Garmin® GPSMAP® and echoMAP™ Series Receive New Features
Free Software Update Provides Expanded Sonar Capabilities, Networking
Options
and More
OLATHE, Kan./July 1, 2014/Business Wire – Garmin International Inc., a unit
of Garmin
Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced an exciting
new software
update available for both the GPSMAP 8000 Glass Helm Series and newest series of chartplotters
and combination
units that includes expanded GCV™ 10 compatibility, further networked sonar capabilities,
Garmin
Helm™ for Android™ devices and more.
“By offering this free software
update
for our newest line of chartplotters, we’re putting even more capabilities and potential
at the
boater’s fingertips,” said David Dunn, senior manager of marine sales. “Bringing
DownVü
and SideVü to our Glass Helm series, new internal sonar-sharing options for the inland
fisherman
and improved gauges and features for the sailor, everyone will benefit from the latest advances
that
we have to offer.”
This update provides the GPSMAP 8000 Glass Helm Series the ability
to
utilize the Garmin GCV 10 sonar black box. Coastal anglers will now have the opportunity
to
benefit from DownVü and SideVü, the clearest scanning sonar of fish returns and structure
available
on the market today. Additionally, the GPSMAP 8000 Glass Helm Series will now allow multiple
sonar
black boxes to exist on the same system. This capability provides easily networked sonar
and the
ability to switch between GSD™ 26 CHIRP sonar and GCV 10 scanning sonar.
Internal
sonar
sharing is another valuable feature that is available. With this capability, chartplotters
can
share sonar internally to any other devices within the same network. Non‑sonar devices can
also
display compatible sonar shared across the network1. Compatible units include the
GPSMAP
8000 Glass Helm series, new GPSMAP xs and non-xs series and the echoMAP 70.
Garmin Helm,
the mobile
app that allows boaters to view and control their multi-function chartplotters from the convenience
of
their mobile device, is now available for Android devices. From the expanded support for Garmin
Helm,
Android users can now benefit from the same user-friendliness and simplicity that they have come
to expect
from Garmin marine devices and applications as a result of this software update.
Other
feature
enhancements include Meteor™ 300 support for the GPSMAP 800xs and 1000xs series chartplotters,
improved
sailing gauges that provide a wind gauge, heading gauge and user specified data bars for the
entire echoMAP
series and new GPSMAP series and improved sonar source selection and custom sonar overlays.
The
software
update is available now for free from the Garmin website. To download, visit http://bit.ly/1hA989L.
Garmin Helm is a free application
available
from Google Play™ (requires Android 4.3+). In order for the Android device to establish
a
connection with any GPSMAP 8000 Glass Helm series devices, the Garmin Marine Wi-Fi®
Adapter
(sold separately) is needed.
Garmin’s marine business segment is a leading provider
of navigation
and communication equipment to retail and OEM customers. Garmin’s portfolio
includes some
of the industry’s most sophisticated chartplotters and touchscreen multifunction
displays, sonar,
high-definition radar, autopilot, high-resolution mapping, sailing instrumentation and
other products
and services that are known for innovation, reliability, and ease-of-use.
1
Chartplotters
can only display sonar types that they are compatible with.
About
Garmin International
Inc. Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq:
GRMN), the global leader
in satellite navigation. Since 1989, this group of companies has designed, manufactured,
marketed and
sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications – most of
which are enabled
by GPS technology. Garmin’s products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor
recreation, marine,
aviation, and OEM applications. A component of the S&P 500 index, Garmin Ltd.
is incorporated in
Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan
and the United Kingdom.
For more information, visit Garmin’s virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom
or contact the Media Relations department
at 913-397-8200. Garmin and GPSMAP are registered trademarks
and echoMAP, Helm, GCV, GSD and Meteor are
trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. All other
brands, product names, company names,
trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective
owners. All rights reserved.
Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google
Inc.
Wi-Fi is a registered
trademark of Wi-Fi Alliance.
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forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date
on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
