Activecaptain App; Activecaptain Roles; Getting Started With The Activecaptain App - Garmin GPSMAP 86 Series Owner's Manual

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The ActiveCaptain app provides a connection to your GPSMAP device, charts, maps, and the community for a
connected boating experience.
On your mobile device with the ActiveCaptain app, you can download, purchase, and update maps and charts.
You can use the app to easily and quickly transfer user data, such as waypoints and routes, connect to the
Garmin Quickdraw Contours Community, update device software, and plan your trip. You can also control the
GPSMAP device from the app using the Garmin Helm
You can connect to the ActiveCaptain community for up-to-date feedback on marinas and other points of
interest. The app can push smart notifications, such as calls and texts, to your chartplotter display when paired.

ActiveCaptain Roles

Your level of interaction with the GPSMAP device using the ActiveCaptain app depends on your role.
Feature
Register device, built-in maps, and supplemental map cards to account
Update software
Automatically transfer Garmin Quickdraw contours you have downloaded or created
Push smart notifications
Automatically transfer user data, such as waypoints and routes
Begin navigating to a specific waypoint or navigating a specific route, and send that waypoint
or route to the GPSMAP device

Getting Started with the ActiveCaptain App

You can connect a mobile device to the GPSMAP device using the ActiveCaptain app. The app provides a
quick and easy way for you to interact with your GPSMAP device and complete such tasks as sharing data,
registering, updating the device software, and receiving mobile device notifications.
1 From the GPSMAP device, select Vessel > ActiveCaptain.
2 From the ActiveCaptain page, select Wi-Fi Network > Wi-Fi > On.
3 Enter a name and password for this network.
4 Insert a memory card in the GPSMAP device's card slot
5 Select Set ActiveCaptain Card.
You might be prompted to format the memory card. Formatting the card deletes all information saved on the
card. This includes any saved user data, such as waypoints. Formatting the card is recommended, but not
required. Before formatting the card, you should save the data from the memory card onto the device internal
memory (Copying User Data from a Memory Card,
app, you can transfer the user data back to the card
Be sure the card is inserted each time you want to use the ActiveCaptain feature.
6 From the application store on your mobile device, install and open the ActiveCaptain app.
7 Bring the mobile device within 32 m (105 ft.) of the GPSMAP device.
8 From your mobile device settings, open the Wi‑Fi
the name and password you entered in the Garmin device.
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