Since I haven't taken my boat out yet this year, I haven't been able to try it on an actual boat trip.

After a bit of research, I installed the GPS sharing app on my phone, and Navionics now runs on the Kindle. Navioncs would close with an error when I tried to run it. I was also planning to run Navionics on it as a backup nav station, but found out that it doesn't have GPS. I picked up a Kindle Fire HD 10' when it was on sale for $99 to mirror my MFD. I've only tested with the first one, and only tested at home. No big deal for me as I normally leave it plugged into USB power when I'm boating (more on this later). The app will make your phone act like a bluetooth GPS receiver, at the cost of reducing battery life (since bluetooth is on and being used to transmit). You can either buy one, or you can run a GPS sharing app on another device which has GPS like your phone. If by chance your tablet doesn't have GPS, you can connect to a bluetooth GPS receiver. It's mainly the Apple devices which are crippled (Apple puts a full GPS only into devices with cellular capability so if you've got a WiFi-only iPad, no GPS for you). The HD version is for tablets, the regular version is for phones. Make sure you download their Boating HD app, not the Boating app. Navionics works great on an Android tablet. Please do us a favor by clicking on, then spending a minute visiting our advertisers. Thanks for visiting the Bayliner Owners Club!!

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