Garmin GPSMAP 8700 Garmin Black Box

Product Description

Garmin GPSMAP 8700 Garmin Black Box

DESCRIPTION

ADVANCED FULLY INTEGRATED BLACK BOX SYSTEM
The Garmin GPSMAP 8700 Black Box system offers exceptional functionality for modern marine navigation and control. Designed to work with Garmin marine monitors or third-party touchscreen monitors, this system transforms your helm into a fully integrated glass helm.

Integrating sonar, radar, autopilot, connected apps, and more, the GPSMAP 8700 provides seamless compatibility with Garmin’s black box sonar products, including the GSD™ 26 CHIRP module and Panoptix™ LiveScope. Its advanced connectivity supports NMEA 2000® networking, the Garmin Marine Network, and OneHelm™, allowing integration with third-party systems like lighting, stabilization, and digital switching.

The GPSMAP 8700 Black Box includes preloaded worldwide base maps and supports advanced BlueChart® g3 charts with Navionics data for precise navigation and Auto Guidance technology.

Key Features

• Fully Integrated Marine System: Seamlessly connects to Garmin monitors or third-party touchscreen displays for a modern glass helm configuration.
• Advanced Sonar Compatibility: Supports Garmin GSD™ 26, Panoptix™ LiveScope, and Ultra High-Definition scanning sonar systems (sold separately).
• NMEA 2000 Networking: Integrates radar, autopilot, cameras, and instruments for an all-in-one marine system.
• OneHelm Integration: Coordinates third-party systems like lighting and digital switching for complete helm control.
• External GPS Receiver Pairing: Compatible with GPS 19x 10 Hz receiver for precise position and heading updates 10 times per second.
• BlueChart® g3 and LakeVü g3 Support: Add detailed charts with Navionics data for superior mapping and navigation.
• Garmin Card Reader Compatible: Allows remote mounting with SD™ card slots for mapping and data storage (sold separately).

Fully Integrated Black Box System

• Compatible with a single Garmin monitor or third-party touchscreen monitor
• Full support for the range of Garmin black box sonar products, including the GSD™ 26 CHIRP Professional Sonar Module, Panoptix™ LiveScope system, and the entire Panoptix™ all-seeing sonar line (all transducers sold separately)
• Integrates internal sonar sharing, multiple black box sonars, Ultra High-Definition ClearVü and SideVü scanning sonars, autopilot, connected services, apps, engine data, and more
• Pairs with external GPS 19x 10 Hz GPS and GLONASS receiver to update position and heading 10 times per second
• Preloaded worldwide base map; compatible with BlueChart g3 charts featuring integrated Navionics data and Auto Guidance¹ technology

Just Add Monitors

Give your vessel tremendous capabilities and features that are fully integrated across your entire marine system. This black box system is compatible with Garmin marine monitors or third-party touchscreen monitors (sold separately), allowing you to add to your current helm configuration or build a beautiful, new fully integrated glass helm.  

Build Your Fully Integrated Marine System

The GPSMAP 8700 black box allows you to add and integrate multiple sonar technologies as well as autopilot, connected services, apps, engine data, and multimedia at your helm. You can also automatically sync your personal preferences and user data for all networked Chartplotter across multiple helms. Everything you need can conveniently be found at your fingertips — on any touchscreen. NMEA 2000® networking and the Garmin Marine Network allow you to easily build your full marine electronics suite — from radar and autopilots to cameras, instruments, and forward-looking sonar — controlled from your Chartplotter and shared across multiple screens. In addition, our exclusive OneHelm™ system coordinates many third-party manufactured onboard marine products to bring full control of systems — such as digital switching, lighting, stabilization, and more — to your touchscreen monitor.

Pair with GPS 19x 10 Hz GPS and GLONASS Receiver

The GPSMAP 8700 black box can pair with our GPS 19x external 10 Hz GPS and GLONASS receiver (sold separately) to update your position and heading 10 times per second. It displays a more fluid vessel movement and dramatically improves your ability to accurately mark and navigate to 5,000 waypoints.

Requires Garmin Card Reader

The Garmin Card Reader (sold separately) provides convenient remote mounting and a single access point for 2 SD™ card slots for mapping. You can add multiple card readers for additional access points. A water-resistant magnetic door allows card readers to be mounted horizontally or vertically.

Add Garmin Charts or Maps with Navionics Data

Upgrade your maps with the most detailed, clear, and concise charts and maps. Just add accessory map purchases such a blue chart g3 and BlueChart g3 Vision coastal cartography and LakeVü g3 and LakeVü g3 Ultra inland mapping featuring Navionics data and Auto Guidance¹ technology. Auto Guidance technology uses your specified depth and overhead clearance to easily calculate routes and see a suggested path to follow. It’s also compatible with Quickdraw Contours software so you can instantly create personalized fishing maps on-screen with 1’ contours as you fish.

Detailed Specifications

In Package

• GPSMAP 8700 Black Box
• Mounting hardware
• Power cable
• NMEA 2000® 2 meter drop cable
• NMEA 2000 T-connectors
• Documentation

Package Included:

• 1x GPSMAP 8700 Black Box

Manuals & Documents 

General Warranty Info:

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