Digital Selective Calling

Selecting a DSC Channel

Note: The selection of a DSC channel is limited to those channels that are available in all

frequency bands: 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, or 77. The default channel is 72. If you select a different channel, the chartplotter uses that channel for subsequent calls until you call using another channel.

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

2.Select a vessel or a station to call.

3.Select Review > Call with Radio > Channel.

4.Select a channel.

Making an Individual Routine Call

NOTE: When initiating a call from the chartplotter, if the radio does not have an MMSI number programmed, the radio will not receive call information.

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

2.Select a vessel or a station to call.

3.Select Review > Call with Radio > Send.

The chartplotter sends information about the call to the radio.

4.On your Garmin VHF radio, select Call.

Making an Individual Routine Call to an AIS Target

When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin VHF NMEA 2000-compatible radio, you can use the chartplotter interface to set up an individual routine call to an AIS target. Before you start the call, you can select a DSC channel other than the default channel, channel 72 (page 113).

1.From the Home screen, select Charts.

2.Select a chart or a 3D chart view.

3.Complete an action:

•For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the Rocker to select an AIS target .

•For the GPSMAP 7000 series, touch an AIS target .

4.Select AIS Vessel > Call with Radio > Send.

The chartplotter sends information about the call to the radio.

5.On your Garmin VHF radio, select Call.

GPSMAP® 6000/7000 Series Owner’s Manual