6.3. Diving in GAUGE mode (DIVEgauge)

If set to GAUGE mode, the dive computer can be used as a bottom timer or as a freediving instrument.

In the GAUGE mode, the total dive time is always displayed in minutes in the lower right corner. In addition, a Dive Timer in the center window displays time in minutes and seconds. The center window Dive Timer is activated at the start of the dive and it can be reset during the dive and used as a stopwatch by pressing the SELECT button.

BY PRESSING THE SELECT

BUTTON DURING A DIVE, A BOOK-

MARK IS WRITTEN IN THE PROFILE

MEMORY, THE DIVE TIMER IS RESET,

AND THE PREVIOUSLY-TIMED INTERVAL

IS DISPLAYED BELOW.

Tank pressure (if enabled) is also displayed during the dive.

NOTE

The GAUGE mode does not provide decompression information.

NOTE

There is no ascent rate monitoring in the GAUGE mode.

NOTE

If you dive with the GAUGE mode, it is not possible to change

 

between the modes before the no fly time has counted down.

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Suunto D9 manual Diving in Gauge mode DIVEgauge