To conserve battery power, the compass will switch off after a few seconds and then displays the current temperature. He can push a button but are immediately reactivated. In addition to a graphical display of the needle the current orientations will also degrees specified.
The display of the compass needle can betweenthe current air pressure and the altimeter are changed.
The device also has a backlit ... but I have not yet really needed. Even the alarm clock interierten I do not use because my smartphone is then but a bit better.
As an additional tool in the open country of TrekGuide is however recommended in any case, if only because he does not have, unlike the smartphone each day at the outlet, but runs, and runs and runs.