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Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
60 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual

You can make calls to a DSC contact from the chartplotter. See
page 62 for information on making an individual routine call.
1. While viewing a chart, press  >  > > 
> .
2. Use the  to enter the Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI)
number of the vessel, and press .
3. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter the name of the vessel, and select
.

The DSC list is a log of the most-recent DSC calls and other DSC contacts you
have entered. The DSC list can contain up to 100 entries. The DSC list shows
the most-recent call from a boat. If a second call is received from the same
boat, it replaces the rst call in the call list.
From a chart screen, press  >  > > .

If your Garmin chartplotter and VHF radio are connected via NMEA 0183
or NMEA 2000, your chartplotter alerts you when your VHF radio receives a
DSC distress call. If position information was sent with the distress call, that
information is also available and recorded with the call.
The symbol designates a distress call in the DSC List and marks the
position of a vessel on the Navigation chart at the time the DSC distress call
was sent.

1. Select  to view details about the call.
2. Complete one of the following:
Select  to set up an individual routine call with
the radio to call the vessel in distress (page 62). This option is only
available if you are using a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible VHF
radio.
Select  to edit the vessel name and add a comment. If your radio is
tracking the position of the vessel, select  to show or hide the trail
line for the vessel, and select  to change the line color. Select
 to delete the call report. Select to set a
waypoint at the position sent with the distress call.


When your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA
2000-compatible radio and you initiate a man-overboard DSC distress call
from your radio, your Garmin chartplotter displays the man-overboard screen
and prompts you to navigate to the man-overboard point. If you have a Garmin
autopilot system connected to the network, your chartplotter prompts you to
start a Williamson turn to the man-overboard point.
If you cancel the man-overboard distress call on the radio, the man overboard
screen no longer appears.
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