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Gauge mode
4.7 Gauge Mode
WARNING
In gauge mode
ALL
audible and visual alarms and attention messages are turned off.
In gauge mode Subgear XP-3H will display depth, dive time and tank pressure . By pressing
you can scroll from the tank pressure to the temperature, to the average depth, to the time of day and
back to the max depth. By pressing
you can restart the stopwatch. This generates a bookmark.
Gauge mode does not support the calculation of no-stop time or the supervision of decompression.
Supervision of ppO
2
max and CNS O
2
% will also be switched off. Subgear XP-3H will display no
information about microbubble development. The settings for the gas mixture, MOD and microbubble
level cannot be set and the dive planner cannot be selected.
Switching the gauge mode on and off
Gauge mode can be switched on and off at the surface, when there is no desaturation and no-dive in
gauge mode has been made in the last 48 hours.
WARNING
• Dives in gauge mode are performed at your own risk!
• After diving in gauge mode you must wait for at least 48 hours before using a decompression
computer.
After diving in gauge mode, Subgear XP-3H can not be used as dive computer for 48 hours.
Procedure:
1. From the
time of day display
push
or
until the gauge
symbol and "on" or "off" are displayed.
(If Subgear XP-3H shows “ – – – “ the gauge mode cannot be switched
“on” or “off”. Subgear XP-3H shows “ – – – “ for 48 hours after a dive in
gauge mode and as long as there is remaining desaturation after a dive in
computer mode.)
2. Confirm with
that you wish to activate or deactivate the gauge
mode. The "on" or "off" starts flashing.
3. By pushing
or
the gauge mode is switched on or off.
4. Confirm your settings with
.
Without confirmation the display will disappear after 3 minutes and your
entries will not be accepted.
Diving in gauge mode
The following information is displayed in gauge mode:
>Tank
pressure
>Temperature
>Average depth (AVG)
>Temperature
, Time
>Max depth
The
average depth
is continuously updated and represents the time averaged depth since the
beginning of the dive.
You can
reset the average depth
at any time by pushing
. This generates also a bookmark.
Dive time
Gauge icon
Max depth /
Temperature /
Average depth (AVG)
Current depth
Stopwatch
DEPTH
DEPTH
DIVE TIME
DIVE TIME
