Adding A Dsc Contact; Viewing The Dsc List; Receiving Distress Calls - Garmin 400/500 Owner's Manual

Using Digital Selective Calling
To turn DSC on or off:
1. Select Configure > Other
2. Select DSC to toggle it on or off.

Adding a DSC Contact

You can make calls to a DSC contact from the chartplotter. See
page 58 for information on making an individual routine call.
1. While viewing a chart, press
DSC List > Add Contact.
2. Use the Rocker to enter the Maritime Mobile Service Identity
(MMSI) number of the vessel, and press SELECT.
3. Use the on-screen keyboard to enter the name of the vessel, and
select Done.

Viewing the DSC List

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 first call in
the call list.
From a chart screen, press MENU
List.
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Vessels.
MENU > Other Vessels > DSC
> Other Vessels > dSC

Receiving Distress Calls

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
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the position of a vessel on the Navigation chart at the time the DSC
distress call was sent.
When you receive a DSC distress call:
1. Select Review
2. Complete one of the following:
• Select Call with Radio
with the radio to call the vessel in distress
option is only available if you are using a Garmin NMEA
2000-compatible VHF radio.
• Select Edit
your radio is tracking the position of the vessel, select
show or hide the trail line for the vessel, and select
to change the line color. Select
> dSC
call report. Select
position sent with the distress call.
to view details about the call.
to set up an individual routine call
to edit the vessel name and add a comment. If
Clear Report
Create Waypoint to set a waypoint at the
GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner's Manual
(page 58). This
Trail
to
Trail Line
to delete the