I have driven in circles till I am dizzy. This is not working... any advice would be appreciated.
Clockwise, counter clockwise, figure of 8 ????
2002 Pajero 3.2 LWB
Soon somebody is going to show up with a straight jacket to take you away 
Just one question, are you trying this at sea level. We battled for ages with a friend's Pajero at sea level? Next day while driving a pass other side of George it clicked in. I'm still convinced sea level had something to do with it.
You cold consider disconnecting the battery again and then re-try. Remember to set the magnetic declination as well (once the compass has clicked in)
Just one question, are you trying this at sea level. We battled for ages with a friend's Pajero at sea level? Next day while driving a pass other side of George it clicked in. I'm still convinced sea level had something to do with it.
You cold consider disconnecting the battery again and then re-try. Remember to set the magnetic declination as well (once the compass has clicked in)
Not quite sure how the Gen 3 works, but I assume it has a button that needs to be pressed before you do the circle... Are you pressing it?
Mine (Gen 2) calibrates (at sea level) when pressing the button and doing a circle immediately after pressing the button.
Anton
Mine (Gen 2) calibrates (at sea level) when pressing the button and doing a circle immediately after pressing the button.
Anton
Not sure if it's the same for the Gen 3 but on my vehicle I had to recalibrate after disconnecting the battery for some electrical work. Select the appropriate Compass Calibration mode and then drive around in small but slow circles. For the record, I went clockwise (for no reason in particular) and it took about 8 complete, very slow circles before the message Compass Calibration Complete was displayed - since then no more trouble.
I have also tried to calibrate the compass with no success. Not at sea level but at altitude. Will have another go at it sometime. Just wonder what people are thinking when they see this guy driving in circles. 
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There is no science or logic behind the notion of sealevel playing a role - I just happened to see a compass failing to set at sealevel and the next day in the mountains it did 
While you drive, keep on going to that setting to see if it doesn't kick in. I don't think a straight road will do it, but if you are going around corners and stuff, keep trying.
While you drive, keep on going to that setting to see if it doesn't kick in. I don't think a straight road will do it, but if you are going around corners and stuff, keep trying.
Will do. Driving to Sodwana this weekend, hope it will get calibrated somewhere between Pretoria and the coast.
Many moons ago (back in 2006 actually 
) I also battled with the compass in our Paj. The compass was indicating headings roughly North to East only (never South to West).
I eventually found out how to force the RV meter to initiate compass calibration (hold the third little button from the left on the RV meter down for more than 5 seconds with the ignition turned on).
It would not complete the calibration sequence despite driving around in circles for quite a while . I decided to regard the compass as the non-essential gimmick that it is, to live with the problem and to refrain from activating the compass display on the RV meter...but it still irritated me.
Finally I asked a mechanic at the agents and he let me in on a secret: One has to set the magnetic declination factor to 20° East for the calibration to work (Average magnetic declination in South Africa is around 20° West). This solved the issue on mine. Perhaps it works for you as well?
) I also battled with the compass in our Paj. The compass was indicating headings roughly North to East only (never South to West).I eventually found out how to force the RV meter to initiate compass calibration (hold the third little button from the left on the RV meter down for more than 5 seconds with the ignition turned on).
It would not complete the calibration sequence despite driving around in circles for quite a while . I decided to regard the compass as the non-essential gimmick that it is, to live with the problem and to refrain from activating the compass display on the RV meter...but it still irritated me.
Finally I asked a mechanic at the agents and he let me in on a secret: One has to set the magnetic declination factor to 20° East for the calibration to work (Average magnetic declination in South Africa is around 20° West). This solved the issue on mine. Perhaps it works for you as well?
Gerrit Loubser 
2003 Toyota Land Cruiser 100 VX TD
2003 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.2 DiD LWB A/T Gone & missed
1999 Nissan Patrol 4.5E GRX M/T: Gone & missed
1996 Toyota Land Cruiser 80 VX 4.5 EFI A/T: SOLD
2003 Toyota Land Cruiser 100 VX TD
2003 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.2 DiD LWB A/T Gone & missed
1999 Nissan Patrol 4.5E GRX M/T: Gone & missed
1996 Toyota Land Cruiser 80 VX 4.5 EFI A/T: SOLD
Gerrit,
If I understand your post correctly you are dealing with two issues here:
1)To get the compass to "click in" is achieved by holding the button down. New info for me and I hope it works for the gents in need.
2)To set the correct declination you need to set it 20deg East, while actual declination is 20deg West. I discovered this by frustrated trial and error. I have now convinced myself that setting to the East actually means "dragging" the needle to the East to compensate for the mag North by being 20 to the West. Clear as mud
More frustrating for me is the extreme inaccuracy of the compass on my last two Pajeros. Both being petrol models.
From my experience can I thus say that all compasses don't click in at sea level and the compasses on all petrol Pajeros are uselessly inaccurate
Isn't sampling a wonderful statistical tool
If I understand your post correctly you are dealing with two issues here:
1)To get the compass to "click in" is achieved by holding the button down. New info for me and I hope it works for the gents in need.
2)To set the correct declination you need to set it 20deg East, while actual declination is 20deg West. I discovered this by frustrated trial and error. I have now convinced myself that setting to the East actually means "dragging" the needle to the East to compensate for the mag North by being 20 to the West. Clear as mud
More frustrating for me is the extreme inaccuracy of the compass on my last two Pajeros. Both being petrol models.
From my experience can I thus say that all compasses don't click in at sea level and the compasses on all petrol Pajeros are uselessly inaccurate
Isn't sampling a wonderful statistical tool
I have my own straight jacket...take it out for a walk on occasion, just for fun....I will try setting the deviation/declination whatever
Thanks.