Garmin Livescope: Ethernet Hub For Your Garmin Fishfinders For $20 Let’s Take A First Look
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Let’s take a First Look at the Ethernet hub options you have for connecting your fishfinders.
NETGEAR 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch (GS308) - Home Network Hub, Office Ethernet Splitter, Plug-and-Play, Silent Operation, Desktop or Wall Mount www.amazon.com...
I have been running the Netgear switch for a few months now in a waterproof case with zero issues. It’s a great way to save money from that garmin switch
Thank you for sharing that.
The Garmin Boys are gonna get you for saying that.
I have the same thing now with 5 port. Going to 8 port with new 34. The 5 port has had no problems. I think it cost me a total of $30/$40 total. I make my own cables. Tooling to make cables cost about $30 including ends. You can purchase the waterproof ends from Garmin for $10. for 2 of them. I use them on my screens. The ones at hub are in dry storage, so no problem.
Nice. Could you post the links
For the ones
From garmin
Are the cable standard network or crossover if your just connecting two graphs without a switch, also have livescope connected as well?
For anybody looking to do this, you can get VERY cheaply get USB powered network switches. Having just snagged two $299 Echomap 74xsv from West Marine (crazy sale), I just bought a 3 port on Amazon for seven bucks, and plugged it into an SAE 12v to USB phone charger I already had on hand. Plugged in my LiveScope black box (the OG, from my icefishing rig) and it works a treat.
For what it is worth, cables don't seem to matter; I tried one crossover cable and one regular old cat6 cable, and both seem to work great.
This, this, is exactly the video i needed to realize how to get my 2 new 943xsv to play together
Awesome.
I did this over the winter also. Bought the 5 port with a 12v converter. Works perfect for my 4 graphs and live
Nice. Don’t let some
Of the folks on the Facebook pages see that they will hammer you.
@@The_Garmin_Guru ha. Worth saving over $300 with cables :)
@@rocketsurgeon1746 man do you know how bad I got hammered for This video. Most people don’t understand that garmin doesn’t make that hub. They get caught up in the ads and don’t realize that there are better options.
@@The_Garmin_Guru some folks love to spend money :) i put mine in the top console behind the graph so it can stay dry. I used amazon cat 6 cables and saved a bunch. Seems to network just fine
New Subscriber! Thanks for the info, I was looking for how to network my 93 and 106 + LS together. Great idea with the hub!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻You saved me some money $$, I was going to buy the hub for my future 3rd graph. It’s a shame they have to charge that much for the hub. I use the transducer AC adapter end for 12vdc troubleshooting.
Great saving tip for the Garmin Guru Community to save money.
Thank you brither
I'm running (3) UHD93SV... (1) Plus 93SV...also LiveScope 34 on my Garmin Hub w/o any issues. I have two different transducer's on my boat... (1) for UHD93SV and (1) for Plus 93SV. I can switch them back and forth w/o any issues if I want. It was worth spending $249.00 and knowing it was setup right from the beginning. I spent the money because I don't want Garmin to question me if I EVER have to send a unit back to them for warranty.
To each their own bud. Just offering some options to folks
Thanks for the video,I wanted something like is , but didn’t want to spend $250 for it .Thanks again
You’re welcome
I just did this works great with a Netgear gs 105 box and yes garmins is way over priced thanks 👍
That net gear 308 is on sale for $20 right now. Running two 93 UHD’s with a Gt56 and livescope. Gonna give this tip a shot because $270 for the garmin version is so steep. Especially when there’s so many cable extensions and network cables to buy, having that extra money goes a long way. $50 for network hub and waterproof box, thanks for the tip!
Yep just take the time to waterproof the box and put silica packs inside to absorb moisture
@@The_Garmin_Guru I bought an actual waterproof box off Amazon
@@benfisher8863 nice I will look into that
@@The_Garmin_Guru it’s the flemoon large outdoor electrical box on amazon. Kind big but has holes with grommets for wires. Figured I’d give it a try
@@The_Garmin_Guru I should explain that I’m trying to buy a new boat in the next couple years. Thought about doing a cheaper smaller option for the box and using silicone around drilled holes. Just didn’t want to make that mess just to pull it out in a few years to redo it in the new boat. That’s why I thought this box might be a better option
These companies are hosing us, people need to understand this. We are paying 3x or 4x what this technology is worth and companies like Garmin exploit the fact that a lot of people don't understand how or why. This network hub is a perfect example and another one is the fact that a HDMI port could be included on all these fish finders (not just 2 or 3 models) allowing us to simply plug our unit into a 22inch computer monitor. But then they can't charge us an extra $2000 for a 2inch bigger screen. Its a scam and we're all buying into it.
Truth brother
That's how the rich get richer there making a killing off there units I mean a killing
why didn't I think of this? Great money saver!
Good idea. Have to look in to this myself
I posted the link. It’s on sale for 20 bucks.
will any ethernet cable work for this? or do you need cross over cables?
So do you think the unit would "log" that attempt to use non-garmin net hub...and be another thing that could invalidate the warranty?
Possible that’s why I said it’s not for all.
🤣🤣🤣 I did this lol. I’m in the low voltage industry but they go bad in a few months and ended up going with the GMS10
We shall see. I don’t need one but I’ll use it just to see how long it works for the channel
@@The_Garmin_Guru yeah I run echos so I have to to continue linking. I’ve built an extensive Garmin Network just need the Force.
@@byronhendrixfishing8393 the force is amazing
I let the smoke out of two of these haha! I said screw it and went with the GMS10 haha!
Thank you for this!
Thank you for watching
GPS map will not hook up to echomap units, also, do you know 9 of the top
10 bass master winners were panoptix users, lol, good fish buddy, Kentucky
Yes sir. I said that in the video. :)
Thanks for always watching.
I have had two transducers on my force for 2 years. One is in perspective and the other in forward. I rarely look at perspective
That’s unfortunate. I think it’s more valuable than forward for sure
Hooked up the Netgear today and it started smoking. Didn’t have any unit in plugged in just power. My son gave me as Christmas gift and had already removed the inverter box. Do you know if the positive and ground matter? He had hooked it up to a lawn mower battery and his house and worked fine. My batteries are good and I am getting 13 volts. Trying to decide if I did anything wrong or just unit before I fry another one. Thanks in advance for the info. Happy New Year
What I did was put a small fuse on one of the wires so if I hooked it up backwards it would blow the fuse
Yes it matters. The small diagram by the hole in the switch tells you if the outer or inner is + or -. Hook up to battery and meter it to ensure its correct.
Did you pick the 308 vs the 305 because this one will hook straight in to a 12v battery? where as the 305 is a little cheaper (and who really needs 8 ports) but is only 5v?
That’s the actual reason I chose that. Didn’t know how it would react to 12 volta
I bought the exact same hub last fall. I put it in a waterproof box from amazon. Working good. Does need a power switch or it will stay on. I have it on the same switch as the gls10. this is with 2 93sv and a livescope.
Yes sir that’s my intentions.
Mine has an on and off switch. Does yours have one
@@The_Garmin_Guru it probably does. it has the same exact model number as yours. but i can't get to it inside of the waterproof box without taking a lot of stuff apart.
@@tommoorehouse gotcha.
Would a splitter work?
I watched this video again because I was trying to do this. When I originally hooked the hub up to our battery it worked fine. Later I hooked it up and poof...the hub started smoking and burned up. You just hook straight to the battery, correct? No switch or anythiing? Thanks again.
If you did that you crossed the wires. Easy to do. Install small inline fuse
Are you connecting the wires directly to the battery or are you using a power converter? Thanks
Straight to the battery
What Ethernet cables did you use. I tried making shielded cables and they never worked. Using the Garmin provided wiring diagram with the units. Do they need to be crossover cables or just go to best buy and get some
I
Bought some cat 5 cables off Amazon. They worked good for me
Any issues with livescope freezing up with your homeade network hub ?
Not yet.
Ok, tell me what I did wrong. I got the hub. I cut off the adapter and put two cable connectors on the ends of the wire. I attached it to my Blue Sea fuse box with a 3 amp fuse (the wire with the dashed grey was hooked to the positive). I got nothing 🤷♂️ I then to out the 3 amp breaker and put a 10 amp breaker in and then I heard a pop and smoke started coming out of the hub, opps!
Hmmm that I don’t know brother. I’d just return it and get another. Amazon is good on returns. I’ll look when I get home to confirm the positive side again. First person I’ve heard of that happening to.
@@The_Garmin_Guru yeah, I don’t get it. When I got it I plugged the ac adapter into the wall and it worked.
When you tested it with the bare wires did you put them straight to the battery?
Would if make a difference if the battery was lithium at 13.1 volts?
the polarity was switched. when the - and + cross onto straight DC, the input voltage circuit will release the blue smoke. next time after you cut the plug wires, plug in the factory dc converter and use a volt-ohm meter to see which wire is + and which one is -
Ive got a 5 port ive been using for last two years. I wasn’t dropping 250$ for a 30$ solution.
Don’t say that on Facebook for the Garmin diehards will scold you
Are you saying this won’t work for echomap series? Would if both are the same series? Thanks.
Yes it will. You just have to have units in the same family.
Nice
Yes sir
I have 2 ,93sv units only one lv32.could I watch panoptix on both units with this set up?thx g.g.
Yes it’s doable
@@The_Garmin_Guru I did it,works great.thx
Done this 2 years ago
Nice. Ahead of the game.
Can I do this with a 95sv uhd , gt56 and LVS 34? (I have them all on order right now)
Heck you can hook them up without a hub
@@The_Garmin_Guru …. Even better news
@@RandyMcCotter you should have ordered from chaddyboys
@@The_Garmin_Guru …. And why is that? Cheaper shipping to Canada?
Man if you ever find someone to hack into that software to have gps and echo talk please post
Man you know I’m trying. I don’t care I’ll try anything.