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On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 07:44:33PM -0400, Udo Rotmistrenko spake thus: > Karl Elvis MacRae wrote: > > > > > Down sides - the manual sucks. You can't get it into Nitrox mode > > if you've used it on air (why does it even HAVE different > > modes? It should always been in nitrox mode!), until you > > are out of the water for 24 hours. > > I was contacting Suunto in Finnland regarding this problem. They gave me the > tip that if this happened and you want to dive Nitrox afterwards, you should > take the battery out and back in. This will reset the computer... and of > course, this is not mentioned in the manual. Blows the dive log though, so if you care about that, you need to download it first. > But your tip is probably the > best: Keep it in Nitrox mode and for the first air dive, just chose 21% O2. Yep. It's *lame* that it even has the two modes. Interestingly, someone else from this list just mailed me and said it's less conservative in Nitrox mode, 21% O2 than when in air mode. I'm not sure that's true, I've never heard it - anyone else heard of this? In any case, yes, if you EVER dive nitrox with this computer, just always keep it in nitrox mode. -Karl -- Karl Elvis MacRae VLSI CAD Apple Computer kmac@ap*.co* 408-974-0847 (voice) 408-832-5238 (cell) -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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