HDMI Video Considerations

NOTICE

To prevent corrosion due to moisture, you must use Garmin® GPSMAP® accessory cables when connecting the chartplotter to the video source or display. Do not connect a media player stick directly into the back of the chartplotter. Using different cables or connecting a media player stick into the back of the chartplotter voids your warranty.

This chartplotter allows video input from HDMI® video sources, such as a Chromecast™ device or a Blu-Ray™ player. You can view protected HDMI content (HDCP content) on the chartplotter screen, but not on an external screen.

HDMI video is shared across the Garmin Marine Network, but it is not shared across the NMEA 2000® network. HDCP content is not shared across the Garmin Marine Network.

Through the HDMI OUT port, you can display the chartplotter on an external screen, such as a television or monitor. You cannot view HDCP content on an external screen.

The Garmin GPSMAP HDMI accessory cable is 4.5 m (15 ft) long. If you need a longer cable, you should use an active HDMI cable only. You need an HDMI coupler to connect the two HDMI cables.

You need a Garmin GPSMAP USB OTG adapter cable to power a media player stick. The USB port can supply up to 2.5 W to power a media player stick.

You must make all cable connections in a dry environment.


Block diagram with callouts

Devices

Item

Device

Callout number 1

HDMI source, such as a Chromecast device

Callout number 2

GPSMAP chartplotter

Callout number 3

Monitor, such as a computer or television

Connections

From

To

Cable

Callout number 1

HDMI source's HDMI OUT port

Callout number 2

Chartplotter's HDMI IN port

Garmin HDMI Cable

Callout number 3

Chartplotter's HDMI OUT port

Callout number 4

Monitor's HDMI IN port

Garmin HDMI Cable

Callout number 5

Chartplotter's USB port

Callout number 6

HDMI source's USB port

GPSMAP USB OTG adapter cable to power the HDMI source, if possible (2.5 W maximum)

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August 2023