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Declination – SUUNTO DX User Manual

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To calibrate the compass:

HOLD THE

DEVICE LEVEL

AND SLOWLY
ROTATE THE UNIT
IN A LARGE
"INFINITY LOOP"
UNTIL THE DEVICE
BEEPS AND TEXT
PASSED APPEARS.

If the calibration fails several times in a row (text “Try Again” appears), it is possible
that you are in an area with sources of magnetism, such as large metal objects, power
lines or electric appliances. Move to another location and try to calibrate the compass
again. If the calibration continues to fail, contact an authorized Suunto service center.

Declination
You can compensate for the difference between true north and magnetic north by
adjusting the compass declination. The declination can be found, for example, from
sea charts or topographic maps of the local area.

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