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echoMAP™ CHIRP 55cv

Part Number 010-01700-01

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Fish with the Power of CHIRP

Multi language support : Simpliﬁed Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and French.
5-inch color display with keypad control
Available with or without transducer, with high wide CHIRP, 250 W and Garmin CHIRP ClearVü™, 500 W
Preloaded worldwide basemap for general reference
Includes Quickdraw Contours custom HD map creation software
Internal 5 Hz GPS updates position and heading 5 times per second

It’s time you started fishing with the power of CHIRP sonar. The easy-to-install, easy-to-use 5-inch echoMAP CHIRP 55cv is available with or without transducer for high wide CHIRP sonar and Garmin CHIRP ClearVü, the clearest scanning sonar on the water. It includes Quickdraw Contours software to instantly create your very own HD maps with 1-foot contours as you fish. Internal 5 Hz GPS updates position and heading 5 times per second. Cords plug directly into the mount, allowing you to quickly install and remove your device from power and mount. Transom and trolling motor mounts included.

The Garmin CHIRP Difference

The built-in sonar capabilities of echoMAP 55cv include CHIRP sonar, the most sophisticated sonar technology available for the fishing and boating public. CHIRP sonar provides amazingly clear target separation and definition because it puts even more energy onto the target than traditional sonar. It 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. Use the user data sharing cable to share waypoints and routes between multiple devices.

Clearest Scanning Sonar on the Water

Garmin CHIRP ClearVü scanning sonar gives you a nearly photographic image down to 750 feet below your boat. You clearly see structure, submerged objects and fish. Traditional Garmin HD-ID™ sonar and ClearVü scanning sonar are combined into 1 transducer. Also provides HD-ID support for Minn Kota® and MotorGuide® trolling motors with integrated transducers.

Create Your Own HD Maps

Quickdraw Contours is a free, easy-to-use software feature already installed on your echoMAP CHIRP 55cv. It instantly creates your own personalized HD fishing maps on screen with 1-foot contours. Tailor the maps as needed; you own them. Keep the data for yourself, or share it with Garmin or your friends. No special surveying expertise is required. You just fish while Quickdraw Contours creates maps. There’s no waiting around or sending your files away like other mapping software requires — your results appear instantly. Use with any Garmin Panoptix™ transducer, any HD-ID sonar, any CHIRP-enabled, Garmin ClearVü transducer or NMEA 2000®-compatible depth transducer. 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.

Heading and Position Refreshed 5 Times per Second

Fast, responsive 5 Hz GPS/GLONASS refreshes your position and heading 5 times each second to make your movement on the screen more fluid. Now it’s quick and easy to drop up to 5,000 accurate waypoints and find your way back to your secret fishing hot spots.

Take Your echoMAP with You

When you’re off the water, it’s easy to keep your echoMAP safe and secure. You don’t have to mess with plugging and unplugging wires from the unit because the cords plug directly into the mount. This allows you to quickly install and remove your echoMAP from power and the mount.

Upgrade with the Best Maps on the Water

A single microSD™ card slot provides expandable memory for accessory map purchases such as BlueChart® g2, BlueChart® g2 Vision®, LakeVü HD or LakeVü HD Ultra. LakeVü HD Ultra and BlueChart g2 Vision provide exclusive Garmin Auto Guidance, a technology that directs you to your hot spots. Based on your boat’s specifications, Auto Guidance instantly creates a visual path you can follow to avoid shallow water and other charted obstructions.

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.

With enhanced Version 2.0, you have access to 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 LakeVü HD Ultra cartography¹.

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.

¹BlueChart g2 Vision or LakeVü HD Ultra SD card is required for this technology.

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Physical & Performance
Physical dimensions	6.8" x 5.4" x 1.7" (17.3 x 13.6 x 4.4 cm)
Display size, WxH	3.54" x 3.54"; 5.0" diagonal (9.0 x 9.0 cm; 12.7 cm diagonal)
Display resolution, WxH	480 x 480 pixels
Display type	WQVGA display
Weight	1.6 lbs (0.7 kg)
Water rating	IPX7
Antenna	Internal or external over NMEA 2000
NMEA 2000® compatible
NMEA 0183 compatible
Power consumption	7.1 W
Mounting options	Bail or flush
Garmin Marine Network™ ports

Maps & Memory
Preloaded maps
Accepts data cards	1 microSD™ card
Waypoints	5,000
Routes	100
Track log	50,000 points; 50 saved tracks

Chartplotter Features
Garmin Sonar compatible
Supports AIS (tracks target ships position)
Supports DSC (displays position data from DSC-capable VHF radio)
Tide tables
BlueChart® Mobile (planning) compatible

Sonar Features & Specifications
Dual-frequency (50/200 kHz) sonar capable
Dual-beam (77/200 kHz) sonar capable
Frequencies supported	CHIRP (low, mid, high) Traditional: 50/77/200 kHz ClearVü: 260/455/800 kHz
Transmit power	500 W (RMS) / 4,000 W (peak to peak)
ClearVü™	(built-in)
SideVü™
Maximum depth	2,300 ft @ 77 kHz, freshwater 1,100 ft @ 77 kHz, saltwater (depth capacity is dependent on water bottom type and other water conditions)
Bottom lock (shows return from the bottom up)
Water temperature log and graph
Sonar recording
Sonar history rewind

Connections
Transducer Pin Numbers	4
NMEA 0183 input ports	1
NMEA 0183 output ports	1
Video input ports
Video output ports
Wireless connectivity

Without Transducer Version

echoMAP CHIRP 55cv with worldwide basemap
Power/data cable
Tilt/swivel mount
Flush mount
Protective cover
8-pin transducer to 4-pin sounder adapter cable
NMEA 2000 adapter cable (4-pin Male to 5-pin Female)
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echoMAP™ CHIRP 55cv

echoMAP™ CHIRP 55cv

Physical & Performance

Maps & Memory

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Sonar Features & Specifications

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