User Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 SAFETY
- 2 GETTING STARTED
- 3 FEATURES
- 3.1 Activity monitoring
- 3.2 Autopause
- 3.3 Autoscroll
- 3.4 Backlight
- 3.5 Button lock
- 3.6 Compass
- 3.7 Countdown timer
- 3.8 Displays
- 3.9 Exercising with sport modes
- 3.10 Find back
- 3.11 Firmware updates
- 3.12 FusedSpeed
- 3.13 Icons
- 3.14 Interval timer
- 3.15 Logbook
- 3.16 Memory left indicator
- 3.17 Movescount
- 3.18 Movescount mobile app
- 3.19 Navigating with GPS
- 3.20 Notifications
- 3.21 PODs and HR sensors
- 3.22 Points of interest
- 3.23 Routes
- 3.24 Service menu
- 3.25 Shortcuts
- 3.26 Sport modes
- 3.27 Stopwatch
- 3.28 Suunto Apps
- 3.29 Time
- 3.30 Track back
- 3.31 Training programs
- 4 CARE AND SUPPORT
- 5 REFERENCE
3.6 Compass
Suunto Ambit3 Run has a digital compass that allows you to orient
yourself in relation to magnetic north. The tilt-compensated
compass gives you accurate readings even if the compass is not
horizontally level.
You can show/hide the compass display from the options menu
while in a sport mode under ACTIVATE » Compass.
The compass display includes the following information:
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middle row: compass heading in degrees
•
bottom row: change view to current heading in cardinals, to
time or empty with [View]
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The compass switches to power saving mode after one minute.
Reactivate it with [Start Stop].
3.6.1 Setting declination
To ensure correct compass readings, set an accurate declination
value.
Paper maps point to true north. Compasses, however, point to
magnetic north – a region above the Earth where the Earth’s
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