Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from a VHF Radio

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.

Man-Overboard Distress Calls Initiated from the Chartplotter

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 25.

Digital Selective Calling

Position Tracking

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 41).

To view a list of position reports:

1.From the Home screen, select Information > Other Vessels >

DSC List.

2.Select from the following options:

•Select Call with Radio 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 Edit 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 Trail to show or hide the trail line for the vessel, and select Trail Line to change the line color. Select Clear Report to delete the call report. Select Create Waypoint to set a waypoint at the position sent with the distress call.

•Select Clear Report to delete the call report.

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