User's Manual

mn100 Digital Display
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3 - Setup and Calibration
3.1 Entering Setup and Calibration Mode
To enter the Setup and Calibration menu press and hold for 2
seconds the
button.
This will not work when in the Race Timer page.
3.2 Chapter and Page
Setup and Calibration
Instrument Setup and
Calibration is displayed in a
“Chapter and Page” format
using the
button to scroll
through the Chapters and the
and buttons to move
between Pages. The diagram
below shows the information
format.
Note: Unlike normal
operation you must
scroll to the Chapter
heading page before
moving to another
chapter.
For a full description of each
Page refer to items s1 to s39
on the following pages
Setup and Calibration
21
Wind Chapter
(s21) RESP Wnd
Sets the update period of the Wind display.
Auto/Slow/Medium/Fast
(s22) WIND (Angle)
Aligns the displayed Apparent Wind Angle with the Actual
Wind Direction with respect to the boat. See page 26 for
calibration.
(s23) WIND (Speed)
The Wind Speed Calibration Factor adds a percentage
factor which corrects the information from the wind speed
sensor and ensures the apparent wind speed is displayed
correctly. See page 26 for calibration.
Compass Chapter
(s24) RESP Hdg
Sets the update period of the Compass display.
Auto/Slow/Medium/Fast
(s25) HDG MAG
Tells the instrument to display heading information in
either Magnetic or True format.
(s26) HDG
Aligns the displayed heading with the Actual Magnetic
Heading of the boat. See page 27 for calibration.
(s27) VAR
Allows manual entry of local magnetic variation. This
setting is ignored if variation information is available from
a GPS source.
(s28) DEV
However carefully positioned the Compass Transducer is
there is always the likelihood of errors being introduced by
the vessel and equipment. To remove errors it is
necessary to “Swing” the compass by turning the boat
slowly until the system can optimize the readings. Once
the correction has been completed the deviation correction
value will be displayed. See page 27 for calibration.