Owner's Manual

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ActiveCaptain App
CAUTION
This feature allows users to submit information. Garmin makes
no representations about the accuracy, completeness or
timeliness of information submitted by users. Any use or reliance
on the information submitted by users is at your own risk.
The ActiveCaptain app provides a connection to your
ECHOMAP UHD device, charts, maps, and the community for a
connected boating experience.
On your mobile device with the ActiveCaptain app, you can
download, purchase, and update maps and charts. You can use
the app to easily and quickly transfer user data, such as
waypoints and routes, connect to the Garmin Quickdraw
Contours Community, and update device software. You can also
plan your trip from the app.
You can connect to the ActiveCaptain community for up-to-date
feedback on marinas and other points of interest. The app can
push smart notifications, such as calls and texts, to your
chartplotter display when paired.
ActiveCaptain Roles
Your level of interaction with the ECHOMAP UHD device using
the ActiveCaptain app depends on your role.
Feature Owner Guest
Register device, built-in maps, and supplemental map
cards to account
Yes No
Update software Yes Yes
Automatically transfer Garmin Quickdraw contours you
have downloaded or created
Yes No
Push smart notifications Yes Yes
Begin navigating to a specific waypoint or navigating a
specific route
Yes Yes
Manually synchronize waypoints and routes with the
ECHOMAP UHD device
Yes Yes
Getting Started with the ActiveCaptain App
You can connect a mobile device to the ECHOMAP UHD device
using the ActiveCaptain app. The app provides a quick and easy
way for you to interact with your ECHOMAP UHD device and
complete such tasks as sharing data, registering, updating the
device software, and receiving mobile device notifications.
1
Insert a memory card in one of the ECHOMAP UHD device's
card slots (Inserting Memory Cards, page 1).
Be sure the card is inserted each time you want to use the
ActiveCaptain feature.
2
Select ActiveCaptain > Create ActiveCaptain Memory
Card.
NOTICE
You might be prompted to format the memory card.
Formatting the card deletes all information saved on the card.
This includes any saved user data, such as waypoints.
Formatting the card is recommended, but not required.
Before formatting the card, you should save the data from the
memory card onto the device internal memory (Copying User
Data from a Memory Card, page 39). After formatting the
card for the ActiveCaptain app, you can transfer the user
data back to the card (Copying User Data to a Memory Card,
page 39).
3
From the ActiveCaptain page, select MENU > Wi-Fi Setup
> Wi-Fi Network > Wi-Fi > On.
4
Enter a name and password for this network.
5
From the application store on your mobile device, install and
open the ActiveCaptain app.
6
Bring the mobile device within 32 m (105 ft.) of the
ECHOMAP UHD device.
7
From your mobile device settings, open the Wi‑Fi
®
connections page and connect to the Garmin device, using
the name and password you entered.
Enabling Smart Notifications
WARNING
Do not read or reply to notifications while operating the vessel.
Failure to pay attention to the conditions on the water can result
in vessel damage, personal injury, or death.
Before your ECHOMAP UHD device can receive notifications,
you must connect it to your mobile device and to the
ActiveCaptain app.
1
From the ECHOMAP UHD device, select ActiveCaptain >
Smart Notifications > Enable Notifications.
2
Turn on Bluetooth
®
technology in the mobile device settings.
3
Bring the devices within 10 m (33 ft.) of each other.
4
From the ActiveCaptain app on the mobile device, select
Smart Notifications > Pair with Chartplotter.
5
Follow the on-screen instructions to pair the app to the
ECHOMAP UHD device.
6
When prompted, enter the key on your mobile device.
7
If necessary, adjust which notifications you receive in your
mobile device settings.
Updating Software with the ActiveCaptain
App
If your device has Wi‑Fi technology, you can use the
ActiveCaptain app to download and install the latest software
updates for your device.
NOTICE
Software updates may require the app to download large files.
Regular data limits or charges from your Internet service
provider apply. Contact your Internet service provider for more
information about data limits or charges.
The installation process can take several minutes.
1
Connect the mobile device to the ECHOMAP UHD device
(Getting Started with the ActiveCaptain App, page 3).
2
When a software update is available and you have internet
access on your mobile device, select Software Updates >
Download.
The ActiveCaptain app downloads the update to the mobile
device. When you reconnect the app to the ECHOMAP UHD
device, the update is transferred to the device. After the
transfer is complete, you are prompted to install the update.
3
When you are prompted by the ECHOMAP UHD device,
select an option to install the update.
• To update the software immediately, select OK.
• To delay the update, select Cancel. When you are ready
to install the update, select ActiveCaptain > Software
Updates > Install Now.
Updating Charts with ActiveCaptain
You can use the ActiveCaptain app to download and transfer the
latest chart updates for your device. To save space on your
mobile device, space on the ActiveCaptain card, and download
time, consider using the ActiveCaptain app to download only the
areas of the chart you need.
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