Connecting to a Trolling Motor
You can connect the chartplotter wirelessly to a compatible Garmin Force trolling motor on your boat to control
the trolling motor from the chartplotter.
1 Turn on the chartplotter and the trolling motor.
2 Enable the Wi‑Fi network on the chartplotter (
Setting Up the Wi‑Fi Wireless Network, page 106
).
3 If multiple chartplotters are connected on the Garmin Marine Network, make sure this chartplotter is the host
of the Wi‑Fi network.
4 On the chartplotter, select Settings > Communications > Wireless Devices > Garmin Trolling Motor.
5 On the trolling motor display panel, press three times to enter pairing mode.
on the trolling motor display panel is solid blue as it searches for a connection to the chartplotter, and
turns green when the connection is successful.
After the chartplotter and trolling motor connect successfully, enable the trolling motor overlay bar to control
the motor (
Adding the Trolling Motor Controls to Screens, page 78
).
Adding the Trolling Motor Controls to Screens
After you have connected the chartplotter to the Force trolling motor, you must add the trolling motor control
bar to screens to control the trolling motor.
1 Open a screen from which you would like to control the trolling motor.
2 Select an option:
• From a combination page or SmartMode
™
layout, select Menu > Edit > Edit Overlays.
• From a full screen, select Menu > Edit Overlays.
3 Select Top Bar or Bottom Bar.
4 Select Trolling Motor Bar.
Repeat these steps to add the trolling motor controls to all of the screens from which you would like to control
the trolling motor.
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