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ActiveCaptain App

The ActiveCaptain® app provides a connection between your mobile device and your Garmin® marine devices.

You can use the ActiveCaptain app to program the radio with your vessel information and MMSI number, and to install software updates.

NOTE: In the United States, you must connect the radio to the ActiveCaptain app to automatically program it with the vessel information and MMSI number you submitted to your Garmin dealer when you purchased the radio.

You should observe these considerations before connecting the radio to the ActiveCaptain app.

  • If your Garmin Signal™ VHF radio is connected to a compatible Garmin chartplotter using the Garmin BlueNet™ network port, and the chartplotter is already connected to the ActiveCaptain app, the radio connects to the app automatically.

  • If your compatible connected Garmin chartplotter is not connected to the ActiveCaptain app, you must follow the instructions in the chartplotter Owner's Manual to configure the ActiveCaptain app.

  • If your radio is not connected to a Garmin chartplotter, you must connect the ActiveCaptain app to the radio directly (Connecting to a Mobile Device with the ActiveCaptain App).

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