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CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACTS Suunto Oy Phone +358 9 875870 Fax +358 9 87587301 Suunto USA Phone 1 (800) 543-9124 Canada Phone 1 (800) 776-7770 Europe Phone +358 2 284 11 60 Suunto website www.suunto.com
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1. WELCOME T O THE WORLD OF SUUNT O DIVING INSTRUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. W ARNINGS, CAUTIONS, AND NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. SUUNT O D9 A T A GLANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.1. Navigating in the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.
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5.4. Nitrox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5.5. Freediving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5.6. Audible and visual alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5.7. Error conditi
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5.10.5. Personal adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 5.1 1. Safety Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 5.1 1.1. Recommended Safety Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 5.1 1.2. Mandatory Safety Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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7.1.4. Flying after diving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 7.1.5. MEMOR Y mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 7.1.6. Suunto Dive Manager (SDM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 7.1.7. SuuntoSports.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 1.1. User ’ s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 1 1.2. CE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 1 1.3. Limits of liability and ISO 9001 compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 1 1.4. After sales service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1. WELCOME T O THE WORLD OF SUUNT O DIVING INSTRUMENTS Suunto D9 was designed to help you get the most out of your diving. By reading this manual and becoming familiar with the functions of your dive computer , you can begin a new era in your diving - one in which all dive-critical data can be seen on your wrist. 8
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Suunto D9 is the world’ s first dive computer to integrate a digital compass, wireless tank data reception, and gas switching. It simplifies your diving experience because all the information you need relating to depth, time, tank pressure, decompression status, and direction is now available on one easy-to-read screen – not hanging of f you in a tangle of dif ferent gauges. T o get the most out of your Suunto D9, please read this instruction manual carefully and make sure you understand the use
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2. W ARNINGS, CAUTIONS, AND NOTES Throughout this manual, important safety icons are displayed. Three classifications are used to separate these icons by their order of importance: W ARNING is used in connection with a procedure or situation that could result in serious injury or death CAUTION is used in connection with a procedure or situation that could result in damage to the device NOTE is used to emphasize important information Before you go on to read the manual itself, it is extremely imp
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NOT FOR PROFESSIONAL USE! Suunto dive computers are W ARNING intended for recreational use only . The demands of commercial or professional diving may expose the diver to depths and conditions that tend to increase the risk of decompression illness (DCI). Therefore, Suunto strongly recommends that the device is not used for any commercial or professional diving activities. ONL Y DIVERS TRAINED IN THE PROPER USE OF SCUBA W ARNING DIVING EQUIPMENT SHOULD USE A DIVE COMPUTER! No dive computer can r
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SUUNT O STRONGL Y RECOMMENDS THA T SPOR T DIVERS W ARNING LIMIT THEIR MAXIMUM DEPTH T O 40 M/130 FT OR T O THE DEPTH CALCULA TED BY THE COMPUTER BASED ON THE SELECTED O % AND A MAXIMUM PO OF 1.4 BAR! 2 2 W ARNING DIVES THA T REQUIRE DECOMPRESSION ST OPS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED. YOU SHOULD ASCEND AND BEGIN DECOMPRESSION IMMEDIA TEL Y WHEN THE DIVE COMPUTER SHOWS YOU THA T A DECOMPRESSION ST OP IS REQUIRED! Note the blinking ASC TIME symbol and the upward pointing arrow . W ARNING USE BACK-UP INSTRUME
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YOU ARE ADVISED T O A VOID FL YING ANY TIME THE W ARNING COMPUTER COUNTS DOWN THE NO-FL Y TIME. AL W A YS ACTIV A TE THE COMPUTER T O CHECK THE REMAINING NO- FL Y TIME PRIOR T O FL YING! Flying or traveling to a higher altitude within the no-fly time can greatly increase the risk of DCI. Review the recommendations given by Diver ’ s Alert Network (DAN) in Section 7.1.4. Flying after diving. THE DIVE COMPUTER SHOULD NEVER BE TRADED OR W ARNING SHARED BETWEEN USERS WHILE IT IS IN OPERA TION! Its i
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DO NOT DIVE WITH A CYLINDER OF ENRICHED AIR IF YOU W ARNING HA VE NOT PERSONALL Y VERIFIED ITS CONTENTS AND ENTERED THE ANAL YZED V ALUE INT O YOUR DIVE COMPUTER! Failure to verify cylinder contents and enter the appropriate O % into your dive computer will result in incorrect 2 dive planning information. W ARNING THE DIVE COMPUTER WILL NOT ACCEPT FRACTIONAL PERCENT AGE V ALUES OF OXYGEN CONCENTRA TION. DO NOT ROUND UP FRACTIONAL PERCENT AGES! For example, 31.8% oxygen should be entered as 31%.
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SELECT THE CORRECT PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT SETTING! W ARNING Whenever it is believed that factors that tend to increase the possibility of DCI exist, it is recommended that you use this option to make the calculations more conservative. Failure to select the correct Personal Adjustment setting will result in erroneous dive and planning data. This device contains a Lithium cell battery . T o reduce the risk of W ARNING fire or burns, do not disassemble, crush, puncture, short external contacts, or di
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3. SUUNT O D9 A T A GLANCE If no button is pressed for 5 minutes, the dive computer beeps NOTE and returns to the TIME mode automatically . 16
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3.1. Navigating in the menus Suunto D9 has three main operating modes - TIME mode (TIME), DIVE mode (DIVE), and MEMOR Y mode (MEM) – as well as the COMP ASS submode, which can be activated from either TIME or DIVE modes. T o toggle between the main modes, press the MODE button. T o select a submode in DIVE and MEM mode, press the UP/DOWN buttons. 17
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3.2. Button symbols and functions The table below explains the main functions of the dive computer's buttons. The buttons and their use will be explained in more detail in the relevant sections of the manual. T able 3.1. Button symbols and functions Symbol Button Press Main functions MODE Short Switch between main modes Switch from submode to main mode Activate backlight in DIVE mode MODE Long Activate backlight in other modes Select a submode SELECT Short Select and accept settings SELECT Long
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Symbol Button Press Main functions UP Short T oggle between alternative displays Change submode Increase values UP Long Enable gas switching in NITROX mode DOWN Short T oggle between alternative displays Change submode Decrease values DOWN Long Enter Setting mode T oggle between ceiling and remaining air time display 19
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4. GETTING ST ARTED WITH YOUR SUUNT O D9 T o get the most out of your Suunto D9, take some time to personalize it and really make it YOUR computer . Set the correct time and date, as well as the alarms and tones, unit and backlight settings, then calibrate and test the compass function. If you are going to use the optional wireless pressure transmitter , install it and enable the pressure transmission in the Suunto D9’ s settings then test the pressure transmission. Suunto D9 is a very user-frie
