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6000/7000 Series Owner’s Manual
Digital Selective Calling
Selecting a DSC Channel
The selection of a DSC channel is limited to those channels that are available in all frequency bands:
6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, or 77. The default channel is 72. If you select a different
channel, the chartplotter uses that channel for subsequent calls until you call using another channel.
1. From the Home screen, select > .
2. Select a vessel or a station to call.
3. Select > > .
4. Select a channel.
Making an Individual Routine Call
: When initiating a call from the chartplotter, if the radio does not have an MMSI number programmed,
the radio will not receive call information.
1. From the Home screen, select > .
2. Select a vessel or a station to call.
3. Select > > .
The chartplotter sends information about the call to the radio.
4. On your Garmin VHF radio, select .
Making an Individual Routine Call to an AIS Target
When you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin VHF NMEA 2000-compatible radio, you can use the
chartplotter interface to set up an individual routine call to an AIS target. Before you start the call, you can
select a DSC channel other than the default channel, channel 72 (page 114).
1. From the Home screen, select .
2. Select a chart or a 3D chart view.
3. Complete an action:
• For the GPSMAP 6000 series, use the to select an AIS target .
• For the GPSMAP 7000 series, touch an AIS target .
4. Select > > .
The chartplotter sends information about the call to the radio.
5. On your Garmin VHF radio, select .
