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Adding Underwater Lights to 2024 Cobalt R6
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:44 pm
by Ohio River Ryan
I am looking into adding underwater lights to my Cobalt R6. I have the underwater light switch at the dash and the wiring behind the motor. How do I integrate them into my Garmin 8610 to change color and dimming?
Re: Adding Underwater Lights to 2024 Cobalt R6
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:23 am
by AsLan7
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So glad you found us OHR. Would you by chance be boating on that river?
We added the external lighting but not with the Garmin integration. Hopefully someone here will chime in with that mod.
Any pics?
And welcome aboard mate.
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Re: Adding Underwater Lights to 2024 Cobalt R6
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:55 am
by hldr
Bump --- Id like to know the answer to this also. What did you find out? I can do a set to the switch but the full integration would be nice.
Re: Adding Underwater Lights to 2024 Cobalt R6
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:19 am
by jhnmdahl
I don't have an 8610, but I'm curious how it would be able to change color and dimming of ambient lights. Is there a screen control that suggests it can do that?
I think it can control certain marine stereos (e.g. Fusion) over a NEMA2000 network, but it looks like you might need a completely separate RGB controller to control lights in Garmin's ecosystem - see
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/726218
Re: Adding Underwater Lights to 2024 Cobalt R6
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:14 pm
by Jdflyer
Shadow caster should be able to integrate with the garmin on the NMEA 2000 backbone. It should also be able to use the factory button to turn on and off as well as the mfd
https://www.shadow-caster.com/products/ ... ontroller/
Re: Adding Underwater Lights to 2024 Cobalt R6
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:05 am
by jhnmdahl
Nice find, JDFlyer - thanks for posting it