Connector Guide

Airmar Mix and Match Connector Guide

Understanding Airmar Connectors

When choosing an Airmar transducer or adapter cable, it’s essential to match the correct connector to your sonar or sounder system. This guide provides detailed close-ups of the various connector types Airmar uses, each specifically designed to suit different marine electronics brands. Some manufacturers use multiple connector styles to differentiate between conventional 50/200kHz and CHIRP transducers—helping prevent mismatches and ensuring optimal performance.

Mix and Match Systems

Airmar previously shipped transducers in many different variants, each with a fixed cable ending in a specific connector. This caused difficulties when an owner wished to change the brand of their sounder, as the connector would no longer fit. Airmar has now moved to a Mix and Match (MM) system, where transducers are made in a common base model with a cable ending in a standard connector of Airmar's design. A full range of adapter cables is available, each one converting the Airmar MM connector to a specific brand connector. Customers and installers with such a system need only change the adapter cable when switching equipment brand.

Types of Connectors

Connectors are given a short alphanumeric name, and transducer packages include that name to indicate the brand compatibility of the product. For example, a B260-10F is a B260 MM base transducer and cable, plus a 10F adapter cable for Furuno 10-pin equipment. A B260-8G is the same transducer packaged with a Garmin 8-pin adapter cable.

Connectors may be male or female, depending on the design of the connector socket in the back of the sounder. Note that some connectors do not use all available pin positions.

Airmar proprietary connectors used only in Mix and Match adapter cables are shown at the bottom of this page.