
hold A
Normal
compassft
~
Calibration
Mode
......
Mode
**
...
_ •
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• •
press A to confirm \ [ A l ; press C
A . ,
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J
~
......
/
After the ring move,
tum
the
unit clockwise In two circles
Enter Declination angle
for
the true North
•
Decl
ination refers
to
the
measured
difference
between
the magnetic
North and the North
of
the
map. The local declination is given on
the
map
marg
in either
as
easterly plus declination
(E)
or
as
westerty
minus dec
li
nation
(W).
When onenteering, the map direction is
corrected by subtracting
the
plus declination
and
adding
the
minus
declination.
•
To
input the
va
l
ue,
press
and
ho
ld button A to enter calibration
mode
'CAL' first and press button A again
to
enter declination setting
mode "dEC'.
•
Righ
t after entering the dec
li
nation setting mode, a letter 'E' start
to
flicker. Press button C to
se
le
ct the direction East· E
or
West·
W and then press button A
to
con
fi
rm
.
•
An
angle digrts
wi
ll
then start
10
fl
icker.
To
set the
ang
le to
be
offsel,
press button C
to
ad
just
to
desire
va
l
ue
and then press button A
to
con
fi
rm
.
•
As
the declination setting
wi
ll
affect the di
rec
ti
on
directly, for a
serious and fi
nal
confirma
ti
on, press button C to tum the function
'
On
" and then press button A again to confirm.
• In order to
understand
the
decl
i
nation
effect, l
eI
us quote
an
example
,
the
current direction is N 10 degree,
If
the dec
li
nation angle Is set
to
e
30
degree, the
fi
na
l directi
on
w
ill
change to
NE
40 degree or
If
the declination angle is set to W 30 degree, the final direction
w
ill
change
to
NW
340
degree
And the declination angles for major world cites are listed
as follow:
City Declination Angle
Anchorage ---------------
22
·E
Atlanta -
--
----
-------••••• 4·W
Bombay ------ ----
--
--
--. I·W
Boston ---
--
---------
--·····
16·W
City Declination Angle
Calgary -----.---------•• -••
IS
· e
Chicago ----------
----
---- 3·W
Denver
---------·------·-··1
o·e
Jerusalem
---
--
---
--
---
3·e
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