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Viewing other vessels – Garmin GPSMAP 545s User Manual

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Viewing Information

To delete all waypoints, routes, and tracks:

1. From the Home screen on your chartplotter, select

Information

>

User Data

>

Clear User Data

.

2. Select

Waypoints

,

Routes

,

Saved Tracks

, or

All

.

3. Select

OK

to delete the data.

Viewing Other Vessels

To view information about other boats from the Home screen,

select

Information

>

Other Vessels

.

NOTE: To view information about other boats, your unit must be

connected to an external AIS (Automatic Identification System)

or DSC (Digital Selective Calling) device. See

page 55

for more

information.
aiS List—view information about all of the boats your unit

is monitoring. The AIS list shows the MMSIs or (if the boat is

broadcasting it) names of the AIS boats and is sorted by range. The

boat nearest to your boat appears at the top of the list.
dSC List—view the 100 most recent calls. 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 list.

Select

Options

to sort calls by name, type, MMSI, distance from

your boat, or the time the call was received.

Select

Options

>

Delete All

to delete all the calls from the list.

To add a DSC contact:

1. Select

Add Contact

.

2. Use the

Rocker

to enter the MMSI number of the vessel.

3. Use the

Rocker

to enter the name of the vessel.