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ONGRATULATIONS

on your purchase of the Brunton Outback  Compass.

The Outback is the most sophisticated hand-held compass on the market, incorporating
technology developed for the U.S. military.  The Outback has been designed with
a variety of options. For the novice outdoors enthusiast, the Basic menu option has
all the features of a traditional compass , plus a few more.  The advanced features
of Trail Blazing, Multi-Leg, Bearing, Clock, Timer, Declination, and Damping
offer the serious user features not found in traditional compasses, such as storing
courses and bearing points.  

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UTBACK FEATURES

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Tilt compensation provides accuracy of 2¡ even when tilted up to  ±15¡. 

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Heading is displayed in digits, cardinal points and on the compass  rose.  

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Heading is easily referenced to magnetic or true north. 

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Multiple declination angles can be stored.

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Trail Blazing memorizes your course as you travel.

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Multi-Leg stores a pre-planned route to follow later.

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Day and Night Navigation keep you on a chosen course.

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Automatic return reverses a route and guides you back to your starting point. 

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Bearings are stored with a press of a button.  

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Clock displays in either standard or military time format.

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The timer counts up or down and stores a time.

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Damping reduces errors caused by movement of the compass.

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Magnetic distortion alarm warns when outside magnetic 
interference is causing errors in the compass heading.  

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Resistant to water from rain, dew or being splashed. 

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Power and Backlight Auto Shut-off

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Extended battery life of 200 hours 

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NFORMATION

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NTRODUCTION

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Conventions Used in this Manual ...............................................................................3
Error Messages ............................................................................................................3
Backlight .....................................................................................................................4
Menu Options of the Outback .....................................................................................4

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True or Magnetic North Heading Reference ...............................................................5
Power Auto Shut-Off........................ ...........................................................................0
Backlight Auto Shut-Off.............................................................................................. 0  
Calibration ...................................................................................................................8

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Memorizing Legs in Trail Blazing and Multi-Leg ....................................................10
Day and Night Navigation in Trail Blazing and Multi-Leg ......................................15
Automatic Return in Trail Blazing and Multi-Leg ....................................................18

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EARING

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PTION

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Storing and Viewing Bearings ..................................................................................20
Erasing Bearings ....................................................................................................... 21

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LOCK

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Choosing Time Format...............................................................................................00
Setting the Clock........................................................................................................00

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PTION

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Setting the Timer .......................................................................................................22
Starting and Stopping the Timer ............................................................................... 23
Erasing the Timer ..................................................................................................... 24

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Storing Declination Angles  ......................................................................................24
Choosing Declination Angles ...................................................................................25

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AMPING

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Choosing Damping Values .......................................................................................26

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HANGING

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ATTERIES

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HOOTING

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ARRANTY

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NDEX

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To provide tilt compensation, the magnetic sensors inside the Outback are mechanically

gimbaled.  This may cause a ÒrattlingÓ noise if the Outback is  shaken or jarred.  

This is not a defect in the compass, but a result of the movement of the magnetic sensors.

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BRUNTON MAN. MECH. 7/97  9/29/98 9:08 AM  Page 2

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Страница 1: ...MULTILEG TRUE MENU ADVANCED ENTER POWER LIGHT TIMER CLOCK DECLIN DAMPING TRL BLZR BASIC BEARING OPERATION MANUAL BRUNTON MAN MECH 7 97 9 29 98 9 08 AM Page 1 ...

Страница 2: ...pass Magnetic distortion alarm warns when outside magnetic interference is causing errors in the compass heading Resistant to water from rain dew or being splashed Power and Backlight Auto Shut off Extended battery life of 200 hours TABLE OF CONTENTS BUTTON AND DISPLAY INFORMATION 1 INTRODUCTION 3 Conventions Used in this Manual 3 Error Messages 3 Backlight 4 Menu Options of the Outback 4 BASIC ME...

Страница 3: ...ation arrows guide you in the right direction MENU OPTIONS The menu options of the Outback are continuously displayed A box around the menu option indicates which option the Outback is using PROGRAM The PROGRAM symbol flashes while in programming mode TRUE MAG SYMBOL The TRUE symbol is illuminated when the heading reference is true north and the MAG symbol is illuminated when the heading reference...

Страница 4: ... for more than 2 seconds until PROGRAM flashes 7 Pressing MENU returns the Outback to operating mode from programming mode INTRODUCTION CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL The names of buttons are capitalized Example press POWER The LCD symbols are capitalized and italicized Example PROGRAM When the manual says press a button it means press the button for less than 2 seconds Example press ENTER When t...

Страница 5: ...res 1 Choosing magnetic north or true north as the heading reference 2 Choosing the Auto Shut Off values for the power and backlight 3 Calibration of the Outback to cancel out interference from magnetic fields Calibration must be performed before initial use to be accurate TRUE OR MAGNETIC NORTH HEADING REFERENCE The MAG TRUE symbol indicates whether the Outback is referenced to either true or mag...

Страница 6: ...omatically turn off The Outback can be programmed to automatically shut off at 6 predetermined intervals They are 5 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes 120 minutes and 180 minutes The Outback can also be set to never automatically shut off The default power auto shut off value is 15 minutes The Outback can always be turned off the pressing the POWER button regardless of which power auto shut ...

Страница 7: ...y pressing ADVANCE and ENTER is not pressed while viewing a different auto shut off value the Outback continues to use 10 seconds as the backlight auto shut off value CALIBRATION Calibration allows the Outback to separate the earthÕs magnetic field from the local magnetic fields thereby providing accurate heading information The Outback must be calibrated because the internal electronics of the Ou...

Страница 8: ...ible 9 If the calibration process is not completed within 2 minutes the Outback autom atically returns to operating mode and does not change the previous calibration 10 If POWER is pressed at anytime during the calibration process the Outback discontinues calibration and shuts off The previous calibration will not change 720 CALIBRATION 1 The Outback must be in Basic to perform calibration 2 Hold ...

Страница 9: ...2 Day and Night Navigation These features are designed to easily help you stay on course Your desired heading is automatically compared to your actual heading and the Outback alerts you when you are Ôoff track Õ 3 Automatic Return The Outback automatically calculates your return course and guides you back to your starting point MEMORIZING LEGS STORING LEGS IN TRAIL BLAZING 1 The Outback must be in...

Страница 10: ...iew a stored leg in Trail Blazing the Outback must be in Trail Blazing To view a stored leg in Multi Leg the Outback must be in Multi Leg 3M Now the second digit of the heading flashes Example ÒL2 200 Ó Example 1 and then 0 for 210 Follow step 2M to store the remaining digits 4M Skip to step 7 on this page AUTOMATIC ENTRY OF HEADINGS 1A If headings are to be stored automatically press ADVANCE to s...

Страница 11: ... while viewing a stored leg Press ENTER to stop a timer which is running 3 Press ADVANCE to step to from one leg to the next 4 The display word shows the heading for three seconds and then the timer for three seconds Example ÒL2 210 and Ò0 45 20Ó if a leg is programmed or ÒL2 Ñ Ó and Ò0 00 00Ó if a leg is unprogrammed 5 The Outback allows you to view only one unprogrammed leg Example If L0 through...

Страница 12: ...BLAZING AND MULTI LEG Day Navigation only functions while running a leg in Trail Blazing or Multi Leg 1 If the Ôoff trackÕ angle is set to ÒOFFÓ Day Navigation is off and the compass rose shows a solid North pointing arrow and a flashing arrow pointing to the stored heading An Ôoff trackÕ angle of 1 or greater must be set for Day Navigation to function To change the Ôoff trackÕ angle see the ÒOff ...

Страница 13: ...tion arrow is illuminated NIGHT NAVIGATION IN TRAIL BLAZING AND MULTI LEG Night Navigation only functions while running a leg in Trail Blazing and Multi Leg 1 An Ôoff trackÕ angle of 1 or greater must be set for Night Navigation to function To change the off track angle see the ÒOff Track AngleÓ on page 18 2 Hold LIGHT for more than 2 seconds while in Trail Blazing or Multi Leg to turn Night Navig...

Страница 14: ...n by triangulation The more bearings used the more accurately you can pinpoint your location on the map In Bearing the Outback can be used as a compass as well as to store bearings the Numeric Display shows the current heading a solid arrow on the compass rose points to North a flashing arrow on the compass rose points in the stored bearing direction and the display word shows the stored bearing S...

Страница 15: ...erating in which ever time format you want to set the clock in Example If you want to program the clock with a standard time you need to choose the stan dard time format before you begin programming See ÒChoosing Time FormatsÓ in the section on the preview page 2 Hold MENU until PROGRAM flashes to enter programming mode The display word shows the current time with the first 2 digits flashing If no...

Страница 16: ...ely a stored time can be reprogrammed over without erasing it Follow the steps 1 through 7 in ÒSetting the TimerÓ to program over an existing time TIMER MENU OPTION The Outback must be in Timer to use any of the features described in this section FEATURES The timer is a standard counter that counts up or down The timer has a maximum of 9 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds Ò9 59 59Ó The Outback can be...

Страница 17: ...nisthedifferencebetweentrueandmagneticnorth Itismeasuredindegreestothe EastorWestofmagneticnorth Declinationanglesvarythroughouttheworld Thedefault declinationangleis100 West SeeFigure7onnextpagetolocatethedeclinationanglefor yourareaintheU S STORING DECLINATION ANGLES 1 The Outback must be in Declination to store declination angles 2 Press ADVANCE to step from one stored declination angle to the ...

Страница 18: ...e contact for the power to turn on 10 Since the batteries have been removed it is necessary to calibrate the Outback DAMPING MENU OPTION The Outback must be in Damping to use any of the features described in this section FEATURES Tilting or jarring a compass can create errors in the compass heading because it shakes the magnetic sensors inside the compass In Damping the Outback averages the compas...

Страница 19: ...is pressed nothing happens Solution Remove the batteries wait 60 seconds and reinsert the batteries Sometimes there is an abrupt change in power which causes the Outback to get ÒstuckÓ Generally this will only happen once and it will not harm the Outback See page 32 for details on removing batteries TROUBLE SHOOTING ACCURACY PROBLEMS PROBLEM The Outback seems to give inaccurate readings SOLUTION 1...

Страница 20: ...unton Company warrants the Outback Electronic Compass against all defects in material and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the date of the original purchase subject to the following terms and conditions 1 This Warranty does not apply if the Outback has been subjected to physical abuse improper installation modification or the serial number has been removed 2 This Warranty does not apply...

Страница 21: ...15 Viewing legs 16 17 NIGHT NAVIGATION 1 2 18 20 22 32 OFF TRACK ANGLE 18 21 OPERATING MODE 4 6 7 11 12 17 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 PROGRAM SYMBOL 1 2 4 8 11 14 17 18 21 24 26 29 PROGRAMMING MODE 4 8 11 14 17 18 21 24 26 29 TIMER MENU OPTION Erasing 28 Explanation 27 Setting the timer 27 28 Starting and stopping the timer 28 TRAIL BLAZING MENU OPTION Day Navigation 18 20 22 Erasing legs 17 Explanation...

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