Garmin 5012 Manuale Utente

Digital Selective Calling

The DSC List is a log of the most-recent DSC calls and other DSC contacts you have entered. The 

DSC List can contain up to 100 entries. The DSC List shows the most-recent call from a boat. If a 

second call is received from the same boat, it replaces the first call in the Call List. To view the DSC 

List, from a chart screen, select 

 > 

 > 

.

If your Garmin chartplotter and VHF radio are connected via NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000, your 

chartplotter alerts you when your VHF radio receives a DSC distress call. If position information 

was sent with the distress call, that information is also available and recorded with the call.
The   symbol designates a distress call in the DSC List and marks the position of a vessel on the 

Navigation Chart at the time a DSC distress call is sent.

1.  Select 

 to view details about the call.

2.  Select from one of the following options:

—although the radio will automatically switch to monitor Channel 16 when 

it receives a distress call, you can use this option to set up an individual routine call with the 

radio to call the vessel in distress (

). This option is only available if you are using a 

Garmin NMEA 2000-compatible VHF radio.

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

vessel, select 

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

 to change 

the line color.

—delete the call report.

—Go To or Route To the position sent with the distress call (

).  

The   symbol marks the position of the vessel on the Navigation Chart at the time a DSC 

distress call is sent.

—set a waypoint at the position sent with the distress call.

—toggle between details related to the distress call and a 

Navigation Chart marking the position sent with the distress call.

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 displays 

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 is no longer displayed.

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

activate navigation to a man-overboard location, the radio displays the Distress Call page to initiate 

a man-overboard distress call. On the radio, press and hold the DISTRESS 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. For information on activating navigation to a man-overboard location, see 

.