Already have Roku and Actisense onboard? Install Navigator and make your boat TV more useful
If your boat already has Roku and an Actisense Wi-Fi gateway onboard, you may be only one step away from making your TV much more useful.
SmartMyBoat Navigator is a Roku-powered marine infotainment app that helps display live vessel information on onboard TVs. Instead of keeping useful NMEA data limited to the helm, Navigator brings navigation awareness, weather, and vessel status to Roku-connected screens in the salon, cabin, or other onboard spaces.
For many trawler, small yacht, and sailboat owners, that is the missing link between the entertainment system they already use and the marine data network already installed on the boat.
Why Roku and Actisense are a strong starting point
Many boat owners already use Roku as a simple streaming platform onboard. It is familiar, affordable, and easy to connect to existing TVs.
Many also use an Actisense Wi-Fi gateway to make NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000 vessel data available over the onboard network.
SmartMyBoat Navigator brings those two worlds together:
- Roku provides the familiar TV interface.
- Actisense or another supported NMEA-to-network gateway provides live vessel data.
- Navigator displays useful onboard information on the screens you already have.
What Navigator can add to your onboard TV
With a compatible setup, SmartMyBoat Navigator can help turn a Roku-connected TV into a smart marine display for onboard awareness.
Depending on your data source and configuration, your TV can become a place to view:
- Live NMEA vessel data
- Navigation awareness
- Weather and environmental information
- Instrument readings
- Vessel status information
- Useful onboard display screens for owners, captains, crew, and guests
What you need before getting started
A typical setup includes:
- A Roku device or Roku TV
- An onboard TV or display
- A supported NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000 data source
- A compatible Wi-Fi or Ethernet gateway, such as an Actisense-based setup
- A network connection that allows the Roku device to receive the available vessel data
Final thought
If your boat already has Roku and an Actisense Wi-Fi gateway onboard, SmartMyBoat Navigator may be a practical next step.
It can help turn your onboard TV into a more useful marine display for live vessel data, navigation awareness, weather, and infotainment — without adding expensive dedicated chartplotter hardware everywhere. Already have Roku and Actisense onboard? Install Navigator and make your boat TV more useful.