GEONAUTE COMPASS C400, Manual

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Page 2: ...B o u s s o l e C o m p a s s C 4 0 0 FR EN ES IT...

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Page 4: ...ulo exterior Modulo Esterno u eres Messelement buitenste module M dulo exterior Modu zewn trzny Bels modul Loupe de lecture Reading magnifier Lupa de lectura Lente di ingrandimento per la lettura Lese...

Page 5: ...use of the item for commercial purposes This guarantee does not cover damage resulting from repairs carried out by parties not authorized by DECATHLON The guarantees contained here explicitly replace...

Page 6: ...a precision instrument Do not drop it The operation of the compass varies with the temperature The oil that slows the needle may congeal or liquefy depending on the ambient temperature In order to pr...

Page 7: ...at level spot Mark the departure point A and the arrival point B on the map and draw a straight line between the two points AB You are at point A and you want to go to point B Which bearing should you...

Page 8: ...by aligning the yellow line north 0 of the mobile magnetic disc inner scale with the direction of travel arrow 3 4 Place the compass on the map Turn the map and orient the north of the map towards the...

Page 9: ...to be measured and the magnetic north at the point indicated by the direction of travel arrow Keeping the map towards the north turn the compass lining up the direction of travel arrow parallel to th...

Page 10: ...25 Forward march Now you know which direction to take 7...

Page 11: ...ner scale and the direction of travel arrow You know your position and the angular direction to follow e g bearing taken using the preceding method How do you find the right direction to take 1 2 Dete...

Page 12: ...out 1 cm of the small black sighting magnifier so that you can read the figures on the inner mobile dial 3 4 Turn around while looking through the magnifier until the red line is positioned on the cor...

Page 13: ...int proceed in the same manner until you reach a new landmark and so on and so forth until you have reached your final objective Carefully holding this position ensuring that the dial does not move ra...

Page 14: ...ains lakes bell towers Ideally the angle of these two points in relation to your position should be 90 they must never be one behind the other or in opposite directions 2 You are lost how do you find...

Page 15: ...your eye with the hole on the magnifier holder and the hole in the base plate of the compass Orient the compass towards the north by aligning the yellow line with the north 0 of the mobile magnetic di...

Page 16: ...to read the value of bearing A on the inner mobile scale at the intersection of the direction of travel arrow e g 340 6 Bring your eye to within about 1 cm of the magnifier so that you can simultaneou...

Page 17: ...travel arrow coincides with the bearing you measured before Use one of the long edges of the compass to draw the measured bearing passing through landmark R1 Place the map on a level surface and turn...

Page 18: ...map without moving the latter until the direction of travel arrow of the compass lines up with bearing B Draw a straight line passing through R2 10 Locate landmark R2 and then note the value of the be...

Page 19: ...recommend that you repeat the procedure a 3rd time with a third landmark R3 for greater safety Now you know where you are Your position is thus at the intersection of the two bearings on the map 11 1...

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