What is ActiveCaptain on navionics?
All you need is the free ActiveCaptain® app to easily transfer routes and markers from your Navionics Boating app to a compatible Garmin chartplotter.
What does Garmin active captain do?
The free ActiveCaptain app creates a powerful connection between your compatible smart device and Garmin chartplotter, charts, maps and the boating community. Use it to activate your Garmin Navionics+™ or Garmin Navionics Vision+™ subscription, plus download daily updates and premium content.
What happened to ActiveCaptain?
Yes, the current ActiveCaptain Community data feed will be discontinued on 5/23/2018, but it will be replaced with a new and purportedly improved application programming interface (API) that also meets the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Does ActiveCaptain work with Navionics?
How do I get ActiveCaptain maps?
Use the ActiveCaptain App to purchase Garmin Navionics Subscriptions or update existing BlueChart g3 maps
- Open and login to the ActiveCaptain app.
- Select the Chart button.
- Press the Menu button (three lines button)
- Select My Charts.
- Select the Add a Chart Subscription option at the bottom of the page for new purchases.
How do you use ActiveCaptain without WiFi?
Go back to the Active Captain app.
- Tap on Boat Apps at the bottom of the screen.
- Tap on My Marine Devices.
- At the very bottom of the window that pops up, click on “I Don’t Own a WiFi Capable Device”
- Enter your chartplotter ID.
- After your device is registered, click on Chart at the bottom of the app.
What Garmin units are compatible with ActiveCaptain?
A micro/SD card must be inserted into the marine device to create an ActiveCaptain card, which will pair with the ActiveCaptain app….The following STRIKER fishfinders are compatible with ActiveCaptain:
- STRIKER Plus 7cv.
- STRIKER Plus 7sv.
- STRIKER Plus 9sv.
- STRIKER Vivid 7cv.
- STRIKER Vivid 7sv.
- STRIKER Vivid 9sv.
Can I use ActiveCaptain on my PC?
Garmin offers a few convenient options to download software updates: ActiveCaptain a mobile app that uses a tablet or smartphone to download and update through the mobile device. Garmin Express an application loaded to a desktop computer that allows the user to update device software through a micro/SD card.
How do I force my Garmin to ActiveCaptain?
To pair the Force Trolling Motor with the ActiveCaptain application:
- Begin with the Force Trolling Motor powered on.
- Connect the Force Remote to the Trolling Motor.
- Open the ActiveCaptain application on the smart device.
- Select My Marine Devices.
- Connect the smart device with the Force Trolling Motor.
Is Garmin striker 4 compatible with ActiveCaptain?
NOTE: The ActiveCaptain® feature is only available on STRIKER™ Plus 7 and STRIKER Plus 9 models, which have Wi‑Fi® technology. You can connect a mobile device to the STRIKER Plus device using the ActiveCaptain app.