Raymarine e7D - DSC VHF Radio Connectivity and Alerts

21.1UsingaDSCVHFradiowithyour
display
YoucanconnectyourDSCVHFradiotoyourmultifunctiondisplay
andshowdistressmessageinformationandGPSpositiondatafor
othervessels.
ConnectingaDSCVHFradiotoyourmultifunctiondisplayprovides
thefollowingadditionalfunctionality:
•DistressMessages—whenyourDSCVHFradioreceivesa
DSCmessageoralarmfromanotherDSCVHFradio-equipped
vessel,thevesselidentication(MMSI),GPSposition,andtimeof
distressmessageisdisplayedonyourmultifunctiondisplay.With
thedistressmessagedisplayedyoucanusethebuttonsprovided
to:clearthemessage,placeawaypointonthechartattheGPS
positionofthedistressedvessel,orimmediatelystartnavigating
(GOTO)totheGPSpositionofthedistressedvessel.
•PositionData—the“PositionRequest”buttononyourDSCVHF
radioenablesyoutosendandreceiveGPSpositiondatatoand
fromothervesselsequippedwithaDSCVHFradio.
ForinformationoninstallingandoperatingyourDSCVHFradio,
refertothehandbookthataccompaniestheradio.
Thefollowingimageshowsanexampleofadistressmessage
displayedonamultifunctiondisplay:
21.2EnablingDSCVHFradiointegration
Withthehomescreendisplayed:
1.SelectSet-up.
2.SelectSystemSettings.
3.SelectDSCAlerts>ON.
Note:DSCVHFdistressmessagesareonlydisplayedforradios
connectedviaNMEA0183.DSCVHFdistressmessagesare
NOTdisplayedforSeaT alkradiosconnectedtothedisplayvia
theSeaTalktoSeaTalkngconverter.
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