IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MERIDIAN PLATINUM OWNERS

 

AFTER INSTALLING THE FIRMWARE SOFTWARE INTO YOUR MERIDIAN PLATINUM YOU MUST RE-CALIBRATE THE COMPASS FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

 

PLEASE PRINT THIS PAGE BEFORE PROCEEDING

 

CLICK THIS LINK TO ACCESS THE FIRMWARE UPDATER WHEN YOU ARE READY

 

COMPLETE THE PLATINUM FIRMWARE UPDATE FIRST, THEN RE-CALIBRATE THE COMPASS

 

IMPORTANT

THIS CALIBRATION MUST BE DONE ON A FLAT SURFACE AWAY FROM ANY METAL OBJECTS.  IF YOU ARE PERFORMING THIS CALIBATIONCALIBRATION ON A DESK, MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO METAL OBJECTS IN THE DRAWER BELOW THE SURFACE YOU ARE USING AND THAT THE DRAWER ITSELF IS NOT METALLIC.

 

 

ALWAYS REFER TO THE ON-SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS ON YOUR MERIDIAN PLATINUM.  IN SOME CASES, THE MERIDIAN PLATINUM WILL ASK YOU TO REPEAT A STEP OR GO BACK A STEP IF IT DETECTED A PROBLEM IN THE CALIBRATION.

 

 

ACCESS FACTORY CALIBRATION:

 

1.          TURN THE MERIDIAN PLATINUM ON AND FOLLOW THE NORMAL INSTRUCTIONS TO GET TO ANY OF THE NAV SCREENS.

2.          PRESS MENU

3.          PRESS THE RIGHT ARROW ON THE ARROW KEYPAD.

4.          PRESS THE LEFT ARROW ON THE ARROW KEYPAD.

5.          PRESS THE RIGHT ARROW ON THE ARROW KEYPAD.

6.          PRESS THE LEFT ARROW ON THE ARROW KEYPAD.

7.          USING THE ARROW KEYPAD, SET THE FUNCTION NUMBER TO ‘21’.

8.          PRESS ENTER.

 

PERFORM FACTORY CALIBRATION.

 

1.              LAY THE MERIDIAN PLATINUM ON ITS BACK ON A FLAT, NON-METALLIC SURFACE.

2.              WHEN INSTRUCTED, PRESS ENTER.

 

3.              THE MERIDIAN WILL BEGIN COLLECTING DATA POINTS.  WHEN SUFFICIENT DATA POINTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, THE RECEIVER WILL BEEP AND INSTRUCT YOU TO ROTATE THE RECEIVER 90° TO THE RIGHT.

 

4.              ROTATE THE RECEIVER 90° TO THE RIGHT AND WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

5.              ROTATE THE RECEIVER 180° TO THE RIGHT FROM THE INITIAL POSITION AND WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

6.              ROTATE THE RECEIVER 270° TO THE RIGHT FROM THE INITIAL POSITION AND WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

7.              TILT THE RECEIVER ON ITS SIDE WITH THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER POINTING TOWARDS YOU.  WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

8.              TILT THE RECEIVER ON ITS OTHER SIDE WITH THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER STILL POINTING TOWARDS YOU.  WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

9.              POINT THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER UP WITH THE DISPLAY FACING YOU.  WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

10.         POINT THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER DOWN WITH THE DISPLAY FACING AWAY FROM YOU.  WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

11.         PLACE THE RECEIVER FACE DOWN WITH THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER POINTING TOWARDS YOU.  BE CAREFUL TO NOT ACCIDENTLY PRESS ANY OF THE KEYS ON THE MERIDIAN PLATINUM WHEN SETTING ON THE TABLE. WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

1.LAY THE MERIDIAN PLATINUM ON ITS BACK ON A FLAT, NON-METALLIC SURFACE.

1.WHEN INSTRUCTED, PRESS ENTER.

1.THE MERIDIAN WILL BEGIN COLLECTING DATA POINTS.  WHEN SUFFICIENT DATA POINTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, THE RECEIVER WILL BEEP AND INSTRUCT YOU TO ROTATE THE RECEIVER 90° TO THE RIGHT.

1.ROTATE THE RECEIVER 90° TO THE RIGHT AND WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

1.ROTATE THE RECEIVER 180° TO THE RIGHT FROM THE INITIAL POSITION AND WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

1.ROTATE THE RECEIVER 270° TO THE RIGHT FROM THE INITIAL POSITION AND WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

1.TILT THE RECEIVER ON ITS SIDE WITH THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER POINTING TOWARDS YOU.  WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

1.TILT THE RECEIVER ON ITS OTHER SIDE WITH THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER STILL POINTING TOWARDS YOU.

1.POINT THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER UP WITH THE DISPLAY FACING YOU.  WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

1.POINT THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER DOWN WITH THE DISPLAY FACING AWAY FROM YOU.  WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

1.PLACE THE RECEIVER FACE DOWN WITH THE TOP OF THE RECEIVER POINTING TOWARDS YOU.  BE CAREFUL TO NOT ACCIDENTLY PRESS ANY OF THE KEYS ON THE MERIDIAN PLATINUM WHEN SETTING ON THE TABLE.

1.WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

 

PERFORM BASIC CALIBRATION.

1.              FROM THE MENU SCREEN, HIGHLIGHT SETUP AND PRESS ENTER.

2.              HIGHLIGHT COMPASS CALIBRATEION AND PRESS ENTER.

3.              LAY THE MERIDIAN PLATINUM ON THE FLAT SURFACE USED THE FOR THE FACTORY CALIBATION.  THE LEVEL INDICATOR ON THE DISPLAY WILL CONFIRM THAT THE SURFACE IS FLAT.

4.              PRESS ENTER.

5.              FOLLOW THE ON-SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS TO ROTATE THE RECEIVER CLOCKWISE, KEEPING THE ARROW POINTED TOWARDS YOU.

6.              CONTINUE ROTATING UNTIL THE RECEIVER BEEPS.  SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY MORE THEN A COMPLETE ROTATION.

7.              TURN THE RECEIVER OVER, BEING CAREFUL NOT TO ACCIDENTLY PRESS ANY OF THE KEYS.  WAIT FOR THE BEEPS.

8.              CALIBRATION IS COMPLETE.  PRESS ESC TO END THE CALIBRATION FUNCTION.