Setting Profiles And Reference Values; Matching Profile To Activity; Setting Profiles - Suunto Core User Manual

profile + altitude moving
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If the profile is on for an extended period of time as you climb in
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altitude or go down in altitude, the device assumes that you are standing still
and interprets your changes in altitude as changes in sea level air pressure. It
will therefore give you incorrect sea level air pressure readings.
Possible real life situation: Setting the altitude reference value
You re on the second day of your two-day hike. You realize that you forgot to switch
from the profile to the profile when you started moving in
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the morning.You know that the current altitude readings given by your Suunto
Core are wrong. So, you hike to the nearest location shown on your topographic
map for which a altitude reference value is provided. You correct your Suunto Core
altitude reference value accordingly. Your altitude readings are correct again.

4.2 Setting profiles and reference values

4.2.1 Matching profile to activity

The profile should be selected when your outdoor activity involves
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changes in altitude (e.g. hiking in hilly terrain). The profile should
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be selected when your outdoor activity does not involve changes in altitude
(e.g. surfing, sailing). To get the correct readings, you need to match the profile
to the activity. You can either let Suunto Core decide which profile is most
suitable for you at the moment, or you can choose a suitable profile yourself.

4.2.2 Setting profiles

To set the profile:
1. In , select .
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