Suunto T6 manual General Information

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1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Suunto t6 is your personal tool for better performance in sports. It measures the time between your heartbeats with the accuracy of milliseconds and records it for deeper analysis. The Suunto Training Manager PC software uses the heart rate variation data to analyze the effect of your training and to calculate several other body parameters. Relating this information with your current fitness level, the software also indicates the scale of training load that you need for different training effects.

For the first time in field conditions, Suunto t6 tells you whether your training really improves your condition and helps you adjust your training programs accordingly.

When you set the target effect for your training, you can use the software to calculate the time and heart rate to reach it. During a training session, Suunto t6 helps you reach the target by offering several control functions, such as heart rate limits, real time average heart rate, and a customizable display of stopwatch, lap time, interval timer and altitude. Together with versatile timing, altimeter and logbook functions this makes Suunto t6 a perfect performance monitor for all kinds of sports at all performance levels.

Suunto t6 can be upgraded with different wireless accessories, such as speed and distance sensors.

These ANT accessories and the Suunto t6 heart rate belt communicate digitally on

2.4GHz radio frequency. This offers several benefits, such as improved transmission capacity, error-free 2-way transmission and range up to 10 m / 33 ft. Conventional heart rate monitoring devices use inductive low frequency communication methods. Therefore other heart rate belts are not compatible with Suunto t6.

NOTE: Read this User’s Manual carefully and make sure you understand the use, displays and limitations of this instrument before using it. Also read the guidebook ‘How not to rely on luck when optimizing the training effect’ to learn how to get the

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Contents Page Copyright Customer Service ContactsTable of Contents ALTI/BARO Mode Uninstalling USB Drivers for Suunto Sport Instruments FCC Compliance General Information Getting Started ChecklistSuunto T6 Features Warranty Care and MaintenanceWater Resistance Replacing the Battery Page Page Replacing the Battery of the Transmitter Belt Heart Rate Transmitter Belt Activating the wireless speed and distance sensor Wireless Speed and Distance SensorsDisplay and Buttons HOW to USE Your Suunto T6KEY Lock Menus Press and long press Basic menu structureNavigating in the menus To navigate in the menus Main display Time ModeModes General InformationActivating alarms AlarmDeactivating alarms Setting the time and the dual time Acknowledging alarmsTime General Setting the dateSetting the tones DateSetting the light Setting the iconsSensor Setting the date format Setting the time formatUnits Setting the temperature unit Setting the heart rate formatSetting the altitude unit Setting the barometric pressure unitFt feet Setting the distance unit Setting the ascent/descent rate unitMi miles Setting the speed unit Use Alti/Baro ALTI/BARO ModeShortcuts Alti useVertical speed AltitudeBaro use TemperatureReference altitude and barometric pressure Setting the reference altitudeSetting the sea level barometric pressure Memory Heart rate Training ModeStopwatch Connect Logbook Page HR limits Time intervals TimersWarm-up Countdown Hr inside lower limits Heart rate inside the lower HistoryHr inside upper limits Heart rate inside the upper Transmitter belt PairWireless speed and distance sensor Speed SPD/DST ModeDistance Autolap Distance intervals Speed limits Calibrating the wireless speed and distance sensor Using heart rate and speed limits in training Using Suunto T6 in TrainingMaking the Most of Your Training Starting your training and stopwatch Using the average heart rate in trainingTraining possibilities Page Page Training Example Example Rita Runner Training analysis Suunto Training ManagerTraining statistics Suunto Training Manager Windows Graph window 1. t6 Device window My Training windowProperties window Following Your Training Progress System Requirements Windows InstallationInstalling USB drivers for Suunto sport instruments PC-INTERFACEWindows Windows XP/VISTA Page To uninstall Suunto sports Instrument drivers Getting Started To join SuuntoSports.com SUUNTOSPORTS.COMSections Communities MY SuuntoSport Forums Thermometer Technical SpecificationsCalendar Clock SPD/DST TimerTransmitter belt Trademark Patent Notice Intellectual PropertyFCC Compliance DisclaimersUSER’S Responsibility IcesPage Suunto Oy 6/2004, 11/2004, 8/2007