Compass Mares Icon Net Ready

[Grocio]

Hi there,

If you are an Icon user, I would like to know whether you use the compass and what your experience has been so far. I am trying to use mine, but after setting a bearing, I cannot align the arrow with the square or triangle symbols, even if I had turn 90 or 120 degrees respectively; the reciprocal navigation symbol does not even appear after turning 180 degrees... This is why I wonder whether the compass might be faulty or I am not operating the compass correctly.

 

[Kharon]

Look in the manual and do a recalibration (the online manual describes this at bottom of page 11 to top of 12). I'm heading to CCV in a week and was checking my compass and found that the reciprical was way, way off. I did a recal and it's now perfect.

That said I find that I can't hold a course in no vis. The compass is very sensitive and it's very hard to get the to stay at a steady reading. In good vis, I get it to the heading I want then look ahead and pick a landmark. When I get to that landmark I repeat.

Trying to watch the compass and swim a heading has been extremely hard for me (even with a manual compass). Now that I have perscription lenses in my mask maybe that will change. I'll try to remember to use my compass on my first dive at CCV and post the result.

 

[Grocio]

Hi Kharon,

Thanks for the tip. I just did the recalibration. Although it has improved the performance (now I can see the reciprocal heading symbol, at least), it is still inaccurate for about 20 degrees, which is quite a lot.

Tomorrow I will give it another try (in the open air), see what happens, and post the outcome.