halocline
Contributor
Hi;
On a recent dive with my atmos 1, I decided to try the water activation, and did not turn my computer on prior to diving. This was only the second dive with this computer, and the computer had not been activated for a couple of days before the dive. After descending a few feet, maybe 6, I looked at the computer and it had not turned on. So, I pressed the activation button. It went through the diagnostic, then flashed "alt" and shut down. (Maybe it was "act", but I think it was "alt") Anyhow, I surfaced, turned it on again, and it worked fine. The water activation feature was turned on at the time.
I can't find anything in the manual to explain this. There was no appreciable change in altitude between the 2 dives, and I'm pretty sure the altitude was below 2000 ft. Does this mean that you're not supposed to use the water activation for the first dive of a given day? The manual does say that manual activation is "recommended" and that it must be used when diving at the different altitude then previous dives, but it never says the computer will shut down if water activated. Anybody know what's going on with this? I guess from now on I'll use the manual activation except on repetitive dives.
Thanks, Matt
On a recent dive with my atmos 1, I decided to try the water activation, and did not turn my computer on prior to diving. This was only the second dive with this computer, and the computer had not been activated for a couple of days before the dive. After descending a few feet, maybe 6, I looked at the computer and it had not turned on. So, I pressed the activation button. It went through the diagnostic, then flashed "alt" and shut down. (Maybe it was "act", but I think it was "alt") Anyhow, I surfaced, turned it on again, and it worked fine. The water activation feature was turned on at the time.
I can't find anything in the manual to explain this. There was no appreciable change in altitude between the 2 dives, and I'm pretty sure the altitude was below 2000 ft. Does this mean that you're not supposed to use the water activation for the first dive of a given day? The manual does say that manual activation is "recommended" and that it must be used when diving at the different altitude then previous dives, but it never says the computer will shut down if water activated. Anybody know what's going on with this? I guess from now on I'll use the manual activation except on repetitive dives.
Thanks, Matt
