User manual SUUNTO STINGER

[. . . ] EN SUUNTO STINGER USER'S GUIDE Present Depth Maximum Depth Average Depth in Logbook Fast Ascent Warning (SLOW) ACW Indicator Do Not Fly Icon Current Time Display No-Decompression Time Surface Interval Time No Flying Time Total Ascent Time Ceiling Depth on Decompression Stop Safety Stop Time Mandatory Safety Stop Depth and Time Bar Graph: - Mode Indicator - Oxygen Limit Fraction Altitude Adjustment Mode Personal Adjustment Mode Arrows: - Decompression Stop at the Ceiling Depth - Mandatory Safety Stop Zone - Ascent Recommended - Must Descend Bar Graph: - Ascent Rate - Battery Power - Mode Indicator Diver Attention Symbol AM/PM Indicator Safety Stop Warning Safety Stop Indicator Dive Time Dive Counter Oxygen Partial Pressure in Nitrox Mode Time Dual Time Day, Month Timer Seconds Oxygen Partial Pressure Daily Alarm On Indicator Dive Alarm On Indicator Temperature Maximum Depth Mode Text Oxygen Percentage in Nitrox Mode Week Day Timer Hours and Minutes Low Battery Warning SUUNTO STINGER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE DEFINITION OF WARNINGS, CAUTIONS AND NOTES Throughout this manual, special references are made when deemed important. Three classifications are used to separate these references by their order of importance. WARNING is used in connection with a procedure or situation that may result in serious injury or death. CAUTION is used in connection with a procedure or situation that will result in damage to the product. [. . . ] If you start a new dive with less than 5 minutes of surface interval time, the dive computer interprets this as a continuation of the previous dive and the dives are considered to be the same. The diving display will return, the dive number will remain unchanged, and Fig. ASC TIME symbol indicates that you have violated the ceiling for more than three minutes. The alternating display shows you that you must not dive again for at least 48 hours. Diver Attention Symbol Violated Decompression Ceiling Do Not Fly Symbol 51 the dive time will begin where it left off. After 5 minutes on the surface, subsequent dives are, by definition, repetitive. The dive counter displayed in the Planning Mode will increment to the next higher number if another dive is made. 3. 2. 3. 4. FLYING AFTER DIVING The no-flying time is shown in the center window next to the airplane image. Flying or travelling to a higher altitude should be avoided at any time the computer counts down the no-flying time. The no-flying time is always at least 12 hours or equivalent to the so-called desaturation time (if longer than 12 hours). In the permanent Error mode and Free/Gauge mode the no-flying time is 48 hours. Divers Alert Network (DAN) recommends the following on no-flying times: A minimum surface interval of 12 hours would be required in order to be reasonably assured a diver will remain symptom free upon ascent to altitude in a commercial jetliner (altitude up to 2400 m [8000 ft]). Divers who plan to make daily, multiple dives for several days, or make dives that require decompression stops, should take special precautions and wait for an extended interval beyond 12 hours before flight. Further, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) suggests divers using standard air tanks and exhibiting no symptoms of decompression illness wait 24 hours after their last dive to fly in an aircraft with cabin pressure up to 2400 m [8000 ft]. The only two exceptions to this recommendation are: 52 If a diver had less than 2 hours total accumulated dive time in the last 48 hours, then a 12 hour surface interval before flying is recommended. Following any dive that required a decompression stop, flying should be delayed for at least 24 hours, and if possible, for 48 hours. Suunto recommends that flying is avoided until all the DAN and UHMS guidelines and the dive computer wait to fly conditions are satisfied. 3. 2. 4. HIGH ALTITUDE DIVES AND PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT The dive computer can be adjusted both for diving at altitude and also to increase the conservatism of the mathematical nitrogen model. 3. 2. 4. 1. ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT When programming the instrument for the correct altitude, you need to select the correct Altitude Mode according to Table 3. 3. The dive computer will adjust its mathematical model according to the entered altitude mode, giving shorter nodecompression times at higher altitudes (see chapter 7. 1. , Table 7. 1. ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT RANGES $OWLWXGH PRGH $ $ $ 6\PERO RQ GLVSOD\ $OWLWXGH UDQJH P > IW@ P > IW@ P > @ The entered Altitude Adjustment Mode is indicated by mountain symbols (A0, A1 = one mountain, or A2 = two mountains). Also, the maximum altitudes are displayed for each Altitude group (see Table 3. 3. ). Traveling to a higher elevation can temporarily cause a change in the equilibrium of dissolved nitrogen in the body. [. . . ] In sports diving refers to any mix with a higher fraction of oxygen than standard air. The maximum amount of time a diver may remain at a particular depth without having to make decompression stops during the subsequent ascent. Hypoxia Multi-level dive NITROX NOAA No-decompression time 110 No-decompression dive Any dive which permits a direct, uninterrupted ascent to the surface at any time. Oxygen Limit Fraction A term used by SUUNTO for the values displayed in the Oxygen Toxicity bar graph. OEA = EAN = EANx Abbreviation for Oxygen Enriched Air Nitrox. Oxygen Tolerance Unit 111 Oxygen partial pressure Limits the maximum depth to which the used Nitrox mixture can safely be used. [. . . ]