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tion changes as you move around the earth.
Magnetic North
is the direction in which a
compass needle points.
The Geko 201 bearings will correspond to the compass if the Geko 201 is set to
magnetic north. Due to errors introduced when map makers fl atten the earth’s sphere onto
paper, not all of the grid lines drawn on the map point exactly to the north pole, so the
north indicated by the grid lines is called
‘Grid North’
. The difference, however, is usually
small enough that ‘Grid’ north can be considered the same as True North for traveling on
land. If necessary, manually correct for the difference between Grid North and True North. If
you select ‘User’ for North Reference, the
‘VARIATION’
fi eld is highlighted for you to edit the
declination.
To change the North Reference:
1. From the MENU Page press the
UP
or
DOWN
Button to highlight ‘UNITS’ and then
press the
OK
Button to display the UNITS Page.
2. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
Button to highlight the ‘NORTH REF’ fi eld and press the
OK
Button.
3. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
Button to highlight your selection and then press the
OK
Button.
4. Press the
PAGE
Button to return to the SETUP Page.
When you select the ‘DEFAULTS’ fi eld and press
the
OK
Button
to return the UNITS
Page to the factory settings.
Setup Page
‘MAGNETIC’ north is the
default north reference
setting.
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