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Devices That Require an SD Card to Use The ActiveCaptain App
To utilize all of the available features of the ActiveCaptain® app, some Garmin devices will require an SD card to be inserted into the device.
ECHOMAP™ 50s chartplotters | ECHOMAP™ 70s chartplotters
ECHOMAP™ 50dv chartplotters | ECHOMAP™ 70dv chartplotters
ECHOMAP™ Plus 6x chartplotters 6 | ECHOMAP™ Plus 7x chartplotters | ECHOMAP™ Plus 9x chartplotters
ECHOMAP™ UHD chartplotters
ECHOMAP™ UHD2 chartplotters
ECHOMAP™ Ultra chartplotters
ECHOMAP™ Ultra 2 chartplotters
GPSMAP® 1xxx chartplotters
GPSMAP® 12x2 chartplotters | GPSMAP® 12x2 (keyed) chartplotters | GPSMAP® 12x3 chartplotters | GPSMAP® 16x3 chartplotters
GPSMAP® 10x2 chartplotters | GPSMAP® 10x2 (keyed) chartplotters | GPSMAP® 10x3 chartplotters
GPSMAP® 5x7 chartplotters
GPSMAP® 7x1 chartplotters | GPSMAP® 7x2 chartplotters |GPSMAP® 7x3 chartplotters
GPSMAP® 8xx chartplotters
GPSMAP® 9x2 chartplotters | GPSMAP® 9x3 chartplotters
GPSMAP® 6xxx chartplotters | GPSMAP® 7xxx chartplotters
GPSMAP® 74xx chartplotters | GPSMAP® 76xx chartplotters
GPSMAP® 8xxx chartplotters
GPSMAP® 84xx chartplotters| GPSMAP® 86xx chartplotters
GPSMAP® 90xx chartplotters | GPSMAP® 92xx chartplotters
Note for STRIKER™ Plus fishfinders: Although STRIKER Plus 7" | 9" models are compatible with ActiveCaptain, they do not have an SD card slot. These units have built-in internal storage to accommodate compatible ActiveCaptain features.
Having an SD card inserted will allow for chart downloads, wireless software updates, and Quickdraw content to be sent to the Garmin device from the ActiveCaptain App.*
To determine which capacity and/or class of card your device supports, refer to New exFAT support on Garmin Marine Devices
*ActiveCaptain features may vary based on device.