Garmin gpsmap 5212 Manual De Usuario

Digital Selective Calling

For information on placing distress calls from your radio, see your Garmin VHF Radio Owner’s 

Manual. For information on activating navigation to a man-overboard location, see 

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 (

1.  From the Home screen, touch 

 > 

.

2.  Select an item from the list, and then select 

 for the following options:

Select 

 to set up an individual routine call (

) with the radio to call the 

vessel that sent the position report. This option is only available if you are using a Garmin 

NMEA 2000-compatible VHF radio.
Select 

 to edit the vessel name and add a comment. If your radio is tracking the position 

of the vessel, touch 

 to show or hide the trail line for the vessel, and touch 

 to 

change the line color.
Select 

to delete the call report.

Select 

 to Go To or Route To the location sent with the position report (

).

Select 

 to set a waypoint at the location sent with the position report.

Select 

or 

 to toggle between details of the position report and a 

Navigation chart marking the location.

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.

1.  From a chart screen, touch 

 > 

 > 

 > 

.

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.

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