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Suunto Essential User Guide

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SAFETY
Welcome
Introduction
Getting started
Changing units
Changing general settings
Changing time settings
Using stopwatch
Using countdown timer
Setting alarm
How Alti & Baro works
Setting profiles and reference values
Using weather trend indicator
Activating storm alarm
Using altimeter profile
Using barometer profile
Using automatic profile
Using depth meter profile
Getting correct readings
Using compass
Alti-baro memory
Viewing and locking logs
Choosing recording interval
Handling guidelines
Replacing battery
Icons
Technical data
Warranty
CE
Patent notice
Trademark
Copyright
  • Using countdown timer

Using countdown timer

In Countdown you can set the countdown timer to count down from a preset time to zero. It sounds an alarm when zero is reached. The default is 5 minutes.

To change the default countdown time:

  1. In Menu, select Time-Date.
  2. Select Countdown.
  3. Set the timer minutes and seconds (maximum 99 minutes and 59 seconds).
  4. Accept with Mode.

To start counting down:

  1. In Time mode, select the countdown timer view.
  2. Start, stop and restart with Start Stop.
  3. Keep + pressed to reset the timer.

You’re on a hiking expedition. It’s morning. You wake up, come out of your tent, and start to make breakfast at your campfire. This time, you want 8-minute eggs. You set the countdown timer to 8 minutes with your eggs in the pot and wait for the water to come to a boil. When the water boils, you engage the countdown timer. At the eight-minute point, your gives the alarm. Presto! Perfect 8-minute eggs.

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