Before Diving; Activation And Pre-Checks - Suunto D3 Instruction Manual

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
according 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 seconds the battery power
indicator is shown and the backlight 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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