Garmin GPSMAP 740 Owner's Manual

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GPSMAP 700 Series Owner’s Manual 83Digital Selective CallingChanging the Appearance of a Trail LineYou can change the appearance of a trail line for a specific tracked vessel.NoTe: The Mariner’s Eye 3D chart is available if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card. The Fishing chartis available if you use a BlueChart g2 Vision SD card or a BlueChart g2 SD card, or if your built-in mapsupports Fishing charts.1. From the Home screen, select Charts.2. Select Navigation Chart, Fishing Chart, Perspective 3D, or Mariner’s eye 3D.3. Select Menu > other Vessels > DSC List.4. Select a vessel.5. Select Review > edit > Trail Line.6. Select a color for the trail line.Individual Routine CallsWhen you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin VHF NMEA 2000-compatible radio, you can usethe chartplotter interface to set up an individual routine call. When setting up an individual routine call fromyour chartplotter, you can select the DSC channel on which you want to communicate (page 83). The radiotransmits this request with your call.Selecting a DSC ChannelNoTe: 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 differentchannel, the chartplotter uses that channel for subsequent calls until you call using another channel.1. From the Home screen, select Information > other Vessels > DSC List.2. Select a vessel or a station to call.3. Select Call with Radio > Channel.4. Select a channel.Making an Individual Routine CallNoTe: 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 Information > other Vessels > DSC List.2. Select a vessel or a station to call.3. Select Call with Radio > Send.The chartplotter sends information about the call to the radio.4. On your Garmin VHF radio, select Call.Making an Individual Routine Call to an AIS TargetWhen you connect your Garmin chartplotter to a Garmin VHF NMEA 2000-compatible radio, you can usethe chartplotter interface to set up an individual routine call to an AIS target. Before you start the call, you canselect a DSC channel other than the default channel, channel 72 (page 83).1. From the Home screen, select Charts.2. Select a chart or a 3D chart view.3. Touch an AIS target .4. Select AIS Vessel > Call with Radio > Send.The chartplotter sends information about the call to the radio.5. On your Garmin VHF radio, select Call.