2. Turn
ON
the Sailcomp 103AC and note the heading so that you will roughly know
when you have completed a full circle.
3. There is no Compensation Mode or buttons to push, just steer your boat at a slow,
steady speed (idle speed) through a full circle that takes at least 2 minutes to com-
plete. (Try to time your turn so that it takes 30 seconds or more to turn 90 degrees).
After completing one full circle, continue circling another time. Try slowing down
even more and concentrate on keeping the boat steady and smooth throughout the
360°. Remember, the circles do not need to be perfectly round as long as you go a
complete 360 degrees around.
4. Once you have completed two full circles, your compass should be compensated.
Check to make sure by accessing the "
Compensation Display
" to review your auto-
compensation and to check that everything is O.K.
(see below)
Accessing the "Compensation Dis-play" for Reviewing
Compensation Data on the Sailcomp Remote.
The Sailcomp 103AC's "Compensation Display" allows you to critically examine the
quality of a compensation, the quality of the sensor's location, how many auto-com-
pensations have occurred, and lets you disable auto-compensation.
To see compensation data on the display:
1. Turn the power
ON
and wait until the display has gone through self-test.
2. Simultaneously push and hold down the
timer
and
crs
(course)
buttons
until the
display reads "
CAL
".*
Once "
CAL
" is displayed, you may release the button. The display will now
continuously roll through the following; "
on
" indicates that auto-compensation
is enabled. ("
oFF
" indicates auto-compensation is disabled-
see page 22).
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INSTALLATION— AUTO-COMPENSATION
*If desired, you may have the "Compensation Display" ON when doing compensation circles,
so you can see when the compass has auto-compensated.
