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 are limited with how you can view that content on additional devices.

Through the HDMI OUT port, you can display the chartplotter on an external screen, such as a television or monitor. On a GPSMAP 8000 series chartplotter, you cannot view HDCP content on an external screen. On a GPSMAP 9000 series chartplotter, you can view HDCP content on an external monitor that supports industry HDCP standards.

HDMI video is shared across the Garmin BlueNet™ network and across the Garmin Marine Network, but it is not shared across the NMEA 2000® network. HDCP content cannot be shared across the Garmin network to GPSMAP 8000 series or older chartplotters.

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 can use an adapter cable to power a media player stick using a USB port on the chartplotter. The USB port on a the chartplotter 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

1

HDMI source, such as a Chromecast device

2

GPSMAP chartplotter

3

Monitor, such as a computer or television

Connections

From

To

Cable

1

HDMI source's HDMI OUT port

2

Chartplotter's HDMI IN port

Garmin HDMI Cable

3

Chartplotter's HDMI OUT port

4

Monitor's HDMI IN port

Garmin HDMI Cable

5

Chartplotter's USB port

6

HDMI source's USB port

Adapter cable to power the HDMI source, if possible (2.5 W maximum)

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December 2025