include the following third-party software: XySSL (© 2006-2007 Christophe Devine), hostap / WPA Supplicant (© 2002-2010, Jouni Malinen), NGINX (© 2002-2015 Igor Sysoev, © 2011-2015 Nginx, Inc.), nano-pb (© 2011 Petteri Aimonen), all distributed under the BSD License; mDNSResponder software (© Apple), distributed under the Apache, BSD, and NICTA licenses; libcurl (© 1996 – 2015, Daniel Stenberg), cjson (© 2009 Dave Gamble), expat (© 1998, 1999, 2000 Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd, and Clark Cooper, © 2001, 2002, 2003 Expat maintainers) software all distributed under the MIT license.
THE THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Limited Warranty

THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE (OR BY COUNTRY OR PROVINCE). GARMIN DOES NOT EXCLUDE, LIMIT OR SUSPEND OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE UNDER THE LAWS OF YOUR STATE (OR COUNTRY OR PROVINCE). FOR A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR RIGHTS YOU SHOULD CONSULT THE LAWS OF YOUR STATE, COUNTRY OR PROVINCE.
Limited Warranty for Non-Commercial, Recreational Use For non-commercial, recreational use, Garmin Trolling Motor products are warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for three (3) years from the date of purchase. Within this period, Garmin will, at its sole option, repair or replace any components that fail in normal use. Such repairs or replacement will be made at no charge to the customer for parts or labor, provided that the customer shall be responsible for any transportation cost to return the defective product to Garmin.

Limited Warranty for Commercial Use
For Garmin Trolling Motor products used for commercial use are warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for one (1) year from the date of purchase. Commercial use means any usage associated with income-producing activities or other activities associated with the operation of a business.

Limited Warranty for the Composite Shaft
For non-commercial, recreational use, the composite shaft of the Garmin Trolling Motor products is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for the lifetime of the customer. This limited warranty for the composite shaft is for the lifetime of the original customer and is non- transferrable. Within this period, Garmin will, at its sole option, provide a replacement composite shaft for any material or workmanship defects confirmed by Garmin. The customer will be responsible for any costs associated with the removal of the original shaft and installation of the replacement shaft.

Exclusions
This Limited Warranty does not apply to: (i) damage resulting from or caused by inadequate cleaning or improper service of products used in saltwater or brackish water (ii) damage due to normal wear and tear; (iii) cosmetic damage, such as scratches, nicks and dents; (iv) products that have not been maintained as required by the applicable Trolling Motor Maintenance Manual; (v) costs associated with performing maintenance required by the applicable Trolling Motor Maintenance Manual; (vi) damage caused by accident, incorrect installation, incorrect stowing, abuse, misuse, water, flood, fire, other acts of nature or external causes, or failure to obtain required annual maintenance service; (vii) damage caused by service performed by anyone who is not an authorized service provider of Garmin; (viii) damage to a product that has been modified or altered without the written permission of Garmin; or (ix) damage to a product that has been connected to power and/or data cables that are not supplied by Garmin or damage to
a product that has been connected to cables that are not certified by UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and are not labeled as Limited Power Source (LPS). In addition, Garmin reserves the right to refuse warranty claims against products or services that are obtained and/or used in contravention of the laws of any country.

General Conditions

Repairs performed by Garmin, or an authorized service provider of Garmin, have a 90 day warranty. If the product sent for repair is still under its original warranty, then the new warranty is the longer of: (i) 90 days, or (ii) to the end of the original warranty period under this Limited Warranty, such as a 3 year product warranty for non-commercial, recreational use, a 1 year warranty for commercial use, or a non-transferrable limited lifetime composite shaft warranty for non-commercial, recreational use.
This Limited Warranty also does not apply to, and Garmin is not responsible for, any degradation in the performance of any Garmin navigation product resulting from its use in proximity to any handset or other device that utilizes a terrestrial broadband network operating on frequencies that are close to the frequencies used by any Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) such as the Global Positioning Service (GPS). Use of such devices may impair reception of GNSS signals.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES CONTAINED IN THIS LIMITED WARRANTY ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF, AND GARMIN EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, STATUTORY REMEDY OR OTHERWISE. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
IF IMPLIED WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED, THEN SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THIS LIMITED WARRANTY. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IN NO EVENT SHALL GARMIN BE LIABLE IN A CLAIM FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER RESULTING FROM THE USE MISUSE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR FROM DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Garmin retains the exclusive right to repair or replace (with a new or newly-overhauled replacement product) the product (or have the product repaired or replaced by an authorized service provider of Garmin) or offer a full refund of the purchase price at its sole discretion. SUCH REMEDY SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY.
To obtain warranty service, contact your local Garmin-authorized dealer or call Garmin Product Support for shipping instructions and an RMA tracking number. Securely pack the product and a copy of the original sales receipt, which is required as the proof of purchase for warranty repairs. Write the tracking number clearly on the outside of the package. Send the product, freight charges prepaid, to any Garmin warranty service station.

Online Auction Purchases : Online auction confirmations are not accepted for warranty verification. To obtain warranty service, an original or copy of the sales receipt from the original retailer is required. Garmin will not replace missing components from any package purchased through an online auction.

International Purchases: A separate warranty may be provided by international distributors for products purchased outside the United States depending on the country. If applicable, this warranty is provided by the local in-country distributor and this distributor provides local service for your product. Distributor warranties are only valid in the area of intended distribution. Products purchased in the United States or Canada must be returned to the Garmin service center in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, or Taiwan for service.

Marine Warranty Policy: Certain Garmin Marine products in certain areas have a longer warranty period and additional terms and conditions. Go to www.garmin.com/support/warranty_marine for more details and to see if your product is covered under the Garmin Marine Warranty Policy.

Australian Purchases : Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and for compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure. The benefits under our Limited Warranty are in addition to other rights and remedies under applicable law in relation to the products. Garmin Australasia, 30 Clay Place, Eastern Creek, NSW 2766, Australia. Phone: 1800 235 822.