MFD compass flashing

[JezC Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JezC]

G'day all,
Over the last year or so my MFD ( above the stereo)... The compass has started to flash more often... Reading the book it says the compass has lost calibration or is just out a bit and the compass bar starts to flash... I spoke to my local Toyota dealer and they say a new unit is around the $1k mark..... Just wondering if this is a common thing for the compass to lose its "direction" and start flashing...does this happen for all 120 compass ??.... And does anyone know if I can take it somewhere to get the unit serviced not??.....

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Have you driven in a full circle to rectify it?

[JezC Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JezC]

Yeah tried that.... And it will hold for a while... Few days, weeks etc... And then at random occasions on drives... It will start flashing and then come back after a while..... ....it does work for the most part.... I guess I was hoping to know if this a common occurrence with these units.... Or if there is an electrical place that could overhaul it maybe?...

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Perhaps a loose connection to the compass which resets it when disconnected?

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It's pretty standard.
Drive in a couple circles and it will rectify.
Or just ignore it.

Mine does it every now and again. I ignore it and it goes away.

Compass is always about 45 degrees off anyway.

[JezC Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JezC]

Ok cool... I'll take it that mine is doing nothing out of the ordinary.... Thanks for replies

[waltec Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close waltec]

I find HV power lines spook mine (large substation near me), from memory there is a calibration procedure? in the menu for the MFD and then driving in circles