Garmin GPSMAP 546s - Manual (Page 68)

Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
62 GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
To show or hide the trail line for a specific vessel that is
sending position reports:
1. From the Home screen, select information > Other Vessels >
dSC List.
2. Select the vessel from the list > Edit.
3. Select Trail.
To change the symbol and color of the trail line for a vessel:
1. From the Home screen, select information > Other Vessels >
dSC List.
2. Select the vessel from the list > Edit.
3. Select an option:
• Select Symbol to edit the symbol.
• Select Trail Line to edit the line color.
Placing an Individual routine Call
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. When setting up an individual routine call from your
chartplotter, you can select one of the following channels on which you want
to communicate. The radio transmits this request with your call.
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.
NOTE: The default channel is 72. However, select Channel to select a
different channel from the list. If you select a different channel, the chartplotter
uses that channel for subsequent calls until you call using a different channel.
To make an individual routine call:
1. While viewing a chart, press MENU > Other Vessels > dSC >
dSC List.
2. Select the station to call from the list.
3. Select Review > Call with Radio.
4. Select Send to send the information about the call to the radio.
5. On your Garmin VHF radio, select Call.
Calling 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. For more information on selecting a
channel other than the default channel (Channel 72), see ( page 62) .
To make an individual routine call to an AIS target:
1. While viewing a chart, use the Rocker to select an AIS target .
2. Select aiS Vessel > Call with Radio.
3. Select Send to send the information about the call to the radio.
4. On your Garmin VHF radio, select Call.