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UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL
Com pass Calib ration
Autom atic Com pass Calib ration
The compass on you r vehicle will autom atically calibrate The self-calibrating featu re of the compass eliminates the
when new, and will continu ously adjust itself over the need to calibrate the compass for norm al cond itions.
life of the vehicle. If the CAL ind icator is on (or flashing), During a short initial period , the compass may appear
drive slow ly (und er 10 MPH ) in an open area until the erratic and the CAL sym bol will appear (blinking) on the
CAL ind icator is off.
display. After the vehicle has completed at least one
complete circle und er 5 mph (8 km/ h) in an area free
from large metal objects, calibration will be complete
when the CAL sym bol is extingu ished .
NOTE:
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A good calibration requ ires a level surface and an
environm ent free from large metallic objects such as
buildings, brid ges, und ergrou nd
tracks, etc.
cables,
railroad
After initial calibration, the compass will continu e to
autom atically update this calibration whenever the ve-
hicle is in motion.
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Magnetic and battery powered devices, (such as cell
phones, iPod ’s, rad ar detectors, PDA’s and laptop s) Manual Com pass Calib ration
shou ld be kep t away from the top of the instru ment
NOTE: Before attem ptin g a manual compass calib ra-
tion , the engin e must be running and the tran smission
in the PARK position (if equipped).
panel. This is where the compass module is located
and such devices may interfere and cause false com-
pass read ings.
| Categories | Jeep Manuals, Jeep Wrangler Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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