Garmin GPSMAP 6208 Big-Screen Network Chartplotter with Pre-Loaded Coastal Maps
Details
Unleash a new level of power across your helm with the Garmin GPSMAP 6208. This premier chartplotter is the next evolution in Garmin's series of full-featured marine products. The GPSMAP 6208 comes standard with preloaded BlueChart g2 maps of the U.S. coast as well as video-quality resolution on an impressive 8.4" VGA display. The GPSMAP 6208 also provides total system integration – allowing support for the addition of sonar, radar, weather and more. For additional enhanced features, you can add the optional BlueChart g2 Vision card.
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Designed to Move
The GPSMAP 6208 brings unprecedented speed to your vessel with Garmin G Motion technology – the future of marine technology today. With blazing-fast map redraw and refresh rates, you'll have near real-time data to guide you. Whether you're in a crowded harbor or in uncertain weather, you'll have the confidence you need to navigate your surroundings with the GPSMAP 6208 as your guide. The GPSMAP 6208 is also compatible with an optional remote for added flexibility. And with a sleek and stylish design that was built to brave the elements, the GPSMAP 6208 looks great in any helm.
View Detailed Graphics and Video
The GPSMAP 6208 features highly detailed BlueChart g2 marine cartography of the coastal United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and the Bahamas. And for more detail, you can easily add maps with the SD™ card slot without having to connect to a computer. The GPSMAP 6208's high-speed processor draws maps quickly, and its simple intuitive interface makes navigating easy. To keep tabs on your engine room or other area of your boat, you can also connect a live video feed with the GPSMAP 6208's video input and output options. The GPSMAP 6208 also comes standard with a wide range of brightness options - from sunlight-readable to low-light conditions, you can adjust the setting to match the your surroundings.
Enable the full functionality of the GPSMAP 6000-series with the addition of a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card
BlueChart g2 Vision cards provide:
- High-resolution satellite imagery when overlaid on the chart, will provide the mariner with unparalleled situational awareness
- Aerial reference photography provides "real world" photos of ports, harbors, marinas, waterways, navigation landmarks and other points of interest, offering the mariner another powerful tool for navigating unfamiliar waters
- Mariner's Eye view - Provides the mariner with a 3-D perspective of chart information for a quick, reliable and easy position fix.
- Fish Eye view - 3D perspective below the water line for displaying bottom contours based on bathymetric charting data
- Auto guidance technology will search the attributes of all relevant charts to suggest the best course for navigation
- Fishing charts, tides, currents, marine services, coastal roads and points of interest detail
Connect to your network
The GPSMAP 6208 easily connects to your network - providing system integration so you can interface with additional MFDs and add remote sensors. Once connected, you can share information between the GPSMAP 6208 and other chartplotters on your boat. You can also add high-powered radar, sonar and XM satellite weather and radio to your system.
MPN: 010-00750-01 UPC: 753759099329
Package Includes
What's in the Box:
- GPSMAP 6208
- Top & bottom snap covers
- Bail mount & knobs
- GPS 17x NMEA 2000 (with pole mount, flush mount and under deck mount adapters)
- Protective front cover
- Power cable
- Video cable
- NMEA 0183 cable
- NMEA 2000 drop cable
- NMEA 2000 10 m backbone cable
- NMEA 2000 power cable
- NMEA 2000 T-connector & terminator kit
- Flush mount hardware
- Flush mount gasket
- Marine grommet kit
- Manual case with user documentation
Tech Specs
| Physical & Performance: | |
| Unit dimensions, WxHxD: | 11.5" x 7.4" x 5.9" (29.2 x 18.9 x 14.9 cm) |
| Display size, WxH: | 6.8" x 5.1", 8.4" diagonal (17.1 x 13 cm, 21.3 cm diagonal) |
| Display resolution, WxH: | 640 x 480 pixels |
| Display type: | VGA display |
| Weight: | 11.3 lb (5.1 kg) |
| Battery: | none |
| Battery life: | none |
| Waterproof: | yes (IPX7) |
| High-sensitivity receiver: | yes |
| Antenna: | external |
| NMEA input/output: | NMEA 0183, NMEA 2000 |
| Maps & Memory: | |
| Basemap: | yes |
| Preloaded maps: | yes (BlueChart g2 including U.S. East Coast, West Coast, Gulf Coast and U.S. Great Lakes) |
| Ability to add maps: | yes |
| Built-in memory: | none (cannot load maps to internal memory) |
| Accepts data cards: | SD card slot (BlueChart g2 Vision cards sold separately) |
| Waypoints/favorites/locations: | 5,000 |
| Routes: | 100 |
| Track log: | 50,000 points; 50 saved tracks |
| Features: | |
| Garmin radar compatible: | yes |
| Garmin sonar compatible: | yes |
| CANet compatible: | no |
| Garmin Marine Network compatible: | yes |
| Touchscreen: | no |
| Supports AIS (tracks target ships' position): | yes |
| Supports DSC (displays position data from DSC capable VHF radio): | yes |
| Audible alarms: | yes |
| Tide tables: | yes |
| Hunt/fish calendar: | no |
| Sun and moon information: | yes |
| 3-D map view: | yes (with optional BlueChart g2 Vision card) |
| Auto Guidance: | yes (with optional BlueChart g2 Vision card) |
| Automatic routing (turn by turn routing on roads): | no |
| XM WX Weather & Radio for U.S. & Canada compatible: | yes |
| Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): | no |
| Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft."): | no |
| Remote control: | yes (optional) |
| Headphone jack/audio line-out: | no |
| Audio/video input/output: | yes |
| Portable: | no |
| Automotive/motorcycle-friendly: | no |
| Additional: | Interface Inputs/Outputs: 4 NMEA 0183 inputs, 2 NMEA 0183 outputs; 2 video inputs for onboard cameras, 1 PC monitor video output |
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