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Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual 61


When your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA
2000-compatible radio and you activate navigation to a man-overboard
location, the radio displays the Distress Call page to initiate a man-overboard
distress call. On the radio, press and hold the DISTRESS key for at least three
seconds to send the distress call.
For information on placing distress calls from your Garmin radio, see your
Garmin VHF Radio Owner’s Manual. For information on activating navigation
to a man-overboard location, see page 24.

When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a VHF radio using NMEA
0183, you can track vessels that send position reports. This feature is also
available with NMEA 2000, provided that the vessel sends the correct PGN
data (PGN 129808; DSC Call Information).
Every position report call received is logged in the DSC list (page 40).

1. From the Home screen, select  >  > .
2. Select from the following options:
Select  to set up an individual routine call with the
radio to call the vessel that sent the position report. This option is only
available if you are using a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible VHF
radio.
Select  to edit the vessel name and the vessel symbol, and to 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.
Select to delete the call report.
Select  to Go To or Route To the location sent with the
position report (page 10).

If you have your chartplotter congured to show trails, the Navigation chart
displays a black dot for each reported position, a black line indicating the path
of the vessel, and a Blue Flag symbol indicating the last reported position.

1. From a chart screen, press  >  >  >
.
2. Select the number of hours to show tracked vessels on the Navigation chart.
For example, if you select , all trail points (less than four hours
old) for tracked vessels are displayed.

1. From a chart screen, press  >  >  >
.
2. Select  to turn trails off for every vessel.
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