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tobecloserthantheyactuallyare),binocularmove-
mentetc.thatwillleadtoinaccuratemeasurements.
Display and record compass bearings
ThecompassinyourMINOXBN7x50DCiscapable
ofrecordinguptothreecompassbearings.Todothis,
activatethecompassusingtheOn/Offbutton(10).If
youdonotseethe„CMP”display,turnthemodedial
(11)untilyouseeeitherthecentermarkorthehair-line
graticuledisplayed(figs.4or5).
Youcanalternatebetweenthetwodisplayoptionsby
pressingthenavigationbuttons(3).Tosaveareading,
simplypushthememorybutton(8)whilelookinginthe
directionthatyouwishtorecord.Youcansaveupto
threereadings,afterwhichyouwillsee„FULL”inthe
displayafterpressingthememorybuttonforthefourth
time.Torecordnewbearings,youmustfirstdeleteat
leastoneofthepreviouslysavedvalues.Toviewthe
previouslyrecordedbearings,presstheOn/Offbutton
(10)whileinthecompassmode.Youwillnowseeeither
CMP-1,CMP-2orCMP-3andtherecordedbearing.You
canalternatefrompositiontopositionbypushingthe
navigationbuttons(3)upordown.
Delete readings
Todeletethecompassreadingssavedinthecompass
sub-menu,presstheOn/Offbutton(10)whileinthe
compassmode.Choosethebearingyouwishtodelete
bypushingthenavigationbuttons(3)upordown.By
pushingtheupanddownbuttons(3)simultaneously,
thebearingwillbedeleted,whichisverifiedwhenyou
see„DELETED”inthedisplay.Ifnecessary,repeatthis
procedureuntilallvaluesaredeleted.Assoonasall
valueshavebeendeleted,youwillnowsee„EMPTY“
inthedisplay.BypushingtheOn/Offbutton(10),you
willenterthemaincompassmodeagain.Turningthe
modedialtotherightwilltakeyoutothetiltfunction.
Tilt function (TLT)
YourMINOXBN7x50DCisequippedwithaprecisely
functioningtiltcompensationsensor.Thisensuresan
automaticcompensationandcorrectionoffalsecom-
passreadingscausedifthebinocularsareinavertical
orhorizontalslant.Theautomatictiltcompensation
Fig.7