Suunto T6D User Manual

SUUNTO t6d

USER GUIDE

MODES & VIEWS

Time

row 1: date row 2: time views:

• weekday

• seconds

• dual time

• altitude

Training

display 1*

row 1: chrono row 2: heart rate views:

• average heart rate

• calories

• EPOC

• lap time

• training effect

Training

display 2*

row 1: distance row 2: speed

• altitude

views:

• ascent

• average speed

• chrono

• descent

*) default settings

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.1 Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.2 Setting activity class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.3 Menu navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.4 Modes and views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.5 Button lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3 Using TIME mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3.1 Setting time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.2 Setting dual time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3.3 Setting date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3.4 Setting alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4 Settings before training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4.1 Personal settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4.1.1 Maximum heart rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4.1.2 Fitness METs level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4.2 Units settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4.3 General settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4.3.1 Setting tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4.3.2 Setting icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4.3.3 Setting backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4.4 Configuring TRAINING mode displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.5 Setting reference altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.6 Setting heart rate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.7 Selecting log parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

5 Using TRAINING mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5.1 Putting on your transmitter belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5.2 Using timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

5.3 Using Training Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

5.4 Using EPOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

5.5 Starting a training session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

5.6 During training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.7 After training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

5.7.1 Viewing logbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

5.7.2 Using www.movescount.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

6 Using PODs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

6.1 Pairing a POD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

6.2 Using autolap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

6.3 Using distance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

6.4 Using speed limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

6.5 Using autopause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

6.6 Calibrating your POD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

7 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Pairing your transmitter belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

8 Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

8.1 General guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

8.2 Replacing wristop battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

8.3 Replacing belt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

9 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

9.1 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

9.2 Trademark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

9.3 Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

9.4 CE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9.5 ICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9.6 FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

9.7 Patent notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

9.8 Disposal of device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

10 Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

10.1 User’s responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

10.2 Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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1 INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing Suunto t6d as your training companion. Suunto t6d is a high-precision heart rate monitor designed to make your training as beneficial as possible.

Suunto t6d gives you extremely accurate feedback on your fitness level. Before you start regular training with Suunto t6d, you should first learn the values of EPOC and other body parameters in your normal training sessions. This way you will learn to assess what type of training will help you to reach your goals.

Key features include:

Personalized training features

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Log recorder that records each training session

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Functional extensions through Suunto PODs (Peripheral Observation Devices)

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Training planning and analysis at www.movescount.com

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2 GETTING STARTED

2.1 Basic settings

Press any button to activate your Suunto t6d. You will be prompted to set your PERSONAL settings: your physical characteristics and activity class. The device suggests a default fitness METS level, but if you know your real fitness METS, you should use that value.

NOTE: The maximum performance capacity measured in a laboratory test is sometimes given as ml oxygen/kg/min (VO2 max). If you want to compare the maximum performance capacity calculated by the program in METs to your measured VO2 max, use the relation 1 MET = 3.5 ml/min/kg.

1. Change the values with the [Lap +] and [Light -] buttons.

2. Accept the settings and move to the next setting with the [Mode] button.

3. Return to the preceding setting by pressing the [View Back] button.

4. After setting the fitness METS level, continue to UNITS and GENERAL settings, or quick exit to TIME mode by pressing the [Start Stop] button.

NOTE: All the PERSONAL settings can be fine tuned later.

2.2 Setting activity class

The activity class (ACT CLASS) is a rating of your current activity level. Use the following classifications to help you determine your activity class.

Activity class 1

If you do not participate regularly in recreational sports or heavy physical activity, use

Activity classes 2 and 3

If you participate regularly in recreational sports or do physical work, and your weekly exercise is:

less than 1 hour, use 2.

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more than 1 hour, use 3.

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Activity classes 4-7

If you participate regularly in sports or other physical activity, and you engage weekly in heavy exercise:

under 30 minutes, use 4.

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30-60 minutes, use 5.

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1-3 hours, use 6.

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over 3 hours, use 7.

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Activity classes 7.5 - 10

If you train on a regular basis or participate in competitive sports, and your weekly exercise is:

5-7 hours, use 7.5.

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7-9 hours, use 8.

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9-11 hours, use 8.5.

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11-13 hours, use 9.

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13-15 hours, use 9.5.

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over 15 hours, use 10.

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2.3 Menu navigation

Access the settings menu by keeping [Mode] pressed.

Scroll through the menus and sub menus with [Lap +] and [Light -].

Enter a menu and a sub menu, or accept a setting value with [Mode].

Return to the previous menu with [View Back].

At any time you can exit by pressing [Start Stop].

2.4 Modes and views

Modes

There are two modes: TIME and TRAINING. Switch between modes with [Mode]. The indicators on the left-hand side of the screen show which mode is enabled.

TRAINING mode has two displays, DISPLAY 1 and DISPLAY 2.

You can customize each TRAINING display. In the settings menu, go to DISPLAYS. Enter

DISPLAY 1 or DISPLAY 2 and then enter ROW 1, ROW 2 or VIEWS to select the information

you want to display.

Views

Each mode has different views containing supplementary information, such as the altitude in TIME mode or calories in TRAINING mode. Go to DISPLAYS settings to define which views are shown in the TRAINING mode displays. Change views in TIME and

TRAINING modes with [View Back].

2.5 Button lock

You can lock and unlock the buttons in both TIME and TRAINING mode by keeping [Light

-] pressed.

When the buttons are locked, you can still change views and turn on the backlight. We recommend you lock the buttons, for example, after you have started a training session or are storing the device in a travel bag.

3 USING TIME MODE

In TIME mode you can view the time of day in two time zones: the time at your actual location and in another time zone (dual time). The current date is displayed on the top row of the screen.

Use [View Back] to scroll through the following views:

Day: name of the current weekday

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Seconds: seconds as numbers

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Dual time: time in another time zone

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Altitude: your altitude from the sea level

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You can change the following TIME mode settings in the settings menu:

DescriptionValueSetting

on / off / 00:00alarm

Alarm feature: on or off / hours and minutes

Main time: hours, minutes and secondshours / minutes / secondstime Current date: year, month and dayyear / month / daydate Dual time: hours and minuteshours / minutesdual time

3.1 Setting time

To set time:

1. In the settings menu, enter TIME.

2. Scroll to TIME with [Lap +] and [Light -] and enter with [Mode].

3. Change the time with [Lap +] and [Light -] and accept with [Mode].

4. Reset seconds with [Light -]. To set specific seconds, keep [Lap +] pressed. The seconds start running. Accept the correct seconds with [Mode].

5. Press [Start Stop] to exit.

3.2 Setting dual time

To set dual time:

1. In the settings menu, enter TIME.

2. Scroll to DUAL TIME with [Light -] and [Lap +] and enter with [Mode].

3. Change the time with [Lap +] and [Light -] and accept with [Mode].

4. Press [Start Stop] to exit.

Possible real life situation: Knowing the time at home

You are traveling abroad and you set the dual time to be the time at home. The main time is the time at your current location. Now you always know the local time and you can quickly check what time it is at home.

NOTE: We recommend that you set the current time at your current location as the

main time because the alarm clock operates according to the main time.

3.3 Setting date

To set the date:

1. In the settings menu, enter TIME.

2. Scroll to DATE with [Lap +] and [Light -] and enter with [Mode].

3. Change the day, month, and year with [Lap +] and [Light -] and accept with [Mode].

4. Press [Start Stop] to exit.

3.4 Setting alarm

You can set up to three alarms on your Suunto t6d. To set the alarms:

1. In the settings menu, enter TIME.

2. Scroll to ALARM with [Lap +] and [Light -] and enter with [Mode].

3. Scroll through the alarms with [Lap +] and [Light -] and enter with [Mode].

4. Set the alarm on or off with [Lap +] and [Light -] and accept with [Mode].

5. Change the alarm time with [Lap +] and [Light -] and accept with [Mode].

6. Press [Start Stop] to exit.

When the alarm sounds, acknowledge it by pressing any button. If you do not acknowledge the alarm, it will automatically stop sounding after 30 seconds.

TIP: You can use one alarm on workdays and the others on weekends. You can also use

the extra alarms as reminders or snooze options.

4 SETTINGS BEFORE TRAINING

Before you start training, you need to define PERSONAL and UNITS settings. To be able to measure your altitude, you should also set the reference altitude. These settings ensure accurate measurements and calculations.

You are prompted to define the PERSONAL settings the first time you wake up the device (by pressing any button). If you want to learn more about these settings and modify them, continue reading. Otherwise, you can skip to Chapter 5 Using TRAINING mode.

4.1 Personal settings

Through the PERSONAL settings you tune your Suunto t6d according to your physical traits and activity. Many of the calculations use these settings, so it is important that you are as accurate as possible when defining the values.

DescriptionValueSetting

Weight according to selected units in UNITS settingskg / lbweight Height according to selected units in UNITS settingscm / ftheight Activity class: 1 to 101 - 10act.class Gender: male or femalemale / femalesex Year of birthyearbirth year

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