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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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2005 C6 Newbie getting dizzy driving in circles. I have the auto dimming mirror with compass and need to calibrate (it lost East). After pushing compass button and getting it into cal mode, I drive in circles for about 5 min and it picks up some directions, but not all. Does it eventually leave cal mode by itself, or do I need to turn it off to exit cal? Still can't find East.
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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Ive read about calibrating the compass in the owneres manual before check it out.
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 11:22 AM
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IT's a fun experience but you will never get it exactly on
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So, if you drove from Nova Scotia (zone 13) to Seattle (zone 3) there would be "a whole lotta changin' goin' on." With apologies to Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Note that the 2005 owner's manual has 2 errors in the instructions for Compass Calibrations. In both places where it says to press and/or hold the left map light button, it should say press and/or hold the Auto Dimming On/Off button.

FAÇADE-C6, you might want to make note of this error in your literature.
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