Suunto D3 manual Before Diving Activation and PRE-CHECKS, Startup II. Battery Power Indicator

3.1 BEFORE DIVING

3.1.1. ACTIVATION AND PRE-CHECKS

The instrument can be activated by pressing the M button or it will automatically activate the gauge diving or freediving computer mode ac- cording to the user selection, if submerged deeper than 0.6 m (2 ft).

The chosen Dive Mode is indicated by the GAUGE (Fig 3.1.) or FREE (Fig 3.2.) texts and mode indicator on the right side of the display. If set to Gauge mode all display elements will turn on showing mostly figure 8’s and graphical elements (Fig. 3.3.). After a few sec- onds the battery power indicator is shown and the back- light and the buzzer are activated (Fig. 3.4.a). Next, the screen will display the mode dependent Ready display confirming that the activation is complete (Fig. 3.5). If set to Free mode, the D3 will go directly to the ready display without the display and battery checks (Fig 3.6).

Fig. 3.4. Startup II. Battery Power Indicator.

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