Airmar Garmin 12-Pin Chirp Mix & Match Cable

The Airmar Garmin 12-Pin Mix and Match Cable connects chirp transducers to Garmin displays.

Twelve pin is the Garmin connector, and it is not interchangeable with the nine pin Navico standard even though both carry chirp transducer signals. Ordering by brand rather than pin count is the usual mistake, since several manufacturers use similar-looking connectors with different pinouts.

The Mix and Match range exists so a transducer already installed in the hull can be kept when the display is changed, which is the expensive half of a sounder installation. Airmar notes this cannot be returned to the point of purchase, so any issue goes direct to the manufacturer rather than through the retailer who supplied it. Explore more fish finder accessories.

• 12-pin Garmin, not the 9-pin Navico standard
• Connectors look similar with different pinouts
• Keeps an installed transducer across a display change
• Not returnable to the point of purchase