[FrederickUK]

Well, I picked up my Core from the Post Office this morning and it's bloody brilliant!

It's a 849x-xxxx serial, so pretty recent off the production line too. I've left the scratch protector film over the battery hatch to try to allay the static a little bit, and after wearing my fleece all day it's still showing 6:11pm which is pretty much bang on (UK time anyway!)

Just need to set the reference altitude and align the compass for proper deviation and I'm off on the slippery slope of Core ownership!

One thing that does make me a bit suspect though, is that if you press the Backlight button, on the clock and alt/baro screen it's a perfect, solid backlight - but on the compass screen it's flashing... is this usual?

	Suunto Core - Click for more info The Suunto Core is the benchmark of Suunto's ABC (Altimeter, Barometer, Compass) wristop computers, furnishing the best features of top-selling Suunto predecessors, and then advancing upon their legacy with innovative environmental monitoring functions that any outdoor adventurer will find invaluable. The Suunto Core is the culmination of years of testing, research, user feedback from the field, and technological advancements in the Suunto laboratory.

	Compass Compasses are sensitive, absolutely crucial instruments to precision navigation. The earth's magnetic field, inclination, and your longitude and latitude all influence the horizontal plane of a compass needle. As a result, compasses are balanced for different geographical zones. Suunto Compasses overcome this limitation to traditional compasses by using a simple 'Two Zone System'. With a Suunto Compass, the only 'balancing zones' are the northern and southern hemispheres. In addition to this innovation, certain Suunto Compasses come equipped with useful features like luminous needles and marks, centimeter/inch scales, magnifying glasses, clinometers, sighting notches, and more.