Garmin gpsmap 172 Manuale Utente

A user also has the ability to simulate a Distress Call or a Position Report on this page. This is help-

ful for practice before connecting to the real system. The Distress Call simulator also helps to check if 
alarms are working properly. 

1.  Place the chartplotter into simulation (see pg. 7). 
2.   From the Main Menu, select the DSC tab, then highlight the Setup tab. 
3.  Highlight which simulation you wish to run and press ENTER.

The receiver of a Distress Call or Position Report can quickly navigate to the caller using the NAV 

button. Once the call is logged, press the NAV button and select to Go To the MMSI number or the 
Name of the caller.
Card Tab— interface control for saving waypoints, routes and tracks to a data card.When data is saved 
to a data card, it may be exchanged with other compatible units and Garmin’s MapSource PC program. 

1.  Insert the data card. If there is already user data on the card, highlight ‘User Card’ and press  

ENTER. From the ‘Card’ tab, select the checkbox next to each type of item you want to transfer. You 
may also press MENU and choose to ‘Select All’ or ‘Clear All’.

2.  Highlight ‘Save To Card’ and press ENTER to save the selected items to the data card. 
3.  If transferring data from the card to the unit, highlight ‘Merge From Card’ and press ENTER to 

combine the selected items with those of your GPS. highlight ‘Replace From Card’ and press ENTER 
to overwrite all selected items on your GPS.

4.  A ‘Transfer Complete’ message appears once the data has been transferred. Press ENTER. 

Map Tab— contains setup options for the Map Page. See page 

21

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Hiway Tab— contains setup options for the Highway Page. See page 

29

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