Fairhaven Micro Vario User Manual
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1. with open ear types or inside a headset cup This is particularly useful to paramotor fliers who use thermals and even if you fly with a full sized alti vario the Fairhaven mini vario will always be easy to hear Additionally any type of stereo earbuds can be used or the vario can be connected to an intercom for tandem or sailplane gliding to your paramotor headset auxiliary input or as an aid if you have impaired hearing You can set the vario to match your headset type and volume preference with a moveable link inside the case situated behind the power switch Use the lower settings for headphones and the higher settings for the external piezo bleeper Link Volume Position 1 Near side Low 2 Middle Medium 3 Near USB High Note With a piezo extension bleeper use a stereo jack plug and leave the jack s ring unconnected Fairhaven can supply this part With an intercom or piezo earpiece use a mono jack this will connect a filter to give a smoother sound Mounting The vario can be mounted on the back of your helmet or inside the helmet s collar to avoiding line snags You can also fit it to your flying suit or harness or it can be panel mounted and we supply 5 adhesive Velcro pads that will stick to most surfaces and can be sewn onto clothing Its tiny size makes it ideally suited to fix on your risers right next to your ear So we also supply a Velcro wrap for riser mounting and there s a c2. Thank you for buying a FAIRHAVEN MICRO VARIO The Fairhaven micro vario is designed for paragliding hang gliding and paramotor pilots who want to find thermals and other rising air to maximise their flight times with the minimum of equipment It uses the latest most sensitive digital air pressure sensors which are incredibly small and immune to temperature change and radio interference At only 15 grams and just over one inch square it s the world s lightest smallest and toughest little vario Small enough to fit in your pocket and forget you have it so it makes a great back up vario too Using you vario Switches The power switch is adjacent to the USB socket and the vario is switched on by moving it away from the socket as indicated by lt ON on the front surface Switch off when not being used Sensitivity Next to the headphone jack is the sensitivity switch 3 settings are provided to suit most requirements while being very quick to change if required We recommend you start in the middle position The position towards the jack 1 will smooth out fluctuations due to wind buffeting and the opposite position 3 will give a faster response and is combined with slightly larger thresholds to ensure silencing when there is little or no lift See table below Switch Lift tone sensitivity Threshold Damping Sink tone sensitivity Threshold Position m s m s 1 Max sensitivity lt 0 1 High High se
3. nsitivity 2 2 High sensitivity lt 0 1 Medium Lower sensitivity 3 3 Lower sensitivity 0 3 Low Dangerous sink warning 4 Damping Damping or response time varies across the 3 switch positions to give a faster response when the thresholds are wider position 3 and a slower response in position 1 to detect very small rates of climb Position 2 has an intermediate degree of damping and we recommend this as a starting point In use the vario may bleep occasionally with the finer threshold settings and will indicate any transition from sink to lift On the ground or in buildings the vario will indicate if wind causes pressure changes around the vario Once you are flying the vario will tend to silence until lift is detected Audio tones Tones are typical for an audio vario with a modulated pip pip that increases in rate to indicate lift and a lower frequency buzz buzz for sink Frequency and interrupt rate vary according to rate of climb descent The sink indication starts quietly and becomes more noticeable with increasing descent rate Averaging is typical at around one second settling time 3 metres per second of lift corresponds to approximately 3 bleeps per second Sink tone is a lower tone range which is also interrupted and is continuous beyond 6 m s Headphone external bleeper socket As well as having an internal audio sounder or bleeper the vario has a socket for an external bleeper that can be worn under the helmet even
4. ord provided as a backup although the Velcro is surprisingly strong Battery The battery is a 100mA re chargeable Lithium Polymer type that is automatically re charged when the vario is plugged in to any USB 5 volt supply such as a computer phone charger satnav lead or solar charger and we have included a neat little charger that plugs into your car s cigarette lighter socket The vario lights up when charging and a full charge of one hour will supply the vario for up to 7 days of typical use The charger will switch off automatically and the light will extinguish but even a short charge is sufficient for most flights I FAIRHAVEN altivario com 44 0 1332 670707 support altivario com Fairhaven Electronics Ltd 39 South Ave Spondon Derby DE217FT U K
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