12-inch Multi-touch Widescreen Chartplotter/Sonar Combo
- 12-inch multi-touch widescreen display (1280 x 800 WXGA) preloaded with
both BlueChart® g2 U.S. coastal and Garmin LakeVü™ HD maps
- Built-in dual CHIRP sonar plus CHIRP DownVü and CHIRP SideVü scanning
sonar with the clearest images on the water (transducer sold separately)
- High-sensitivity internal 10 Hz GPS/GLONASS
- Fully network capable for Garmin Marine Network and NMEA 2000®, plus NMEA
0183 support
- Supports GSD™ 26 professional sonar module
Designed for sportfishermen, cruisers, sailors and sailing racers who demand
high performance, ease of operation and feature integration in a chartplotter/sonar
combo. The 12-inch multi-touch widescreen GPSMAP 7612xsv combo includes built-in
dual CHIRP sonar plus CHIRP DownVü and CHIRP SideVü scanning sonar with the
clearest images on the water. Its internal 10 Hz GPS updates your position and
heading 10 times per second. GPSMAP 7612xsv is fully network capable, including
Garmin Network and NMEA 2000, and offers the conveniences of built-in Wi-Fi®
connectivity.
Built-in Advanced Sonar Capabilities
The built-in sonar capabilities of the GPSMAP 7612xsv include 1 kW dual CHIRP
sonar, the most sophisticated sonar technology available for the fishing and
boating public. Dual CHIRP sonar provides amazingly clear target separation and
definition because it puts even more energy onto the target than CHIRP. It gives
you the ability to show low/high, med/high or low/med on the screen at the same
time, enhancing your ability to distinguish between game fish and balls of bait
fish. It also includes both CHIRP DownVü and CHIRP SideVü scanning sonar that
provide nearly photographic sonar images of fish and structure that passes below
and to the sides of your boat. DownVü and SideVü provide the clearest scanning
sonar images on the water. Also supported are 50 kHz/200 kHz, 77 kHz/200 kHz and
Minn Kota® and MotorGuide® trolling motor transducers (sold separately). GPSMAP
also includes sonar-recording capability that coordinates the timing of the
sonar return with your boat's position and saves digital information for
playback on a computer using HomePort™ planning software.
Preloaded BlueChart g2 maps
In addition to basic charts, tidal stations, currents, depth contours, IALA
symbols and included fishing charts, BlueChart g2 offers smooth transitioning
between zoom levels and more seamless continuity across chart boundaries. You
can customize your screens with Safety Shading that allows you to shade all
depth contours shallower than your boat’s safe depth. Fishing charts emphasize
bathymetric contours with less visual clutter on the display. And there’s also a
choice of standard 2-D direct overhead or 3-D “over-the-bow” map views for
easier chart reading and orientation.
Preloaded LakeVü HD Maps
These highly detailed freshwater maps include 17,000+ U.S. lakes, rivers and
reservoirs. Included in those are more than 13,000 HD lakes with 1-foot contours
shoreline to shoreline; excellent detail of underwater features plus Shallow
Water Shading that allows you to designate a minimum depth; interstates,
highways, general roads and bridges; designated fishing areas; and points of
interest, such as docks, boat ramps, marinas and campgrounds.
Garmin Marine Network and NMEA 2000 Support
Full-network compatibility allows you to add more capabilities to your boat.
GPSMAP 7612xsv supports radar, autopilot, instruments, multiple screens,
FUSION-Link, sensors, remote sonar modules, digital switching, thermal cameras,
GRID rotary knob, joystick and keypad control, GXM™ 52 marine weather receiver
and more.
Add Array or Dome Radar
You can add your choice of Garmin marine radar, including our powerful xHD2
open array radars or xHD dome radars that pairs ease of use with advanced open
array features.
Network Sharing
GPSMAP 7612xsv allows you to share features with other compatible GPSMAP
units, such as radar, GSD 24, GSD 25 and GSD 26 sonar modules, supplemental
maps, and user data, including waypoints, routes and tracks. User data entered
into 1 chartplotter can be automatically synced with other chartplotters in a
network.
Heading and Position Refreshed 10 Times Per Second
Fast, responsive 10 Hz GPS/GLONASS refreshes your position and heading 10
times each second to make your movement on the screen more fluid. It makes
dropping up to 5,000 accurate waypoints — and finding your way back to them —
quick and easy.
Upgrade with the Best Maps on the Water
Two SD™ card slots provide expandable memory for accessory map purchases,
such as LakeVü HD Ultra with Max Def Lakes or BlueChart g2 Vision that add
Garmin patented Auto Guidance and other great features.
FUSION-Link Entertainment System
Enjoy the ability to control all compatible FUSION-Link-enabled audio systems
directly from your compatible chartplotter display.
Built-in Wi-Fi/ANT+™
Built-in Wi-Fi/ANT for use with Garmin Helm™ and BlueChart Mobile.
Compatible with gWind™ Transducers
Garmin gWind, gWind Wireless and gWind Race transducers feature twin-fin
technology with 3-bladed propeller. Connect to the NMEA 2000 and compatible
Garmin chartplotters via the GND™ 10 black box bridge.
Black Box Interface
The GND 10 black box interface seamlessly integrates Nexus instruments and
sensors with the Garmin family. It converts data between the Nexus network and
NMEA 2000 to provide trouble-free compatibility between Nexus and Garmin
products.
View and Control Your Device from a Smartphone or Tablet
Garmin Helm allows you to view and control your compatible Garmin
chartplotter from a compatible smartphone or tablet while providing enhanced
situational awareness for the mariner. Easily switch between portrait and
landscape mode to accommodate mounting preferences. When using an iPhone® or
iPad®, you can even record a movie of your chartplotter screen to share with
friends and family. Download from The App Store™ or Google Play™.
Get Your Apple® Device Onboard with BlueChart Mobile
With BlueChart Mobile, a free app downloaded from the App Store, you can plan
marine routes on your iPad or iPhone then wirelessly transfer them to your
boat’s compatible networked Garmin chartplotter. Even if you don’t have a Garmin
chartplotter, you can still take advantage of the tremendous features of
BlueChart on your Apple device.
Enhanced Auto Guidance
Just enter the location where you want to go and patented Garmin Auto
Guidance technology instantly searches through relevant charts to create a safe
virtual pathway on the display that helps you avoid low bridges, shallow water
and other charted obstructions en route.
Better still, with enhanced Version 2.0, you now have access to even more
features and capabilities. You’re able to adjust the calculated Auto Guidance
pathway by inserting “via” points at interim stops or landmarks along your
desired route. You can easily review hazard points along your calculated path.
And you can even engage your compatible Garmin autopilot to follow the Auto
Guidance route, automatically. Other 2.0 enhancements give you the ability to
calculate arrival times at any point on your route (great for timing arrivals to
correspond with bridge openings and other time-critical events). Better still,
you can now save your plotted Auto Guidance paths for future navigation by
backing them up on an SD™ card with your BlueChart® g2 Vision® or Lake Vü HD
Ultra cartography¹.
Simplified SOS Calling
This exclusive SOS safety assist feature makes it easier for anyone – even
those not familiar with marine electronics or radio protocols – to quickly call
for Coast Guard help in an emergency. By simply tapping the SOS button on the
chartplotter’s touchscreen display, your networked Garmin VHF radio will
automatically tune to the Channel 16 emergency frequency and a list of possible
situations (fire, man overboard, etc.) will be displayed. Once the applicable
choice has been selected, the screen will provide a Coast Guard approved VHF
radio distress call script, along with the ship’s current lat/long GPS
coordinates, that can be read off to responders – thus saving time, averting
panic, and providing the essential information needed by rescuers to assure the
best possible outcome.
GPX Waypoints Transfer
If you have waypoints, tracks or frequently used routes stored on another
manufacturer’s GPS product – or on a Garmin handheld device – now it’s easier
than ever to transfer those items to your new Garmin chartplotter, via
industry-standard GPX software formatting. GPX is an open standard format for
GPS data exchange across platforms and applications. With this easy-to-use
interface technology, Garmin has taken “no waypoint left behind” to a whole new
level of trade-up convenience.
Special Sailing Features
To help you gain a wind-maximizing competitive edge, your chartplotter
features a pre-race guidance page that shows your virtual starting line, along
with data fields showing laylines, time to burn before the start and a race
timer that can be synchronized across all your networked Garmin GPS products. In
addition, other supported sailing features include an enhanced wind rose,
heading and course-over-ground lines, set and drift, true and apparent wind data
and more. You can also use available built-in wireless connectivity to access
and control a variety of marine-specific apps via compatible smartphones or
tablets.
Panoptix™ Down Transducer
With 1 Panoptix Down transducer, you get 3 remarkable views, allowing you to
actually see fish and bait swimming around under your boat – in real time. You
can even see fish in the water column in 3-D, from the bottom to the surface.
You can be stationary yet still see things in 3-D below your boat.
LIVEVÜ DOWN
Shows real-time moving sonar images below
the boat. This screen shows bait drop echo trail movement in purple
with sonar history data at left.
REALVÜ 3-D DOWN
Scans the area below the boat from front
to back and side to side. This screen shows a school of fish sitting
against the back side of vertical face, on Pport side of boat 35 feet
deep.
REALVÜ 3-D HISTORICAL
Scrolls through the data as the boat moves
to show the history of entire water columns – from the bottom to the
surface and all of the fish in between. This screen shows the boat
passing over a stream channel with a school of fish between 30 to 40
feet.
Panoptix Forward Transducer
One Panoptix Forward transducer provides 2 impressive views, even while your
boat is stationary. It shows the bottom plus fish and bait swimming in the water
column in front of your boat – in real time. You can even see your lure as you
reel it in. You can also get 3-D views of fish and structure in front of your
boat.
LIVEVÜ FORWARD
Updates are provided with a single ping,
providing real-time moving images of what’s in the water. This screen
shows a large target (a diver) approaching the boat.
REALVÜ 3-D FORWARD
Digitally scans the area in front of the
boat, creating a forward-looking 3-D view of the bottom, structure and
fish. This screen shows fish targets at 10 feet and drawing bottom
depth of 20 feet.
Create your own HD maps
Quickdraw Contours is a free, easy-to-use software feature already installed
on your compatible Garmin combo. It instantly creates your own personalized HD
fishing maps with 1-foot contours. Tailor them to fit your needs. They are your
maps — you own them. Keep the data to yourself, or share it with the Quickdraw
Community on Garmin Connect™. There’s no special surveying expertise required.
You just fish while it creates maps. You don’t have to wait around or send your
files away like other mapping software requires — your results appear instantly.
Use with any of the following sonar transducers: Garmin Panoptix™, HD-ID™
traditional, CHIRP-enabled, Garmin DownVü™ or NMEA 2000®-compatible
depth. Have more than 1 sonar device installed onboard? Quickdraw Contours
automatically selects the most capable sonar device to provide the very best
results for you!
Multiple Depth Range Shading
Designate up to 10 different depth ranges each with its own color. Makes it
easier to view target depths at a glance.

Commission Autopilot from Chartplotter
To make commissioning easier and more convenient, you can handle the entire
autopilot commissioning process from your chartplotter screen.
Axis Camera Support
Garmin offers support for select Axis cameras, which can be used for
surveillance and situational awareness on vessels of any size. Our integration
allows you to view video on every screen on your boat and, if you wish, view
multiple streams on the same screen. You can control your camera's pinch-to-zoom
and pan/tilt settings with gestures directly on the plotter screen. Use an Axis
encoder to convert analog camera, such as Garmin GC 10, to video over IP.
Catch All the Action On the Water
This chartplotter supports wireless connections to Garmin VIRB® X
and XE action cameras so you can catch all the action during your time on the
water. More importantly, with a simple software update, you can control
recordings, take still pictures, and stream video from a VIRB X/XE action camera
to your GPSMAP® 7400/7600 series chartplotter or 8000/8400/8600
series Glass Helm chartplotter. In fact, you can stream video from up to 4 VIRB
X/XE action cameras and view the video on a compatible marine chartplotter. You
can even view previously captured images and videos on the chartplotter and
display thumbnail previews for easy selection. Control play, pause, seek and
replay from your chartplotter. There’s even an automatic slide show mode and the
ability to delete unwanted VIRB images or videos. Each VIRB can be named for
easy identification. You can also control your VIRB cameras to change VIRB video
settings, including aspect ratio, video resolution, frames per second, photo
size, field of view and more — directly from the marine chartplotter. Send NMEA
2000 boat information from the chartplotter to VIRB X/XE to be overlaid as G-Metrix™
data on the video using VIRB Edit or the VIRB mobile app. Some data requires
optional accessories.
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1BlueChart® g2 Vision® or Garmin LakeVü™ HD
Ultra SD card is required for this technology.


Physical & Performance
|
Physical dimensions |
13” x 8.9” x 3.1” (33.0 x 22.6 x 7.9 cm) |
Display size, WxH |
10.3” x 6.4”; 12.1" diagonal (26.2 x 16.3 cm; 30.7 cm diagonal) |
Display resolution, WxH |
1280 x 800 pixels |
Display type |
WXGA display |
Weight |
6.0 lbs. |
Water rating |
IPX7 |
Antenna |
Internal or external over NMEA 2000 |
NMEA 2000® compatible |
Yes |
NMEA 0183 compatible |
Yes |
SiriusXM™ Weather & Radio compatible |
Yes |
Power consumption |
- Max power usage at 10 Vdc: 36 W
- Typical current draw at 12 Vdc: 2.5 A
- Max current draw at 12 Vdc: 3.0 A
|
Mounting options |
Bail, flat or flush |
Garmin Marine Network™ ports |
2 |
Maps & Memory
|
Preloaded maps |
BlueChart® g2 (coastal maps) and LakeVü HD (inland maps) |
Accepts data cards |
2 SD™ cards |
Waypoints |
5,000 |
Routes |
100 |
Track log |
50,000 points; 50 saved tracks |
Chartplotter Features
|
Garmin Radar compatible |
Yes |
Garmin Sonar compatible |
Yes |
Garmin SmartMode compatible (customizable monitor presets) |
Yes |
Supports AIS (tracks target ships position) |
Yes |
Supports DSC (displays position data from DSC-capable VHF radio) |
Yes |
Tide tables |
Yes |
Garmin Meteor Audio System compatible |
Yes |
Supports Fusion Lync compatible marine radios |
Yes |
GSD™ Black Box sonar support |
Yes |
GCV™ Black Box sonar support |
Yes |
BlueChart® Mobile (planning) compatible |
Yes |
Garmin Helm compatible |
Yes |
GRID™ (Garmin Remote Input Device) compatible |
Yes |
Wireless remote compatible |
Yes |
Sonar Features & Specifications
|
Dual-frequency (50/200 kHz) sonar capable |
Yes |
Dual-beam (77/200 kHz) sonar capable |
Yes |
Frequencies supported |
Traditional: 50/200, 77/200, 83/200 Single Channel CHIRP: 40-250
Dual Channel CHIRP: 40-250
SideVü/DownVü: CHIRP 455/800 & CHIRP 260/455
(dependent on transducer) |
Transmit power |
1 kW traditional; 1 kW CHIRP |
CHIRP sonar technology |
Yes (Built-in) |
DownVü™ |
Yes with CHIRP (built-in) |
SideVü |
Yes with CHIRP (built-in) |
Maximum depth |
5,000 ft at 1kW (depth capacity is dependent on water bottom type and
other water conditions) |
Bottom lock (shows return from the bottom up) |
Yes |
Water temperature log and graph |
Yes |
Sonar recording |
Yes |
Sonar history rewind |
Yes |
Connections
|
NMEA 0183 input ports |
2 |
NMEA 0183 output ports |
2 |
Video input ports |
2 Composite |
Video output ports |
1 DVI-D |
Wireless connectivity |
Yes |
Additional
|
Additional |
- User interface: Multi-touch touchscreen
- Auto backlight dimming: Yes
- Supplemental map sharing: Yes
- Internal sonar sharing: Yes, transmit and receive
- Ability to share internal sonar with the following devices:
- Ability to share internal sonar with the following devices:
- GPSMAP 527/547 series
- GPSMAP 527xs/547xs series
- GPSMAP 721/741 series
- GPSMAP 721xs/741xs series
- GPSMAP 7400/7600 series
- GPSMAP 7400xsv/7600xsv series
- GPSMAP 8000 series
- GPSMAP 800/1000 series
- GPSMAP 800xs/1000xs series
|
In the box
GPSMAP 7612xsv J1939
- GPSMAP 7612xsv J1939 preloaded with U.S. BlueChart® g2 and U.S. LakeVü™ HD
- J1939 connector which offers a dedicated CAN port for receiving engine
data
- Power/data cable
- NMEA 2000® drop cable
- T-connector
- Bail mount with knobs
- Flush mount kit
- Protective cover
- Documentation
Manual Name |
Revision |
Revision Date |
Part Number |
Action |
Owner's Manual |
E |
Jun 2016 |
190-01841-00 |
Download |
Important Safety and Product Information |
D |
Dec 2014 |
190-00720-32 |
Download |
Declaration of Conformity |
B |
Apr 2016 |
190-01841-99 |
Download |
Installation Instructions |
A |
Apr 2016 |
190-02071-02 |
Download |