Magnetic Declination Correction - Kia Sorento 2006 Owner's Manual

DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE
The azimuth compass indicator
correction will be cancelled:
1. If you press MODE/SET switch for
more than 1 second while the DRT
display blinks.
2. When the vehicle is not rotated
within 128 seconds after the blink-
ing of the DRT display.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
The azimuth may display abnor-
mally in specific places (tunnel,
parking lot in building, under-
ground parking lot, near trans-
former substation, etc.).
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Magnetic Declination Correction

The compass function provides bear-
ing (direction of travel) information to
the driver. It is known that a magnet-
ic compass does not point to true
(geographic) north. Magnetic north is
the direction in which a compass will
point. Over most of the earth surface,
a magnetic compass will point either
east or west of true north. In order to
compensate for this, magnetic decli-
nation must be taken into considera-
tion. Magnetic declination is the
angle between magnetic north and
true north.
Correcting declination
1. Turn the ignition key ON and
access the compass function indi-
cated by DRT on the display.
2. Press and hold the MODE/SET
button for four seconds. The dis-
play will change from a direction to
a number followed by an E or W.
3. Press the UP or DOWN button to
select the degree of correction for
your location from the contour line
map. (example: Los Angeles,
California would be 15E.)
4. Press the MODE/SET button until
the display changes back to its
normal view.
✽ ✽ NOTICE
The terrestrial deviation setting
will be remembered even if the bat-
tery has been disconnected.
The terrestrial deviation angle
correction will be cancelled:
1. If you press MODE/SET switch for
less than 1 second.
2. If you don't correct the terrestrial
deviation angle within 30 seconds.