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  • Page 1 I N S T R U C T I O N M A N U A L M o s q u i t o Dive Computers...
  • Page 2 Present Depth Current Time Display Maximum Depth No-Decompression Time Average Depth in Logbook Surface Interval Time Fast Ascent Warning No Flying Time (SLOW) Total Ascent Time AC Indicator Ceiling Depth on Decompression Stop Safety Stop Time Mandatory Safety Stop Depth and Time Do Not Fly Icon Bar Graph: - Mode Indicator...
  • Page 4 200 dives...
  • Page 5 WARNING WARNING WARNING...
  • Page 6 WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING...
  • Page 7 WARNING WARNING WARNING...
  • Page 8 WARNING WARNING WARNING...
  • Page 9 WARNING WARNING NOTE:...
  • Page 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS...
  • Page 14 1. INTRODUCTION...

  • Page 15: Safety Precautions

    1.1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS...

  • Page 16: Emergency Ascents

    1.1.1. EMERGENCY ASCENTS 1.1.2. DIVE COMPUTER LIMITATIONS...
  • Page 17 1.1.3. NITROX 1.1.4. FREEDIVING...
  • Page 18 Fig. 2.1. The push buttons of the Mosquito.

  • Page 19: Push Buttons

    2. GETTING ACQUAINTED 2.1. FUNCTIONS (AIR) FREE 2.2. PUSH BUTTONS M (MODE) S (SELECT)

  • Page 21: Water Contacts

    2.3. WATER CONTACTS Fig. 2.2. The water contact and depth sensor. NOTE: Fig. 2.3. Active water contact is indicated by the text AC.

  • Page 22: Time Mode [Time]

    2.4. TIME MODE [TIME] Fig. 2.4. The Time Mode is indicated by the TIME text and 2.4.1. TIMEKEEPING DISPLAY a mode indicator. Fig. 2.5. The time keeping display a) the date is displayed b) the seconds are displayed c) the dual time is displayed.

  • Page 23: Stopwatch [Timer]

    Fig. 2.6. The Stopwatch function is indicated by the TIMEr text and a mode indicator. 2.4.2. STOPWATCH [TIMER] Fig. 2.7. The Stopwatch displays hours, minutes and seconds.
  • Page 25 3. DIVING WITH THE MOSQUITO Fig. 3.1. Chosen Dive Mode. Fig. 3.2. Startup I. All segments shown.

  • Page 26: Activation And Pre-Checks

    3.1 BEFORE DIVING 3.1.1. ACTIVATION AND PRE-CHECKS Fig. 3.3. Startup II. Battery power indicator.
  • Page 27 Fig. 3.4. Startup III. Surface mode (Air). Depth and dive time are zero. Pressing +/- button activates alternative display of maximum depth and current time. NOTE: Fig. 3.5. Startup IV. Free mode. Depth and dive time are zero. Pressing +/- button activates alternative display of maximum depth and current time or dive number.

  • Page 28: Battery Power Indicator And Low Battery Warning

    3.1.2. BATTERY POWER INDICATOR AND LOW BATTERY WARNING...

  • Page 30: User Definable Functions And Alarms

    NOTE: Fig. 3.6. Low Battery Warning. Battery symbol indicates that the battery is low and battery replacement is recommended. 3.1.3. USER DEFINABLE FUNCTIONS AND ALARMS Fig. 3.7. Bookmark activation. An annotation, Bookmark, is placed in the profile memory during a dive by pressing the S button (Displayed with Diver Attention symbol.).

  • Page 31: Presetting Time Alarm

    3.1.3.1. PRESETTING TIME ALARM 3.1.3.2. PRESETTING DIVE ALARMS 3.1.4. BOOKMARK FUNCTION...
  • Page 32 3.2. SCUBA DIVING 3.2.1. DIVING WITH AIR 3.2.1.1. DIVE PLANNING [PLAN] NOTE:...

  • Page 33: Dive Numbering Shown During Dive Planning

    Fig. 3.8. Dive Planning. The Planning mode is indicated by the PLAN text and mode indicators. DIVE NUMBERING SHOWN DURING DIVE PLANNING Fig. 3.9. Planning. The no- decompression time limit at 30.0 m [100 ft] is 18 minutes in P0/ A0 mode..

  • Page 34: Basic Dive Data

    3.2.1.2. PRESETTING THE DISPLAYS IN THE AIR MODE Fig. 3.10. Dive has just begun. Available no-decompression time is more than 199 min. 3.2.1.3. BASIC DIVE DATA Fig. 3.11. Diving display. Present depth is 19.3 m [63 ft] and no-decompression stop time limit is 23 minutes in A0/P1 mode.

  • Page 36: Safety Stops

    3.2.1.4. SAFETY STOPS Fig. 3.12. A three minute Recommended Safety Stop. Fig. 3.13. Mandatory Safety Stop. You are advised to make a mandatory Safety Stop in the zone between the ceiling and floor.

  • Page 37: Recommended Safety Stop

    3.2.1.4.1. RECOMMENDED SAFETY STOP 3.2.1.4.2. MANDATORY SAFETY STOP...
  • Page 38 Fig. 3.14. Violated Mandatory Safety Stop. Downward pointing arrow and an audible alarm indicate you should descend to ceiling zone.

  • Page 39: Ascent Rate Indicator

    3.2.1.5. ASCENT RATE INDICATOR...
  • Page 40 Fig. 3.15 Ascent Rate Indicator. Blinking SLOW and four segments are shown together WARNING with an audible alarm: ascent rate is more than 10 m/min [33 ft/min]. This is a caution to slow down! STOP sign means that you are advised to make a Mandatory Safety Stop when you reach a depth of 6 m [20 ft].

  • Page 41: Decompression Dives

    3.2.1.6. DECOMPRESSION DIVES Fig. 3.16. Ceiling, ceiling zone, floor and decompression range.
  • Page 42 WARNING...
  • Page 44 Fig. 3.17. Decompression dive, NOTE: below floor. Upward pointing arrow, blinking ASC TIME label and an audible alarm tell you to ascend. Minimum total ascent time including safety stop is 7 minutes. Ceiling is at 3 m [10 ft]. WARNING Fig.
  • Page 45 Fig. 3.19. Decompression dive, at ceiling zone. Two arrows point at each other (“hour glass”). You are in the optimum ceiling zone at 3.5 m [11 ft] and your minimum ascent time is 5 minutes.
  • Page 46 Fig. 3.20. Decompression dive, above ceiling. Note downward pointing arrow, Er warning and an audible alarm. You should immediately (within 3 minutes) descend to or below ceiling.
  • Page 47 3.2.2. DIVING WITH EAN (NITROX) 3.2.2.1. BEFORE DIVING...
  • Page 48 3.2.2.2. PRESETTING THE DISPLAYS IN THE EAN MODE Fig. 3.21. Nitrox display. Maximum depth based on set % (21%) and PO (1.4 bar) is 54.1 m [177 ft]. Fig. 3.22. Diving in EAN mode. The O % is set to 32%. PO2 is 0.9.

  • Page 49: Oxygen Displays

    3.2.2.3. OXYGEN DISPLAYS Fig. 3.23. Oxygen partial pressure and OLF displays. There is an audible alarm and the last segment of the bar graph starts to blink as oxygen partial pressure is greater than 1.4 bar or set value, and/or the OLF has reached 80% limit.

  • Page 50: Oxygen Limit Fraction (Olf)

    3.2.2.4. OXYGEN LIMIT FRACTION (OLF)
  • Page 51 3.2.3. AT THE SURFACE 3.2.3.1. SURFACE INTERVAL AFTER AN AIR/EAN DIVE...
  • Page 52 Fig. 3.24. Surface display. You have surfaced from a 18 minute dive, which maximum depth was 20.0 m [66 ft]. The present depth is 0.0 m [0 ft] and surface interval time is 0. Airplane symbol indicates that you should not fly and diver attention symbol indicates that you should prolong your surface interval...

  • Page 53: Dive Numbering

    3.2.3.2. DIVER ATTENTION SYMBOL Fig. 3.26. Surface Mode after a violated decompression dive. 3.2.3.3. DIVE NUMBERING 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.

  • Page 54: Flying After Diving

    3.2.3.4. FLYING AFTER DIVING...

  • Page 55: High Altitude Dives And Personal Adjustment

    3.2.4. HIGH ALTITUDE DIVES AND PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT 3.2.4.1. ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT...

  • Page 57: Personal Adjustment

    3.2.4.2. PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT...

  • Page 59: Error Conditions

    3.2.5. ERROR CONDITIONS...

  • Page 60: Before Diving In The Free Mode

    3.3. FREEDIVING 3.3.1. BEFORE DIVING IN THE FREE MODE Fig. 3.27. Free Mode. 3.3.2. PRESETTING THE DISPLAYS IN THE FREE MODE Fig. 3.28. Surface display/ Alternative displays.

  • Page 61: During The Freedive

    3.3.3. DURING THE FREEDIVE Fig. 3.29. Freedive. Present depth is 6.1 m, dive time 1.03 min and dive number is 1. 3.3.4. FREEDIVING DAY HISTORY Fig. 3.30. Freediving Day History.
  • Page 62 DIVE 3.3.5. EXCEEDING THE FREEDIVING Fig. 3.31. Day History display. TIME LIMIT DIVE TIME °C NOTE: Fig. 3.32. Display after exceeding the 5min freediving time limit. Flashing Er and upward arrow.

  • Page 63: Surface Interval After Afreedive

    3.3.6. SURFACE INTERVAL AFTER A FREEDIVE Fig. 3.33. Surface display after Freedive. Center window showing surface time. NOTE:...

  • Page 64: Audible And Visual Alarms

    3.4. AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARMS A short single beep occurs when: Three single beeps with a two second interval and the backlight when: Continuous beeps and the backlight activated when:...
  • Page 65 Three double beeps and the backlight activated when:...
  • Page 66 Continuous beeps for 3 minutes and the backlight activated occur when: WARNING...

  • Page 67: Setting Mode [Set]

    4. SETTING MODE [SET] Fig. 4.1. The Setting Mode is indicated by the SET text and mode indicator. 4.1. SETTING TIME, DATE AND DUAL TIME [TIME ] Fig. 4.2. Time Adjustment Mode.
  • Page 68 Fig. 4.3. The Time Adjustment Mode is activated and the second digits are blinking. Page I. NOTE: Fig. 4.4. The year, month and day is selected. Page II. Dual time selected. Page III.

  • Page 69: Daily Alarm Setting [Alm]

    NOTE: Fig. 4.5. Daily alarm Setting Mode. 4.2. DAILY ALARM SETTING [ALM] Fig. 4.6. Daily Alarm Setting Mode is activated.

  • Page 71: Dive Mode Settings [Dive]

    4.3. DIVE MODE SETTINGS [DIVE] NOTE: Fig. 4.7. Dive Setting Mode. 4.3.1. SET AIR MODE Fig. 4.8. Set Air/EAN/Free Mode. Enable/disable status blinks.
  • Page 72 Fig. 4.9. Setting Oxygen Percentage and Partial Pressure (EAN mode only).
  • Page 73 4.3.2. SET EAN MODE...

  • Page 74: Set Free Mode

    4.3.3. SET FREE MODE...
  • Page 75 4.4. DIVE ALARM SETTINGS [DIVE AL] Fig. 4.10. Dive Alarm Setting Mode. Fig. 4.11. Dive Time Alarm. Center window displays less than 5 minutes dive time.
  • Page 76 Fig. 4.12. Dive Time Alarm. Display when more than 5 minutes dive time left.
  • Page 77 4.5. ALTITUDE, PERSONAL AND UNIT ADJUSTMENT SETTINGS [AdJ] Fig. 4.13. Adjustment Mode. NOTE: Fig. 4.14. Setting Altitude Adjustment.
  • Page 78 Fig. 4.15. Setting Personal Adjustment. WARNING Fig. 4.16. Setting metric/ imperial units.
  • Page 79 5. MEMORIES AND DATA TRANSFER [MEM] NOTE: Fig. 5.1. Memory Mode.

  • Page 80: Logbook And Dive Profile Memory [Log]

    5.1. LOGBOOK AND DIVE PROFILE MEMORY [LOG] Fig. 5.2. Logbook memory mode...
  • Page 81 Page I, main display (Fig. 5.3.) Page II (Fig. 5.4.) Fig. 5.3. Logbook, page I. NOTE: Fig. 5.4. Logbook, page II. Main dive related data.
  • Page 82 Fig. 5.5. Logbook, page III. Surface interval time, average depth. Page III (Fig. 5.5.) Page IV (Fig. 5.6.) Fig. 5.6. Logbook, page IV. Profile of specific dive.
  • Page 83 Fig. 5.7. Logbook, end of the memory. END text is displayed between oldest and the most recent dive.
  • Page 84 same dive next dive previous dive...

  • Page 85: Dive History Memory [His]

    5.2. DIVE HISTORY MEMORY [HIS] Fig. 5.8. Dive History Memory. Fig. 5.9. Scuba Dive History Memory. Total number of dives, dive hours and maximum depth.

  • Page 86: Data Transfer And Pc- Interface [Tr-Pc]

    NOTE: Fig. 5.10. Free dive History Memory. 5.3. DATA TRANSFER AND PC- INTERFACE [TR-PC]...
  • Page 88 Fig. 5.11. Data Transfer and NOTE: PC-Interface...

  • Page 89: Care And Maintenance

    6. CARE AND MAINTENANCE 6.1. CARE OF YOUR MOSQUITO...

  • Page 90: Maintenance

    6.2. MAINTENANCE...

  • Page 91: Water Resistance Inspection

    6.3. WATER RESISTANCE INSPECTION...

  • Page 92: Battery Replacement

    6.4. BATTERY REPLACEMENT NOTE:...
  • Page 93 Fig. 6.1.Battery Compartment...
  • Page 95 7. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION 7.1. OPERATING PRINCIPLES...

  • Page 98: Reduced Gradient Bubble Model, Suunto Rgbm

    7.2. REDUCED GRADIENT BUBBLE MODEL, SUUNTO RGBM...

  • Page 100: Oxygen Exposure

    7.3. OXYGEN EXPOSURE...

  • Page 102: Technical Specification

    7.4. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION...
  • Page 104 FREE MODE AIR/EAN MODE Recording interval Approx. 45 min. dive Approx. 1 min. freediving...
  • Page 106 NOTE:...

  • Page 107: Warranty

    8. WARRANTY NOTE:...
  • Page 109 9. GLOSSARY...
  • Page 117 FREE dive AIR dive EAN dive time lcd & battery lcd & battery keeping check check logbook time&date nitrox free display date surface seconds scuba dual time surface p1 End daily alarm max. depth dive time temp. time dive no stopwatch max.
  • Page 118 Valimotie 7 FIN-01510 Vantaa, Finland Tel. +358 9 875 870 Fax +358 9 875 87301 www.suunto.com...

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