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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 11:20 AM
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I bought the daystar dash cover and installed it last night. looks great, went in easy, but now my compass is off. was wondering if anyone knew how to fix this problem
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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Is your compass backwards? That little puck with the mini wiring harness is the compass, you probably flipped it. THere's a recalibration method, it's in the manual. You have to press and hold the button for 10 seconds or something like that.
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 11:35 AM
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no its on properly its reading about 45 degrees off on every direction
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 12:20 PM
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Once the compass is on, try going to a parking lot and driving around in a circle for a couple of minutes. See if that will help!
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 12:21 PM
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just tried that only got southerly directions. im gonna try disconnecting the battery for a bit later on see if that works
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 02:55 PM
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well i finally did get it figured out. just followed the instructions in the manual for manual calibration. it looks alot harder than it is only took me a few minutes.
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