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USING SUUNTO G6 DURING A GAME (GAME MODE) .......................... 11 3.1 Playing the game ........................................................................................11 3.2 Playing different game types .......................................................................14 3.3 Viewing game history information ...............................................................17 4. TESTING SWING CONSISTENCY (TEST MODE) .................................... 19 4.1 Starting the test ...........................................................................................19 4.2 Analyzing test results ..................................................................................19 5. CUSTOMIZING SUUNTO G6 ..................................................................... 21 5.1 Default settings ...........................................................................................21 5.2 Changing general preferences ....................................................................21 5.3 Creating a course ........................................................................................22 5.4 Player details ..............................................................................................23 6. USING STOPWATCH AND SETTING ALARMS ....................................... 24 6.1 Using the stopwatch ....................................................................................24 6.2 Setting an alarm ..........................................................................................24 2 7. SUUNTO GOLF MANAGER ...................................................................... 26 8. SUUNTOSPORTS.COM ............................................................................ 28 9. CARE AND MAINTENANCE ...................................................................... 30 9.1 Water Resistance ....................................................................................... 30 9.2 Replacing the battery ................................................................................ 30 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. DEFINITIONS AND CALCULATION RULES .......................................... 34 TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................ 37 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................. 38 TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................... 39 LIMITS OF LIABILITY .............................................................................. 41 3 1. GETTING STARTED WITH SUUNTO G6 This instruction manual guides you in the use of the features of the Suunto G6, a wristop computer designed for golfers. 1.1. Getting familiar with Suunto G6 The picture below shows the Suunto G6 button assignments: SELECT UP ENTER BACK/ALT DOWN 4 Using modes and menus The Suunto G6 has 5 different modes for different features: · TIME: displaying time, date, stopwatch and alarms, changing general settings · GAME: using the Suunto G6 as a scorecard during a game · PRACTICE: viewing swing information and improving swing technique · TEST: taking a swing consistency test · MEMORY: viewing stored games, practices, tests, playing history and changing game settings 1. Use the UP/DOWN buttons to scroll between the 5 different modes. 2. When a mode is active, pressing ENTER either opens a menu (TIME, MEMORY) or starts the selected activity such as a new game or a practice session. 3. Use the UP/DOWN buttons to navigate the menus and ENTER to select an item from the menu. TIP: You can move backwards in the menus by pressing the BACK/ALT button. Press and long press The SELECT, BACK/ALT and ENTER buttons will perform different functions depending on how long you press them. A long press means that the button is pressed for more than 2 seconds. This manual says when a long press is required. Key lock You can use the key lock while in the Time mode. To activate or switch off: 1. Press ENTER. 2. Press SELECT within 2 seconds. When the key lock is on, the symbol is displayed. 5 1.2. First steps with Suunto G6 Taking the Suunto G6 into use the first time is simple: all you need to do is set the current date and time. 1. While the Suunto G6 is displaying time, press the ENTER button to open the menu. 2. Use the UP or DOWN button to select the Time item from the menu. 3. Press ENTER to select the highlighted item. 4. Again, select Time and press ENTER. 5. Adjust the full hours by pressing the UP/DOWN buttons. 6. Press ENTER to accept and move forward. 7. After setting the time, long press ENTER. 8. Your Suunto G6 is now ready for use. This is a good time to spend a few minutes entering the player and course details and changing the general settings to fit your preferences. Refer to the subsequent chapters on this Instruction Manual for instructions. 1.3. Wearing Suunto G6 The Suunto G6 measures your swing performance during a swing. To make the measurement as accurate as possible, please consider the following: 6 · · · · if you are a right-hand player, wear Suunto G6 on your left hand if you are a left-hand player, wear Suunto G6 on your right hand adjust the strap so that it is comfortably firm: not too tight and not too loose make sure that the display is facing up 7 2. IMPROVING YOUR SWING (PRACTICE MODE) You can use Suunto G6 to improve your swing performance, for example, when you are learning a new swing technique or developing your old one. Suunto G6 analyzes your swing consistency and gives you information that helps you focus on improving certain aspects of your swing. Swing information Suunto G6 provides the following swing information: TEMPO (T): indicates the duration (in seconds) of the swing, measured from club take-off to ball contact. RHYTHM (R): indicates the duration of the downswing compared to tempo. For example, if rhythm is 20%, the downswing takes one fifth of the tempo. You can also view rhythm as seconds (s/ s) instead of percentages. LENGTH (L): indicates (in degrees) your backswing length. SPEED (S): indicates the calculated club head speed (either as kilometres or miles per hour). The speed is scaled according to the selected club. If no club is selected, the speed is calculated as if the selected club is a Driver. 8 TIP: You can switch between the normal view and rhythm view by pressing BACK/ALT while swing information is displayed. In the rhythm view, the exact duration of both the backswing and downswing is displayed. 2.1. Starting practice 1. Start a new session in Practice mode. 2. If you want to later view swing statistics for a certain club, select the club by pressing UP/DOWN. By default, no club is selected. You can also change the club during practice. The information can be viewed on the Suunto G6 display or with the Suunto Golf Manager PC software. 3. Start practicing. The swing information is displayed automatically after each swing. TIP: Press SELECT and choose Good or Bad to mark a particularily good shot or a failed shot if, for example, you were distracted during a shot. The shots marked Bad are not included in the practice summary. The shots can be analysed further with the Suunto Golf Manager PC software. Select Erase to remove the Good/Bad marking from a shot. TIP: Pressing ENTER during practice displays the time, the number of swings so far and the total elapsed practice time. 2.2. Ending a practice session You can end a practice session any time you want to. 1. Press SELECT and choose Quit. 2. Wait until the practice summary information is analyzed. 9 Practice summary You can browse the practice summary forward by pressing UP and backward by pressing DOWN. The following information is included: · Session details: details of the practice session, including the duration and number of strokes. · Variation: shows how much variation there is for a certain parameter. A lower percentage means that your swing technique is consistent in that area. · Average: shows the total averages of every parameter. · Deviation for tempo, rhythm, back swing and length: shows the average, maximum and minimum values and the highest and lowest deviation from your average performance. · Swing information for individual swings. Based on the summary information, you can see which areas of your swing needs improvement. For example, if the variation percentage for tempo is significantly higher than for the other parameters, that is the area where you should focus your efforts. TIP: You can change the GOOD/BAD marking for an individual shot at this point. The swing information is re-analyzed immediately after the change. The practice session information is stored in the Suunto G6. You can later view the practice information from the Stats menu in the Memory mode. You can also erase practice sessions from the Suunto G6 memory. 10 3. USING SUUNTO G6 DURING A GAME (GAME MODE) You can use Suunto G6 to keep score for you and your opponent during a game of golf and check the leader during all stages of the game. You can also save statistical data, such as fairway hits or penalties, later viewable as part of your playing history. There are four different game types: Scratch, Stroke, Stableford and Match. Before you start the game, you must select the game type and course. Selecting the course is necessary so that your score can be adjusted according to your handicap. For a Scratch game, a course does not have to be selected. 3.1. Playing the game Starting the game 1. In the Game mode, press the BACK/ALT button to select the game type you want to play. 2. Press the SELECT button to select the course you want to play. 3. Press ENTER to start a new game. 4. Define the number of players with the UP/DOWN buttons. 5. Enter the course handicap (Course HCP) for all players and accept the values by 11 pressing ENTER. Your default value is your own Course HCP, based on your handicap index. For a Scratch game, the handicap is not needed. 6. Select the starting hole. During your round During your turn, simply do the following: 1. Save game statistics when needed. 2. Enter your total putts and shots for the hole (see also Playing different game types). 3. Define your opponent's score. Press ENTER to continue to the next hole. You can move back in the selections by pressing the BACK/ALT button. Saving game statistics You can save game statistics and penalties during the game. 1. Press SELECT during score input. 2. Select the feature you want to save and press ENTER · Fairway · Up/Down · Sandsave · Bunker 12 · Penalty For penalties, you have the following options: · Water · Out · Drop · Rule violation NOTE: Suunto G6 does not automatically save penalties to the final score. You have to add the extra shots in the total score manually. You can view the penalties with the Suunto Golf Manager PC software. Erasing statistics If you want to erase statistics, press SELECT and choose Erase. Suunto G6 lists all stored information for that hole - select the item you want to erase and press ENTER. Quitting the game or a hole You can quit the game any time you want. Simply press the SELECT button and choose Quit game. You can quit an individual hole by selecting -- for the total score. Press ENTER to confirm quitting the hole. Viewing swing information during a game You can view swing information (tempo, rhythm, backswing length and speed) during a game. Suunto G6 calculates swing information assuming that the driver is used for the swings. NOTE: You must make this selection before starting the game in the Memory / Swing log menu. Note also that Suunto G6 only measures actual swings, putts are not measured. 13 1. Select Swing log from Memory mode. 2. Select how you want to display the swing information: · ALL: displayed for all shots · OPENINGS: displayed only for opening shots · MANUAL: swing information is displayed for an invidual swing with a long press of the BACK/ALT button before the swing. A ...