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SUUNTO 9 2.0
USER GUIDE
2019-11-12

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  • Page 1 SUUNTO 9 2.0 USER GUIDE 2019-11-12...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Suunto 9 1. SAFETY................................5 2. Getting started...............................7 2.1. SuuntoLink............................7 2.2. Suunto app............................7 2.3. Touch screen and buttons......................8 2.4. Optical heart rate..........................8 2.5. Icons..............................9 2.6. Adjusting settings..........................11 3. Features.................................13 3.1. Activity monitoring...........................13 3.1.1. Instant HR..........................14 3.1.2.
  • Page 3 Suunto 9 3.24.2. Calibrating foot POD....................... 31 3.24.3. Calibrating power POD....................31 3.25. Points of interest..........................32 3.25.1. Adding and deleting POIs....................32 3.25.2. Navigating to a POI......................32 3.25.3. POI types........................... 33 3.26. Position formats........................... 35 3.27. Power saving..........................36 3.28. Recording an exercise....................... 36 3.28.1.
  • Page 4 Suunto 9 6.2.4. NOM-121-SCT1-2009......................54 6.2.5. NCC............................54 6.3. Trademark............................54 6.4. Patent notice........................... 54 6.5. International Limited Warranty....................54 6.6. Copyright............................56...

  • Page 5: Safety

    Suunto 9 1. SAFETY Types of safety precautions WARNING: - is used in connection with a procedure or situation that may result in serious injury or death. CAUTION: - is used in connection with a procedure or situation that will result in damage to the product.
  • Page 6 Suunto 9 NOTE: At Suunto we use advanced sensors and algorithms to generate metrics that can help you in your activities and adventures. We strive to be as accurate as possible. However, none of the data our products and services collect is perfectly reliable, nor are the metrics they generate absolutely precise.

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    3. Click the update button in SuuntoLink. 2.2. Suunto app With the Suunto app, you can further enrich your Suunto 9 experience. Pair your watch with the mobile app to sync your activities, get mobile notifications, insights and more. NOTE: You cannot pair anything if airplane mode is on. Turn off airplane mode before pairing.

  • Page 8: Touch Screen And Buttons

    NOTE: Some features require an internet connection over Wi-Fi or mobile network. Carrier data connection fees may apply. 2.3. Touch screen and buttons Suunto 9 has a touch screen and three buttons you can use to navigate through displays and features. Swipe and tap swipe up or down to move in displays and menus •...

  • Page 9: Icons

    For higher accuracy and quicker responses to changes in your heart rate, we recommend • using a compatible chest heart rate sensor such as Suunto Smart Sensor. WARNING: The optical heart rate feature may not be accurate for every user during every activity.
  • Page 10 Suunto 9 Calibrate (compass) Calories Current location (navigation) Charging Descent (valid for barometer version only) Distance Duration EPOC Estimated VO2 Exercise Failure Flat time GPS acquired Heading (navigation) Heart rate Wrist HR signal acquired Chest HR signal acquired Incoming call...

  • Page 11: Adjusting Settings

    Suunto 9 POD signal acquired Power POD signal acquired Peak Training Effect Recovery time Steps Stopwatch Stroke rate (swimming) Success SWOLF Syncing Settings Training Temperature Storm alarm (valid for barometer version only) Barometer (valid for barometer version only) 2.6. Adjusting settings You can adjust all watch settings directly in the watch.
  • Page 12 Suunto 9 3. Select a setting by tapping the setting name or pressing the middle button when the setting is highlighted. Go back in the menu by swiping right or selecting Back. 4. For settings with a value range, change the value by swiping up or down or by pressing the upper or lower button.

  • Page 13: Features

    Suunto 9 3. Features 3.1. Activity monitoring Your watch keeps track of your overall activity level throughout the day. This is an important factor whether you just aim to be fit and healthy or you are training for an upcoming competition.

  • Page 14: Instant Hr

    Suunto 9 Activity goals You can adjust your daily goals for both steps and calories. While in the activity display, tap and hold your finger on the screen or keep the middle button pressed to open the activity goal settings.

  • Page 15: Airplane Mode

    Suunto 9 If you record an exercise, the daily HR values reflect the elevated heart rate and calorie consumption from your training. But keep in mind that the graph and consumption rates are averages. If your heart rate peaks at 200 bpm while exercising, the graph does not show that maximum value, but rather the average from the 24 minutes during which you hit that peak rate.

  • Page 16: Backlight

    3.5. Battery power management Your Suunto 9 has a battery power management system uses intelligent battery technology to help ensure you watch does not run out of power when you need it most.

  • Page 17: Bluetooth Connectivity

    Your watch will alert you once when the battery is at 20% and again at 10%. 3.6. Bluetooth connectivity Suunto 9 uses Bluetooth technology to send and receive information from your mobile device when you have paired your watch with the Suunto App. Same technology is also used when pairing PODs and sensors.

  • Page 18: Button And Screen Lock

    See 3.24. Pairing PODs and sensors for instructions on how to pair an HR sensor with your watch. 3.9. Compass Suunto 9 has a digital compass that allows you to orient yourself in relation to magnetic north. The tilt-compensated compass gives you accurate readings even if the compass is not horizontally level.

  • Page 19: Calibrating Compass

    Suunto 9 Time of day (local time) or battery level; tap on screen to change views • To exit the compass, swipe right or keep the middle button pressed. While you are in the compass display, you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen or press the lower button to open a list of shortcuts.

  • Page 20: Device Info

    Suunto 9 3.10. Device info You can check details of your watch software and hardware from the settings under General » About. 3.11. Display theme To increase the readability of your watch screen while exercising or navigating, you can change between light and dark themes.

  • Page 21: Find Back

    3.14. Find back If you are using GPS when recording an activity, Suunto 9 automatically saves the starting point of your exercise. With Find back, Suunto 9 can guide you directly back to your starting point. To start Find back: 1.

  • Page 22: Fitness Level

    Historical data, from recorded running and walking workouts, plays a role in ensuring the accuracy of your VO2max estimate. The more activities you record with your Suunto 9, the more accurate your VO2max estimate becomes. There are six fitness levels, from low to high: very poor, poor, fair, good, excellent and superior.

  • Page 23: Fusedspeed

    (soccer). 3.17. FusedTrack To save battery when exercising, some of the battery modes in Suunto 9 change the interval of the GPS readings. To avoid getting bad GPS tracking when exercising Suunto 9 uses FusedTrack. FusedTrack uses motion sensors to log your movement between the different...

  • Page 24: Intensity Zones

    And don't forget, regardless of your planned training, that you should always take time to warm up before an exercise. The five different intensity zones used in Suunto 9 are: Zone 1: Easy Exercising in zone 1 is relatively easy on your body. When it comes to fitness training, intensity this low is significant mainly in restorative training and improving your basic fitness when you are just beginning to exercise, or after a long break.

  • Page 25: Heart Rate Zones

    HR, you should adjust the default value accordingly. Suunto 9 has default and activity-specific HR zones. The default zones can be used for all activities, but for more advanced training, you can use specific HR zones for running and cycling activities.
  • Page 26 Suunto 9 3. Scroll up/down and tap or press the middle button when the HR zone you want to change is highlighted. 4. Select your new HR zone by swiping up or down or by pressing the upper right or lower right buttons.

  • Page 27: Pace Zones

    The pace zones are shown either as metric or imperial value depending on your settings. Suunto 9 has five default pace zones that you can use or you can define your own. Pace zones are available for running.

  • Page 28: Interval Training

    3.19. Interval training Interval workouts are a common form of training consisting of repetitive sets of high and low intensity efforts. With Suunto 9, you can define in the watch your own interval training for each sport mode. When defining your intervals, you have four items to set: Intervals: on/off toggle that enables interval training.

  • Page 29: Language And Unit System

    Suunto 9 NOTE: While you are in the intervals display, buttons work as normal, for example, pressing the upper button pauses the exercise recording, not just the interval training. After you have stopped your exercise recording, interval training is automatically toggled off for that sport mode.

  • Page 30: Notifications

    Suunto 9 3.23. Notifications If you have paired your watch with the Suunto app, you can get notifications such as in- coming calls and text messages on your watch. When you pair your watch with the app, notifications are on by default. You can turn them off from the settings under Notifications.

  • Page 31: Calibrating Bike Pod

    Suunto 9 If the POD has required settings, such as crank length for a power POD, you are prompted to enter a value during the pairing process. Once the POD or sensor is paired, your watch searches for it as soon as you select a sport mode that uses that sensor type.

  • Page 32: Points Of Interest

    Suunto 9 3.25. Points of interest A point of interest, or POI, is a special location, such as camping spot or vista along a trail, you can save and navigate to later. You can create POIs in your watch by saving your current location.

  • Page 33: Poi Types

    POI to navigate to, as well as ending navigation. 3.25.3. POI types The following POI types are available in Suunto 9: generic point of interest Bedding (animal, for hunting) Begin (start of a route or trail)
  • Page 34 Suunto 9 Big game (animal, for hunting) Bird (animal, for hunting) Building, home Cafe, food, restaurant Camp, camping Car, parking Cave Cliff, hill, mountain, valley Coast, lake, river, water Crossroad Emergency End (end of a route or trail) Fish, fishing spot...

  • Page 35: Position Formats

    MGRS (Military Grid Reference System) is an extension of UTM and consists of a grid zone • designator, 100,000-meter square identifier and a numerical location. Suunto 9 also supports the following local position formats: BNG (British) • ETRS-TM35FIN (Finnish) •...

  • Page 36: Power Saving

    Suunto 9 3.27. Power saving Your watch includes a power saving option that turns off all vibration, daily HR and Bluetooth notifications to extend battery life during normal daily use. For power saving options while recording activities, see 3.5. Battery power management.

  • Page 37: Using Targets When Exercising

    3.28.1. Using targets when exercising It is possible to set different targets with your Suunto 9 when exercising. If the sport mode you selected has targets as an option, you can adjust them before starting the recording by swiping up or pressing the lower button.

  • Page 38: Navigating During Exercise

    Suunto 9 You will also receive a notification when you have reached 50% of your target and when your selected target is fulfilled. To exercise with intensity target: 1. Before you start an exercise recording, swipe up or press the lower button to open the sport mode options.

  • Page 39: Recovery

    On the other hand, if you have the flu, for example, your recovery may be slower than estimated. 3.30. Routes You can use your Suunto 9 to navigate routes. Plan your route with your online account and transfer it to your watch with the next sync. To navigate on a route: 1.

  • Page 40: Sleep Tracking

    A good night's sleep is important for a healthy mind and body. You can use your watch to track your sleep and follow how much sleep you are getting on average. When you wear your watch to bed, Suunto 9 tracks your sleep based on accelerometer data. To track sleep: 1.
  • Page 41 Suunto 9 The last step defines your bedtime. Your watch uses that period to determine when you are sleeping (during your bedtime) and reporting all sleep as one session. If you get up for a drink of water during the night, for example, your watch still counts any sleep after that as the same session.

  • Page 42: Sport Modes

    Each sport mode has a unique set of displays as well as options you can modify in the watch. 3.33. Swimming You can use your Suunto 9 for swimming in pools or openwater. When you use a pool swimming sport mode, the watch relies on the pool length to determine distance.

  • Page 43: Sunrise And Sunset Alarms

    3.35. Sunrise and sunset alarms The sunrise/sunset alarms in your Suunto 9 are adaptive alarms based on your location. Instead of setting a fixed time, you set the alarm for how much in advance you want to be alerted before the actual sunrise or sunset.

  • Page 44: Timers

    Suunto 9 6. Press the middle button to confirm and exit. TIP: A watch face is also availalbe that shows sunrise and sunset times. NOTE: Sunrise and sunset times and alarms require a GPS fix. The times are blank until GPS data is available.

  • Page 45: Time And Date

    Under General » Time/date, tap Dual time to set the time zone by selecting a location. Once you have paired with Suunto app, your watch gets updated time, date, time zone and daylight-saving time from mobile devices.

  • Page 46: Tones And Vibration

    Suunto 9 When the alarm sounds, you can dismiss it to end the alarm, or you can select the snooze option. The snooze time is 10 minutes and can be repeated up to 10 times. If you let the alarm continue to sound, it will automatically snooze after 30 seconds.

  • Page 47: Watch Faces

    3.40. Watch faces Suunto 9 comes with several watch faces to choose from, both digital and analog styles. To change the watch face: 1. From your current watch face view, keep the middle button pressed to open the shortcuts menu.

  • Page 48: Valid For Barometer Version Only

    Suunto 9 4. Valid for barometer version only The following features are only valid if your Suunto 9 has a built-in barometer. 4.1. Altimeter Suunto 9 uses barometric pressure to measure altitude. To get accurate readings, you need to define an altitude reference point. This can be your current elevation if you know the exact value.
  • Page 49 Automatic alti-baro profile Weather and altitude changes both cause a change in air pressure. To handle this, Suunto 9 automatically switches between interpreting changes in air pressure as altitude or weather changes based on your movement.

  • Page 50: Storm Alarm

    A significant drop in barometric pressure typically means a storm is coming and you should take cover. When the storm alarm is active, Suunto 9 sounds an alarm and displays a storm symbol when the pressure drops 4 hPa (0.12 inHg) or more during a 3-hour period.

  • Page 51: Care And Support

    5.3. Disposal Please dispose of the device in accordance with local regulations for electronic waste. Do not throw it in the garbage. If you wish, you may return the device to your nearest Suunto dealer.

  • Page 52: Reference

    Suunto 9 6. Reference 6.1. Technical specifications General Operating temperature: -20° C to +55° C/-5° F to +131° F • Battery charging temperature: 0° C to +35° C/+32° F to +95° F • Storage temperature: -30° C to +60° C/-22° F to +140° F •...

  • Page 53: Compliance

    Suunto 9 6.2. Compliance 6.2.1. CE Hereby, Suunto Oy, declares that the radio equipment type OW183 is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU. The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: www.suunto.com/EUconformity. 6.2.2. FCC compliance This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 54 無線電通信。 低功率射頻電機須忍受合法通信或工業、科學及醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之 干擾。 6.3. Trademark Suunto 9, its logos, and other Suunto brand trademarks and made names are registered or unregistered trademarks of Suunto Oy. All rights are reserved. 6.4. Patent notice This product is protected by patent and pending patent applications and their corresponding national rights: FI 20155573, US 7,324,002, US 7,271,774, US 13/794,468, US 13/833,755, US 13/827,418, US 14/195,670, US 14/331,268, US 14/839,928, US 14/882,487.
  • Page 55 Suunto knew of the likelihood of such damages. Suunto shall not be liable for delay in rendering warranty service.
  • Page 56 Suunto brand trademarks and names are registered or unregistered trademarks of Suunto Oy. This document and its contents are proprietary to Suunto Oy and are intended solely for the use of clients to obtain knowledge and information regarding the operation of Suunto products.
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