Garmin 6208 Manuale Utente

Digital Selective Calling

When your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible radio, and 

you initiate a man-overboard DSC distress call from your radio, your Garmin chartplotter shows 

the man-overboard screen and prompts you to navigate to the man-overboard point. If you have 

a Garmin autopilot system connected to the network, your chartplotter prompts you to start a 

Williamson’s turn to the man-overboard point.
If you cancel the man-overboard distress call on the radio, the chartplotter screen prompting you to 

activate navigation to the man-overboard location disappears.

When your Garmin chartplotter is connected to a Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible radio and you 

activate navigation to a man-overboard location, the radio shows the Distress Call page so you can 

quickly initiate a man-overboard distress call.
On the radio, press and hold the 

 key for at least three seconds to send the distress call.

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

Manual. You can mark an MOB and navigate to it (

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, select 

 > 

.

2.  Select a position-report call.
3.  Select 

.

4.  Select 

 or 

 to switch between details of the position report and a 

Navigation chart marking the location.

See “Making an Individual Routine Call” (

1.  From the Home screen, select 

 > 

.

2.  Select a position-report call.
3.  Select 

 > 

.

4.  Select 

 or 

 (

).

1.  From the Home screen, select 

 > 

.

2.  Select a position-report call.
3.  Select 

 > 

 > 

.