3.13. Dive time alarm
The dive time alarm can be activated and used for several purposes to add to your diving
safety. It is simply a countdown timer in minutes.
To set the dive time alarm:
1. While in a relevant dive mode, keep [DOWN] pressed.
2. Press [DOWN] or [UP] to scroll to ALARM TIME.
3. Press [UP] to toggle the alarm on and press [SELECT] to confirm.
4. Adjust the duration with [UP] or [DOWN] and accept with [SELECT] .
5. Press [MODE] to exit.
3.14. Diver Safety
Because any decompression model is purely theoretical and does not monitor the actual
body of a diver, no decompression model can guarantee the absence of DCS. Experimentally
it has been shown that the body adapts to decompression to some degree when diving is
constant and frequent.
3.15. Sample rate
The sample rate controls how often information from the dive is saved to the active log. The
default sample rate is 20 seconds.
To change the sample rate:
1. While in a dive mode, keep [DOWN] pressed.
2. Press [UP] to scroll to Sample Rate and press [SELECT] .
3. Press [DOWN] or [UP] to change the rate and confirm with [SELECT] .
4. Press MODE to exit.
The sample rate options are: 10, 20, 30 and 60 seconds.
3.16. Software version
You can check the software version and battery status of Suunto D6M under the general
settings.
1. While in time mode, keep [DOWN] pressed.
2. Press [UP] to scroll to Version and press [SELECT] .
3. The software version is displayed along with the battery voltage.
3.17. Stopwatch
The stopwatch can be used to measure elapsed and split times.
To activate the stopwatch:
1. While in time mode, scroll through the bottom row view by pressing [UP] or [DOWN] until
the stopwatch is displayed.
2. Press [UP] to start and [DOWN] to stop the stopwatch.
3. Press [UP] to take split times.
4. Keep [UP] pressed to reset the stopwatch.
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