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Old 09-10-2009, 12:46 PM
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Compass not working

My compass stopped working. All it ever says is S. Anybody else have this problem? Any ideas what could be wrong???
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Old 09-10-2009, 01:20 PM
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You're not just driving south all the time?

I actually had this happen. In the owners manual there is a section telling how to reset the "location". I unplugged the mirror, plugged it back in and then set my area on it and it worked fine from then on.
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Old 09-10-2009, 02:10 PM
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At first I figured that my magnetic personality was throwing the compass readings off. I figured that there was some way to reset it. I just have to check the owners manual now. Thanks.
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Old 09-10-2009, 02:18 PM
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Hold the on/off button to get into zone programming.
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Old 09-11-2009, 11:14 AM
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If I remember right, once you do that, you need to drive in circles until it picks up again.
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Old 09-11-2009, 04:40 PM
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Thanks to all-I reset it and drove in several circles in my local supermarket parking lot (people there must have thought I was crazy) and now it seems to be working again.
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Old 09-11-2009, 06:34 PM
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I wonder if you have to drive counter-clockwise for folks north of the equator? That could throw off the entire world's magnetic field!
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Old 09-14-2009, 05:38 AM
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Suppose we all do it at the same time, does that affect the space/time continuum? Can we go back in time?
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