Garmin 3205 Owner's Manual

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The DSC Directory acts like a phone book and can save up to 100 contacts. The 

directory lists all contacts by name and MMSI number. Press ADJ from this page  

to delete a highlighted entry or delete all entries.

1.  Press the 

New Item soft key. The Directory Item Review window allows 

you to enter information of a known contact. 

2.  Highlight the 

MMSI, Name, or Comment field, and press ENTER.

3.  Press up or down on the 

ROCKER to enter information, and press ENTER. 

4.   Press the 

OK soft key to save the entry.

After creating a New Directory Item entry, the name created is attached to that 

particular MMSI number. If you return to the log, the new name appears under 

the corresponding MMSI number. 
Another way to enter a name is from the Entry Review Page or the DSC Distress 

Call or DSC Position Report pages. The Name field is only available in the GPS. 

Names cannot be sent like the MMSI numbers to other DSC users.

Use the DSC Setup sub tab to turn DSC on and off. If you have more than one 

chartplotter and you only want DSC to show on one chartplotter, turn off DSC on 

all but one unit.
You can use the 

Setup sub tab to simulate distress calls or position reports on this 

). Press either the Sim Dstrs 

Call or Sim Posn Rpt soft key to simulate a Distress Call or a Position Report. 

This is helpful practice before connecting to the real system. The Distress Call 

simulator also helps to determine whether alarms are working properly. 

The receiver of a distress call or position report can quickly navigate to the 

caller using the NAV key. When the call is logged, press NAV, and select Go To 

<MMSI number> or Go To <Name>.