056376/A Analogue Compass Repeaters
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General Safet Information for the Operator
Risk of Deviation
Never rel on the heading indication of an analogue compass repeater
alone to navigate a vessel or to perform other safet -critical operations.
The analogue repeater is an indicator onl and will indicate ship’s head-
ing as long as it receives formall valid data. It does not appl an filter-
ing or plausibilit checks of the incoming data.
Loss of data suppl will result in a visual error indication but will not
raise an audible alarm.
Alwa s confirm the plausibilit of the heading indication at the repeater
against the respective source which generates the heading data.
In safet -critical operations, regularl check the data source and the
repeater’s indication against all available aids to navigation.
Risk of using magnetic heading data for steering
The magnetic heading repeater is equipped with a removable cover, hid-
ing the compass card when navigating the vessel under normal use, as
the magnetic heading repeater is onl classified for steering purposes in
case of emergenc with other heading sources not available.
Never remove the cover from the magnetic heading repeater when nav-
igating the vessel under normal use, to avoid steering the vessel mistak-
enl b magnetic compass heading.
Risk of using invalid heading data
The heading indication at the repeater is onl valid if the error indicator
is off and exactl one of the source indicators is permanentl lit.
In case the error indicator in on and one or all of the source indicators
are flashing the heading indication of the repeater must be considered
as invalid and the heading data must not be used for steering the vessel.
Risk of injur
Permanent e e damage ma result, when looking directl at the sun or
at its reflection in the black azimuth mirror when using the azimuth
device PV 23.
The PV 23 is not suited for taking the azimuth of the sun itself, as the
anti-glare filters do not sufficientl block out direct sunlight.
Never look directl at the sun or at its reflection in the black azimuth mir-
ror when using the azimuth device PV 23.
Risk of freeze
The bearing repeater 5016-CA is equipped with capacitive ke s, sensi-
tivel reacting to the fingers skin resistance which will not function
when touched with gloves.
In case of minus temperatures alwa s be extremel careful not to touch
the metal housing of the bearing repeater to avoid freeze of hands and
fingers.
The capacitive keys of the bearing repeater 5016-CA are sensitive against
surface water, e.g. remaining rain drops, which may result in random
changing of the illumination brightness.
This effect does not have any impact on the functionality or handling of
the capacitive keys.
