weird Cobra malfunction

[Alex777]

My wife and I own identical Suunto Cobra computers which have functioned flawlessly for years. As we emerged from the water after a recent shore dive, both computers started malfunctioning simultaneously. They were beeping constantly, displaying various depths between 0 and 30 feet, and giving us fast ascent warnings. We then noticed a mobile radio station transmission tower set up near the shore line. When we removed the computers from the vicinity, they settled down to a "normal" state. We assume the radio transmissions somehow scrambled the internal software.

Has anyone else encountered this behaviour? Does anyone know if we now need to have the internal software reprogrammed?

 

[cerich]

take them to Divers Supply, they can "dive" the units in a small pressure chamber they have and compare with a "virgin" unit.

 

[Alex777]

Good suggestion. Thanks!

 

[Alex777]

Turns out the computers are now functioning properly, with no need to reprogram the software.

 

[cerich]

excellent, they took care of you I assume?

 

[Alex777]

No, I ran into Urs, the owner of Divers World and the guy who sold me the computer. He didn't think it would be an ongoing problem, so I dived it (cautiously) and he was right.

 

[cerich]

No, I ran into Urs, the owner of Divers World and the guy who sold me the computer. He didn't think it would be an ongoing problem, so I dived it (cautiously) and he was right.

I know Urs and Judy and Chris Danby well. Good call on the cautious aspect!