Or when the TIME button is pressed once or

 

m

twice:

 

 

 

the current time, shown as TIME

 

MAX

 

 

 

 

instead of the DIVE TIME

NO

SURF

 

 

 

TIME

 

the current temperature with °C for

°C

TIME

 

 

Centigrade [or °F for Fahrenheit]

 

 

 

the surface time in hours and minutes

 

 

 

 

(separated by a colon), telling the

Fig 3.30. Surface interval, Sur-

 

duration of the present surface interval

 

(Fig. 3.30.)

face time display. Pressing TIME

 

the desaturation/no-flying time in

button once will show surface

 

time display.

 

 

hours and minutes is shown next to

 

 

 

 

the airplane in the center window of

 

 

 

 

the display (Fig. 3.31.).

 

m

If set to Nitrox mode, the following information

 

MAX

will also be shown:

NO

 

 

the oxygen percentage labeled with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O2% is shown on the left side of the

°C

TIME

 

 

center window

 

 

 

the current oxygen toxicity exposure

 

 

 

 

shown with an Oxygen Limit Fraction

Fig. 3.31. Surface interval,

 

 

(OLF) bar graph along the left side of

 

 

the display.

no-flying time. Pressing

 

 

TIME button twice will

3.6.2. Dive Numbering

show no-flying time,

indicated by an airplane

Several repetitive dives are considered to be-

symbol.

 

 

 

long to the same repetitive dive series when

 

 

the dive computer has not counted the no-fly-

 

m

ing time to zero. Within each series, the dives

 

MAX

are given individual numbers. The first dive of

NO

 

the series will be numbered as DIVE 1, the

second as DIVE 2, the third as DIVE 3, etc.

°C

DIVE TIME

Fig. 3.32. Surface Mode after a violated decom-pres- sion dive. Er symbol indi- cates that you have violated the ceiling for

more than three minutes. You must not dive again for at least 48 hours.

If you start a new dive with less than 5 minutes of surface interval time, the dive computer in- terprets this as a continuation of the previous dive and the dives are considered to be the same. The diving display will return, the dive number will remain unchanged, and the dive time will begin where it left off. After 5 minutes on the surface, subsequent dives are, by defi- nition, repetitive. The dive counter displayed

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Suunto VYTEC DS manual Dive Numbering, Separated by a colon, telling