Suunto D5 - Features (Continued); Customizing with Suunto DM5; Decompression Algorithm & Dives

One yellow arrow indicates the direction you need to turn:
If you want to set a new bearing lock, just repeat the same procedure above. Each bearing
lock is recorded in your dive log with a time stamp.
To clear the bearing lock from your compass view, you need to return to the surface.
To clear a bearing lock:
1. While in surface state, keep the middle button pressed to enter the main menu.
2. Scroll to General with the upper or lower buttons and press the middle button.
3. Press the middle button to enter Compass.
4. Select Clear bearing with the middle button.
3.8. Customizing with Suunto DM5
You can customize Suunto D5 views and features with Suunto DM5. Create up to 10 dierent
dive modes with up to five custom views each.
NOTE: When creating or modifying dive modes, you need to synchronize the changes
with your Suunto D5 before disconnecting the USB cable to save the changes to your device.
Customization can be done in four categories:
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Dive mode name
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Dive algorithm
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Gas settings
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Customize views
Dive mode name has a 15-character limit, you can select Suunto Fused™ RGBM 2 or no
algorithm for Dive algorithm.
For Gas settings, the GAS menu content can be
configured.
For each dive mode, you can create up to five custom views.
For more details, see 4.8. How to customize dive modes with DM5.
3.9. Decompression algorithm
Suunto's decompression model development originates from the 1980s when Suunto
implemented Bühlmann's model based on M-values in Suunto SME. Since then research and
development has been ongoing with the help of both external and internal experts.
In the late 1990s, Suunto implemented Dr. Bruce Wienke's RGBM (Reduced Gradient Bubble
Model) to work with the earlier M-value based model. The
first commercial products with the
feature were the iconic Suunto Vyper and Suunto Stinger. With these products the
improvement of diver safety was significant as they addressed a number of diving
circumstances outside the range of dissolved-gas-only models by:
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Monitoring continuous multiday diving
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