Garmin Man-OverboardDistress Calls Initiated from a VHF Radio, Man-OverboardDistress Calls Initiated from the Chartplotter, Position Tracking

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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 shows 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’s turn to the man-overboard point.

If you cancel the man-overboard distress call on the radio, the chartplotter screen prompting you to activate navigation to the man-overboard location disappears.

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 shows the Distress Call page so you can quickly 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 radio, see your Garmin VHF Radio Owner’s Manual. You can mark an MOB and navigate to it (page 34).

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 108).

Viewing a Position Report

1.From the Home screen, select Information > DSC List.

2.Select a position-report call.

3.Select Review.

4.Select Next Page or Previous Page to switch between details of the position report and a Navigation chart marking the location.

Calling a Tracked Vessel

See “Making an Individual Routine Call” (page 113).

Navigating to a Tracked Vessel

1.From the Home screen, select Information > DSC List.

2.Select a position-report call.

3.Select Review > Navigate To.

4.Select Go To or Route To (page 32).

Creating a Waypoint at the Position of a Tracked Vessel

1.From the Home screen, select Information > DSC List.

2.Select a position-report call.

3.Select Review > Next Page > Create Waypoint.

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