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Navigating to a position report or distress call, Setting up dsc – Garmin GPSMAP 182C User Manual

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Navigating to a Position Report or Distress Call

After a Position Report or a Distress Call is received, navigation

can be quickly set to the call location.

To navigate to Position Report or Distress Call:

1 Press the

NAV key.

2. With

Go To (MMSI/Name) highlighted, press ENTER.

Or
1. Highlight the call on the

Call List or Log, and press NAV.

2. With

Go To (MMSI/Name) or (DSC) highlighted, press

ENTER.

Navigating to a DSC Call

Setting up DSC

The DSC Setup sub tab allows you to turn DSC On and Off.

This Setup tab also allows you to simulate Distress Calls and

Position Reports while the unit is in Simulator Mode (see page 3).

Simulating calls is helpful for practice before connecting to the real

system. The Distress Call simulator also helps to check if alarms

are working properly.

DSC Setup