If your boat already has Roku and an Actisense Wi-Fi gateway onboard, SmartMyBoat Navigator can help make your TV more useful. Navigator is a Roku-powered marine infotainment app that displays live vessel information from supported NMEA data sources. With a compatible setup, your salon, cabin, or onboard TV can show navigation awareness, weather, instrument data, and vessel status — extending useful information beyond the helm.
Quick Compatibility Checklist
SmartMyBoat Navigator is a strong fit if your boat has:
- A Roku device or Roku TV
- An onboard TV or display connected to Roku
- An Actisense Wi-Fi gateway or another supported NMEA-to-network gateway
- An NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000 data source
- An onboard network that allows Roku to access the available vessel data
How the Setup Works
NMEA instruments → Actisense Wi-Fi gateway → onboard network → Roku → SmartMyBoat Navigator → boat TV
Your vessel instruments and sensors send data through the NMEA network. The Actisense gateway makes that data available over the onboard Wi-Fi or Ethernet network. SmartMyBoat Navigator runs on Roku and displays the available information on your TV.
What Navigator Can Display
Depending on your NMEA data source and gateway configuration, Navigator can help display:
- Navigation awareness
- Vessel instrument data
- Weather and environmental information
- Depth, heading, speed, wind, or other available data values
- Vessel status information
- Useful onboard display screens for owners, captains, crew, and guests
What Navigator Is — and Is Not
Navigator is:
- A Roku-powered marine infotainment app
- A vessel-data display layer for onboard TVs
- A practical way to extend vessel awareness beyond the helm
- A way to make existing Roku-connected TVs more useful
Navigator is not:
- A replacement for required helm navigation equipment
- A certified safety-critical navigation system
- A replacement for all chartplotter or MFD functions
- A marine stereo system
Fast Path: Already Have Roku + Actisense?
- Confirm your Roku is connected to the onboard TV.
- Confirm your Actisense gateway is receiving NMEA data.
- Confirm Roku can access the same onboard network.
- Install SmartMyBoat Navigator from the Roku Channel Store.
- Configure Navigator to use the supported vessel data source.
- Use your boat TV to view available marine information.
Already have Roku and Actisense onboard?
Install SmartMyBoat Navigator and turn your boat TV into a smarter marine display for live vessel data, navigation awareness, weather, and onboard infotainment.
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