Aeris Manta Alternate Time Setting

[Jamesshaver]

I was given an Areis Manta and I can't figure out how to set the Alternate Time Setting

The watch is on main time. then the instructions say press the M button for 2 seconds and the watch goes to alternate time, this is ok.

Then instructions say press A and S buttons for 2 seconds to access Alt time mode with the set point flashing.

This does not work, nothing happens. Alt time remains on OFF.

 

[CT Sean]

According to the manual, page 23, The instructions say to press the M button for less than 2 seconds to go to ALTERNATE TIME. Then it looks like you can hold A and S to get to the set alt time screen (from page 24). The alt time is set based on hour differential by the way - you set it to plus or minus 5 hours which is then added or deducted from the main time my the PC.

Not that it matters but I have an Oceanic GEO which is basically the same - it is interesting however how different the steps are to set my "dual time" vs. the Aeris Alternate time

 

[DeepFlyer]

I just got an Aeris Manta too and it was driving me crazy trying to figure out how to set the alternate time. I was glad to see your post so that I knew it wasn't just me being an idiot that I couldn't figure it out. Well after more than an hour I finally figured it out.

On page 20 of the manual there is a note that MAIN TIME must be slected as the Local Default Time in order to set the time and date.

I think in all of the button pushing I managed to switch them, even though ALTERNATE TIME was still off. Near as I can tell there isn't a way to know which time is set to local default time. Maybe there is but I couldn't tell.

Anyway, to actually set the ALTERNATE TIME I first went to the MAIN TIME screen and pushed the Select button and held it for two seconds and the display flashed once. Then I pressed the mode button to go to the ALTERNATE TIME screen and pressed the Select and Advance buttons simultaneously for two seconds and voila! the time set started flashing. I pressed the select button until I got the +1 hour that I was looking for and pressed the advance button and it was set.

I hope this helps save someone else some time and frustration.

 

[DiveNav]

if you bought the Manta after 1/1/2011, register your product with Aeris and they will send you an activation code for a free online class

Alberto (aka eDiver)

 

[DeepFlyer]

Thanks Dive Nav. I did already register my computer and started taking the free classes.

Just returned from my honeymoon in Curacao and had a chance to use our new computers and they worked great. The buttonology for the computers is a little confusing and the manual doesn't help, so I was glad for the classes.

 

[letsgoscuba]

I just got an Aeris Manta too and it was driving me crazy trying to figure out how to set the alternate time. I was glad to see your post so that I knew it wasn't just me being an idiot that I couldn't figure it out. Well after more than an hour I finally figured it out.

On page 20 of the manual there is a note that MAIN TIME must be slected as the Local Default Time in order to set the time and date.

I think in all of the button pushing I managed to switch them, even though ALTERNATE TIME was still off. Near as I can tell there isn't a way to know which time is set to local default time. Maybe there is but I couldn't tell.

Anyway, to actually set the ALTERNATE TIME I first went to the MAIN TIME screen and pushed the Select button and held it for two seconds and the display flashed once. Then I pressed the mode button to go to the ALTERNATE TIME screen and pressed the Select and Advance buttons simultaneously for two seconds and voila! the time set started flashing. I pressed the select button until I got the +1 hour that I was looking for and pressed the advance button and it was set.

I hope this helps save someone else some time and frustration.

Thanks for this. I had the same problem and couldn't work it out from the instruction booklet. This fixed the problem.