Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
To show or hide the trail line for a specific vessel that is
sending position reports:
1. From the Home screen, select
information
>
Other Vessels
>
dSC List
.
2. Select the vessel from the list >
Edit
.
3. Select
Trail
.
To change the symbol and color of the trail line for a vessel:
1. From the Home screen, select
information
>
Other Vessels
>
dSC List
.
2. Select the vessel from the list >
Edit
.
3. Select an option:
• Select
Symbol
to edit the symbol.
• Select
Trail Line
to edit the line color.
Placing an Individual routine Call
When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin VHF NMEA
2000-compatible radio, you can use the chartplotter interface to set up an
individual routine call. When setting up an individual routine call from your
chartplotter, you can select one of the following channels on which you want
to communicate. The radio transmits this request with your call.
The selection of a DSC channel is limited to those channels that are available
in all frequency bands: 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, or 77.
NOTE
: The default channel is 72. However, select
Channel
to select a
different channel from the list. If you select a different channel, the chartplotter
uses that channel for subsequent calls until you call using a different channel.
To make an individual routine call:
1. While viewing a chart, press
MENU
>
Other Vessels
>
dSC
>
dSC List
.
2. Select the station to call from the list.
3. Select
Review
>
Call with Radio
.
4. Select
Send
to send the information about the call to the radio.
5. On your Garmin VHF radio, select
Call
.
Calling an AIS Target
When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin VHF NMEA
2000-compatible radio, you can use the chartplotter interface to set up an
individual routine call to an AIS target. For more information on selecting a
channel other than the default channel (Channel 72), see (
.
To make an individual routine call to an AIS target:
1. While viewing a chart, use the
Rocker
to select an AIS target .
2. Select
aiS Vessel
>
Call with Radio
.
3. Select
Send
to send the information about the call to the radio.
4. On your Garmin VHF radio, select
Call
.