Garmin 531 User Manual
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GPSMAP 400/500 Series Owner’s Manual
Digital Selective Calling
Select
Navigate To
to Go To or Route To the location sent
with the position report (
).
Configuring Vessel Trails on the Navigation Chart
If you have your chartplotter configured to show trails, the
Navigation chart displays a black dot for each reported position,
a black line indicating the path of the vessel, and a Blue Flag
symbol indicating the last reported position.
To set the duration of displayed trail points:
1. From a chart screen, press
MENU
>
Other Vessels
>
DSC
>
DSC Trails
.
2. Select the number of hours to show tracked vessels on the
Navigation chart. For example, if you select
4 Hours
, all
trail points (less than four hours old) for tracked vessels are
displayed.
To turn trail lines off for tracked vessels:
1. From a chart screen, press
MENU
>
Other Vessels
>
DSC
>
DSC Trails
.
2. Select
Off
to turn trails off for every vessel.
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
.
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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
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
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.
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