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Main Menu > DSC Tab DSC Directory entries. Press Enter to open the Entry Review Page. DSC Directory list Blank entry. Press Enter to add a Directory entry. Enter the MMSI number, name, and a comment (if needed) in the fields. New Directory Item Page Highlight OK, and press ENTER to save the Directory entry. To add a new Directory entry: 1. Open the DSC Directory on the Main Menu. 2. Highlight the first blank space in the directory list, and press Enter. OR Press Menu, highlight New Item, and press Enter. 3. Enter the MMSI number, the name, and any comments. 4. When finished, highlight OK, and press Enter. After creating a New Directory Item, the name created is attached to that particular MMSI number. If you return to the Log, the new name appears under the corresponding MMSI number. Another way to input a name is from the Entry Review Page or the DSC Distress Call Page or DSC Position Report Pages. The Name and MMSI are sent to other Garmin GPS units: Only the MMSI numbers are sent to other non-Garmin DSC users. Making a Distress Call To make a distress call, press the MayDay button on your VHF radio. The call transmits on an emergency channel with the MMSI number attached to the call, if you have DSC support. Any DSCequipped mariner (on sea or land) within range can receive the call. 74 GPSMAP 378/478 Owner's Manual

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DSC Directory list
DSC Directory
entr±es. Press
ENTER
to
open the Entry
Review Page.
Blank entry.
Press
ENTER
to
add a Directory
entry.
To add a new Directory entry:
1.
Open the DSC Directory on the Main Menu.
2.
Highlight the first blank space in the directory list, and press
ENTER
.
OR
Press
MENU
, highlight
New Item
, and press
ENTER
.
3.
Enter the MMSI number, the name, and any comments.
4.
When finished, highlight
OK,
and press
ENTER
.
New Directory Item Page
Enter the
MMSI number,
name, and a
comment (if
needed) ±n the
fields.
Highlight
OK
,
and press
ENTER
to save
the Directory
entry.
After creating a New Directory Item, the name created is attached
to that particular MMSI number. If you return to the Log, the new
name appears under the corresponding MMSI number.
Another way to input a name is from the Entry Review Page or the
DSC Distress Call Page or DSC Position Report Pages. The Name
and MMSI are sent to other Garmin GPS units: Only the MMSI
numbers are sent to other non-Garmin DSC users.
Making a Distress Call
To make a distress call, press the MayDay button on your VHF
radio. The call transmits on an emergency channel with the MMSI
number attached to the call, if you have DSC support. Any DSC-
equipped mariner (on sea or land) within range can receive the call.
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