Operation Guide 2894
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To display your current altitude
1. Press C in the Timek y of
the other sensor modes to enter the Altimeter
Mode .
• The w t altitude
measurement, and displa y the result.
• It can tak e up to f our or fiv
altitude reading to appear after y ou enter
the Altimeter Mode .
2. Lea ve the w atch in the Altimeter Mode if y o
w yed altitude v alue and the
altitude g r
regular inter vals.
• During the first three min utes after enter ing
the Altimeter Mode , the ACT indicator will
flash on the displa y
tak very five seconds .
ACT indicator will disappear and
measurements will be tak en e very tw
min
Current altitude
Altitude graph
Timekeeping
Mode time
Altitude
differential
pointer
• If you want to restart the altitude measurement operation at any point,
press C.
3.D to exit the Altimeter
Mode.
Notes
• Normally
conv
See “Specifying a Ref
• Altitude is displayed in units of 5 meters (20 f
• The measurement range for altitude is –700 to 10,000 meters (–2,300 to
32,800 feet).
• The measured altitude may be a negativ
reference altitude v
• The display
xxxxx meters (or feet) if a
measured altitude falls outside the measurement r
will be displa
allowab
• Y
meters (m) or f
and altitude Units”.
Sa
The sa ve altitude data oper ation descr ibed in this section creates records of
altitude measurement data in w atch memor y ve session,
measurement contin ues to be perf or y the REC indicator
flashing on the displa y) even if y .
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A sa y: per
records (up to 40), a current session record, and a histor ical record.
Periodic Recor
A sa ed inter vals and stores
them in memor y w these records .
How periodic records are created and saved
Note
The f ation
descr “How current session record data is updated”.
1. When y ou hold do wn C to star t a sa ve session, the w atch creates P eriodic
Record 1, which contains the current date (month and da y), time
altitude .
• Star y per iodic records currently in
memor y and star ts a ne w set of per iodic records .
2. Next, the w atch tak es readings f or P er
40 at min ute 00, 15, 30, and 45 of each hour .
3. Altitude measurement and per iodic record stor age stops automatically after
Periodic Record 40 is stored.
• Y v ually b wn C again.
This will create the ne xt sequential per iodic record, which contains the
current date (month and da y), time .
Current Session Record
The Current Session Record contains the data descr ibed belo w
of this record are updated at regular inter v ve session is in
prog
Data
High Altitude
Low Altitude
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Relative Altitude
Change
Description
Highest altitude reached during the current session.
Lowest altitude reached during the current session.
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Relative change in altitude during the current session.
• The maxim um total ascent and total descent v alue is 99,995 m
(or 99,980 ft). Each v ero after the maxim um is reached.
How current session record data is updated
Note
• The f wing oper ation is perf or med sim ultaneously with the oper ation
descr ibed under “ iodic records are created and sa v
1. When y ou hold do wn C to star t a sa ve session, the w atch clears an y data
that is already stored in the current session record.
2. The w very five seconds f or the
first three min utes , and updates current record data accordingly .
3. After three min utes , the w atch measures and calculates data e ver
min .
Historical Record
The Histor , lo
and total descent v alues across m ultiple sa
record are updated at the end of each session.
Data
High Altitude
Low Altitude
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Description
Highest altitude reached during all of the sessions.
Lowest altitude reached during all of the sessions
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• Note that the histor ical record does not k eep tr ack of relativ
change .
• See ing the
histor alues from z ero.
How the historical recor
The w ollowing oper ations when a sa ve session is stopped
(after per iodic records 40 records are stored or when y o wn C).
Data
High Altitude
Low Altitude
T
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Update Operation
The historical record value is compared with the current
session value
the historical record.
The historical record value is compared with the current
session value
historical record.
The current session value is added to the historical
record value
To start a new save session
1. Press C to enter the Altimeter Mode .
2. Hold do wn C f REC
flashes on the displa y
ne ress.
• During a sa ve session, y ou can press E to
toggle betw een the current altitude screen
and the relativ e altitude change screen.
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Session
relative
altitude
change
Altitude
Timekeeping
Mode time
Current Altitude
Screen
Relative Altitude
Change Screen
Relative
altitude
indicator
▲
▲
Press E .
3. The sa ue until P eriodic Record 40 is stored, or until
you hold do wn C for about one second until REC disappears from the
screen.
• Y ved records using the Data Recall Mode .
Other Altimeter Mode Features
This section e xplains other f eatures and settings that are a vailab
Altimeter Mode . Note that all of the inf ormation in this section applies to all
types of Altimeter Mode measurements , unless specifically indicated
otherwise
Specifying a Reference Altitude
After y erence altitude , the w atch adjusts its air-pressure-to-
altitude con v .
produced b y this watch are subject to error caused b y changes in air
pressure , we recommend that y ou update the ref erence
altitude whene ver one is a vailab ing y .
