Rip Curl ATS Oceansearch Instruction Manual - Compass Mode.
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60 sec
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(B)
Calibration
successful
Calibration
Magnetic North Deviation
(+ / - 45 degrees max.)
COMPASS (setting state)
COMPASS MODE.
(ONLY AVAILABLE IN ULTIMATE OCEANSEARCH STYLE)
-Press MODE/SET to advance to COMPASS MODE.
-Use the arrow on the top of the watch case to find your direction.
-Compass will operate for 60 seconds then revert back to TIME/TIDE/DATE MODE
to conserve battery life.
IMPORTANT:
Compass must be calibrated before using to find accurate directions! To
calibrate for magnetic north, the watch must be in Compass mode, then press and hold
MODE/SET until OFFSET appears in the display. If you want to calibrate to magnetic
north no offset is required. (Accurate calibration is best done outside or at least away
from magnetic forces like computers, refrigerators and TV’s) If you wish to calibrate
for true north then an offset is required.
***See below.
Enter your offset* then press MODE/SET to begin calibration.
Your watch will instruct you to TURN CW. This means, take the watch off, hold it level,
and rotate it SLOWLY in a clockwise direction. It will take approximately one minute of
slow clockwise rotation to complete the calibration. Once the calibration is complete
the compass direction will appear in the screen.
***OFFSET -
During calibration the watch will call for you to enter an OFFSET. Entering
an OFFSET value will allow the watch to point to true north, by adjusting for the angle,
which varies for different places.
A compass’s magnetized needle points toward magnetic north. Magnetic north is
located in a different place than the geographic North Pole, or True North. To find
true north a correction (OFFSET), called the magnetic declination, must be made on
all compass readings.
To find the offset for your specific location please log on to...or see common offsets
listed next page.
www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/jsp/struts/calcDeclination