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Suunto DX User Guide

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Start
Safety
Display states and views
Set up
Icons
Software version check
Product compatibility
Activation and pre-checks
Alarms, warnings and notifications
Ascent rate
Backlight
Bookmarks
Calendar clock
Compass
Decompression dives
Depth alarm
Display contrast
Dive history
Dive modes
Dive planning mode
Dive time alarm
Error state (algorithm lock)
Oxygen calculations
Personal and altitude adjustments
Rebreather diving
Sample rate
Safety stops and deepstops
Software version
Stopwatch
Surface and no-fly time
Suunto Fused RGBM
Diver Safety
Tank pressure
Tones
Water contact
Handling guidelines
Water resistance
Battery replacement
Technical specifications
Compliance
Trademark
Patent notice
International Limited Warranty
Copyright
Terms
  • Getting started

Getting started

Display states and views

Suunto DX has four main modes: time, dive, planning and memory. Change modes by pressing MODE.

Unless Dive mode is turned off, Suunto DX automatically switches to dive mode if you are more than 1.2 m (4 ft) under water.

change modes Dseries

Time and dive modes have different views in the bottom row which you can scroll through with DOWN and UP.

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