Declination Anyone?
#1
Declination Anyone?
Upon checking the compass declination adjustment, I noticed they had mine set for region 8...here in AZ it's region 5... No wonder it was telling me south was east !!
We hybrid owners I suspect are a fairly **** bunch, always with the tweaking and whatnot. I couldn't possibly put another mile on my ODO without having true and precise compass readings.
For those who've never heard of magnetic declination, it is basically the variance of where your compass points in relation to True North. Bottom line...set your vehicle to the proper mag dec setting and have a more accurate compass. You smug NAV folx probably don't give a hoot with all of your techno gadgets and gizmos.
Find your declination adjustment value in your owner's manual.
You can find the proper directions also in the O.M., but the long and short is this:
Power on vehicle
Hold AUTO button on rearview mirror in
Compass display will turn off...keep holding...
Compass display will display the magnetic declination number it is set at
Release Auto button on rearview
Push Auto button repeatedly until your proper declination number comes up
Happy Orienteering!
We hybrid owners I suspect are a fairly **** bunch, always with the tweaking and whatnot. I couldn't possibly put another mile on my ODO without having true and precise compass readings.
For those who've never heard of magnetic declination, it is basically the variance of where your compass points in relation to True North. Bottom line...set your vehicle to the proper mag dec setting and have a more accurate compass. You smug NAV folx probably don't give a hoot with all of your techno gadgets and gizmos.
Find your declination adjustment value in your owner's manual.
You can find the proper directions also in the O.M., but the long and short is this:
Power on vehicle
Hold AUTO button on rearview mirror in
Compass display will turn off...keep holding...
Compass display will display the magnetic declination number it is set at
Release Auto button on rearview
Push Auto button repeatedly until your proper declination number comes up
Happy Orienteering!
Last edited by Eskimonio; 08-17-2006 at 10:07 PM.
#3
Re: Declination Anyone?
Originally Posted by Droid13
I'm pretty sure 95% of the NAV owners and 50% of the non-NAV owners didn't even realize the TCH has a compass
#5
Re: Declination Anyone?
OK, Chicago lies right on the line dividing zone 8 and 9. Mine was set at 8 from the dealer.
Also did everyone with a NAV set the Timezone and DST correctly?
Mine was not set by the dealer.
Having it set correctly enables using the "Arrival Time" mode instead of the "Time to Destination". I'd rather know the actual time of day I'll arrive rather than hours and minutes to the destination. But that's me. And it's easy to change with a single button push even when in motion.
My '04 Prius did not have this option.
J
Also did everyone with a NAV set the Timezone and DST correctly?
Mine was not set by the dealer.
Having it set correctly enables using the "Arrival Time" mode instead of the "Time to Destination". I'd rather know the actual time of day I'll arrive rather than hours and minutes to the destination. But that's me. And it's easy to change with a single button push even when in motion.
My '04 Prius did not have this option.
J
#6
Re: Declination Anyone?
Originally Posted by schmidtj
Having it set correctly enables using the "Arrival Time" mode instead of the "Time to Destination". J
Actually, I'm just curious about this as I'm not sure I would change it anyway. We like to use the Seqouia on long trips because it holds more luggage and baseball equipment and we like the elbow room and comfort as well. My 9 yr. old son still likes to ask, "How long till we get there?" and I love telling him (I actually don't have to tell him anymore) to look at the NAV.
#8
Re: Declination Anyone?
Originally Posted by MagcamyH
I've got practically the same NAV system in my '05 Seqouia as in the TCH and I never knew that you could get an "Arrival Time" mode instead of the "Time to Destination". How do you do that? I've got our Time Zone and DST set correctly and I still get "Time to Destination".
Hope this helps,
J
#9
Re: Declination Anyone?
Originally Posted by flopshot
My compass was not set for my region either, it came delivered set at 8.
J