SUUNTO 5 USER GUIDE 2019-12-02
Suunto 5 1. Intended use...................................................................................................................................................4 2. SAFETY........................................................................................................................................................... 5 3. Getting started.............................................................................................................................................. 6 3.1.
Suunto 5 4.25.1. Calibrating bike POD........................................................................................................31 4.25.2. Calibrating foot POD....................................................................................................... 31 4.25.3. Calibrating power POD...................................................................................................31 4.26. Points of interest.............................................................................
Suunto 5 1. Intended use Suunto 5 is a sports watch that tracks your movement and other metrics, such as heart rate and calories. Suunto 5 is only for recreational use and not meant for medical purposes of any kind. Do not use Suunto 5 outside the operating temperature intervals as it might damage the product. Do not use the product above the operating temperature as it might cause skin burns.
Suunto 5 2. SAFETY Types of safety precautions WARNING: - is used in connection with a procedure or situation that may result in serious injury or death. CAUTION: - is used in connection with a procedure or situation that will result in damage to the product. NOTE: - is used to emphasize important information. TIP: - is used for extra tips on how to utilize the features and functions of the device.
Suunto 5 3. Getting started Starting your Suunto 5 for the first time is quick and simple. 1. Wake up your watch by connecting it to a computer with the USB cable from the box. 2. Press the middle button to begin the setup wizard. 3. Select your language by pressing the right top or right bottom button and confirm with the middle button. 4. Follow the wizard to complete initial settings.
Suunto 5 3.2. SuuntoLink Download and install SuuntoLink on your PC or Mac to update your watch software. We strongly recommend updating your watch when a new software release is available. If an update is available, you are notified via SuuntoLink as well as the Suunto app. Visit www.suunto.com/SuuntoLink for further information. To update your watch software: 1. Plug your watch into the computer with the supplied USB cable. 2. Start SuuntoLink if it is not already running. 3.
Suunto 5 4. Lower left button • press to change displays 5. Lower right button • • press to mark a lap keep pressed to lock and unlock buttons 3.4. Optical heart rate Optical heart rate measurement from the wrist is an easy and convenient way to track your heart rate. Best results for heart rate measurement may be affected by the following factors: • • • • • • • The watch must be worn directly against your skin.
Suunto 5 Back, go back in menu Button lock Cadence Calibrate (Compass) Calories Current location (navigation) Charging Descent Distance Duration EPOC Estimated VO2 Exercise Failure Flat time GPS acquired Heading (Navigation) Heart rate HR sensor signal acquired Incoming call Logbook Low battery Message/notification Missed call 9
Suunto 5 Navigation Pace POD-signal acquired Power POD-signal acquired Peak training Effect Recovery time Steps Stopwatch Stroke rate (swimming) Success SWOLF Syncing Settings Training 3.6. Adjusting settings To adjust a setting: 1. Press the upper right button until you see the settings icon, then press the middle button to enter the settings menu. 2. Scroll through the settings menu by pressing the upper right or lower right buttons. 3.
Suunto 5 4. For settings with a value range, change the value by pressing the upper right or lower right button. 5. For settings with just on or off, change the value by pressing the middle button. TIP: You can also access general settings from the shortcuts menu by keeping the middle button pressed.
Suunto 5 4. Features 4.1. Activity monitoring Your watch keeps track of your overall activity level throughout the day. This is an important factor whether you just aim to be fit and healthy or you are training for an upcoming competition. It is good to be active, but when training hard, you need to have proper rest days with low activity. The activity counter automatically resets at midnight every day. At the end of the week, the watch provides a summary of your activity.
Suunto 5 When setting your steps goal, you define the total number of steps for the day. The total calories you burn per day is based on two factors: your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and your physical activity. Your BMR is the amount of calories your body burns while at rest. These are the calories your body needs to stay warm and perform basic function like blink your eyes or beat your heart. This number is based on your personal profile, including factors such as age and gender.
Suunto 5 Before you can see the daily HR display, you need to activate the daily HR feature. You can toggle the feature on or off from the settings under Activity. If you are in the daily HR display, you can also access the activity settings by keeping the middle button pressed. With the daily HR feature on, your watch activates the optical heart rate sensor on a regular basis to check your heart rate. This slightly increases battery power consumption.
Suunto 5 However, even with the best accuracy, GPS altitude should not be considered an absolute position. It is an estimation of your real elevation, and the accuracy of this estimation is heavily dependent on the surrounding conditions. 4.4. Adaptive training guidance Your Suunto 5 automatically generates a 7-day training plan to help you maintain, improve, or boost your aerobic fitness. The weekly training loads and workout intensities are different in the three training programs.
Suunto 5 3. Press the lower right button to see additional information; training day, duration and intensity level (based on the heart rate zones, see Intensity zones-SF3. 4. Press the lower left button to exit the planned exercise views and return to the time display. NOTE: Today's planned activity is also visible when pressing the middle button in the watch face view. NOTE: Adaptive training guidance has the goals of maintaining, improving, or boosting your fitness.
Suunto 5 If you want real-time guidance, start the recommended excercise as you would a normal recording, see Recording an exercise. NOTE: Today's planned activity is also visible when pressing the middle button in the watch face view. When exercising according to a planned exercise, you will see a green progress bar and percentage of your progress. The goal is estimated based on planned intensity and duration.
Suunto 5 However, if you do not want your watch to be visible for Bluetooth scanners, you can activate or deactivate the discovery setting from the settings under Connectivity » Discovery. The Bluetooth can also be completely turned off by activating airplane mode, see 4.2. Airplane mode 4.8. Battery power management Your Suunto 5 has a battery power management system uses intelligent battery technology to help ensure you watch does not run out of power when you need it most.
Suunto 5 Your watch will alert you once when the battery is at 20% and again at 10%. 4.9. Button lock and screen dimming While recording an exercise you can lock the buttons by keeping the lower right button pressed. Once locked, you cannot change the display views, but you can turn on the backlight with any button press if the backlight is in automatic mode. To unlock, keep the lower right button pressed again. When you are not recording an exercise, the screen dims after a short period of inactivity.
Suunto 5 1. From the watch face, press the upper right button to scroll to Exercise and press the middle button. 2. Go to any sport mode and press the lower right button to open the sport mode options. 3. Scroll down to Theme and press the middle button. 4. Switch between Light and Dark by pressing the upper right and lower right buttons, and accept with the middle button. 5. Scroll back up to exit the sport mode options and start (or exit) the sport mode. 4.13.
Suunto 5 1. While you are recording an activity, press the middle button until you have reached the navigation display. 2. Press the lower right button to open the shortcut menu. 3. Scroll to Find back and press the middle button to select. 4. Press the lower left button to exit and return to the navigation display. The navigation guidance is shown as the last display on the selected sport mode. 4.16.
Suunto 5 4.17. FusedSpeed FusedSpeedTM is a unique combination of GPS and wrist acceleration sensor readings for measuring your running speed more accurately. The GPS signal is adaptively filtered based on wrist acceleration, giving more accurate readings at steady running speeds and a quicker responses to changes in speed. FusedSpeed benefits you the most when you need highly reactive speed readings during training, for example, when running on uneven terrain or during interval training.
Suunto 5 The GPS accuracy options are: • • Best: ~ 1 sec fix rate Good: ~ 60 sec fix rate You can change GPS accuracy from the sport options in your watch or in Suunto app. Whenever you navigate a route or a POI, the GPS accuracy is automatically set to Best. NOTE: The first time you exercise or navigate with GPS, wait for the watch to acquire a GPS fix before starting. This may take 30 seconds or more depending on conditions. 4.19.
Suunto 5 When your heart rate during a workout reaches zone 5, the training will feel extremely hard. Lactic acid will build up in your system much faster than it can be removed, and you will be forced to stop after a few minutes at most. Athletes include these maximum-intensity workouts in their training program in a very controlled manner, fitness enthusiasts do not require them at all. 4.19.1. Heart rate zones Heart rate zones are defined as percentage ranges based on your maximum heart rate (max HR).
Suunto 5 1. Choose the activity (running or cycling) that you want to edit (by pressing upper right or lower right buttons) and press the middle button when the activity is highlighted. 2. Press the middle button to toggle the HR zones on. 3. Scroll up/down by pressing the upper right or lower right buttons and press the middle button when the HR zone you want to change is highlighted. 4. Select your new HR zone by pressing the upper right or lower right buttons. 5.
Suunto 5 1. Select Running by pressing the middle button. 2. Press the lower right button and select pace zones. 3. Press the upper right or lower right buttons to scroll and press the middle button when the pace zone you want to change is highlighted. 4. Select your new pace zone by pressing the upper or lower buttons. 5. Press the middle button to select the new pace zone value. 6. Press and hold the middle button to exit the pace zones view. 4.19.2.1.
Suunto 5 Set activity specific power zones Set your activity specific power zones from the settings under Training » Intensity zones » Advanced zones. 1. Select the activity (Running or Cycling) that you want to edit or press the middle button when the activity is highlighted. 2. Press the lower right button and select power zones. 3. Press the upper right or lower right buttons and select the power zone you want to edit. 4. Select your new power zone by pressing the upper or lower buttons. 5.
Suunto 5 • • • • Intervals: on/off toggle that enables interval training. When you toggle this on, an interval training display is added to your sport mode. Repetitions: the number of interval + recovery sets you want to do. Interval: the length of your high intensity interval, based on distance or duration. Recovery: the length of your rest period between intervals, based on distance or duration.
Suunto 5 4.22. Logbook You can access the logbook from the launcher. Scroll through the log by pressing the upper right or lower right buttons. Press the middle button to open and view the entry of your choice. To exit the log, press the lower left button. 4.23. Moon phases In addition to sunrise and sunset times, your watch can track moon phases. The moon phase is based on date you have set in your watch. The moon phase is available as a view in the outdoor style watch face.
Suunto 5 If the message doesn't fit on the screen, press the lower right button to scroll through the full text. Notification history If you have unread notifications or missed calls on your mobile device, you can view them on your watch. From the watch face, press the middle button and then press the lower button to scroll through the notification history. 4.25.
Suunto 5 Once the POD or sensor is paired, your watch searches for it as soon as you select a sport mode that uses that sensor type. You can see the full list of paired devices in your watch from the settings under Connectivity » Paired devices. From this list, you can remove (unpair) the device if needed. Select the device you want to remove, and tap Forget. 4.25.1. Calibrating bike POD For bike PODs, you need to set the wheel circumference in your watch.
Suunto 5 • • • • • • POI name POI type Date and time created Latitude Longitude Elevation You can store up to 250 POIs in your watch. 4.26.1. Navigating to a POI You can navigate to any POI that is in your watch POI list. NOTE: When navigating to a POI, your watch uses full power GPS. To navigate to a POI: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Press the upper right button to open the launcher. Scroll to Navigation and press the middle button. Scroll to POIs and press the middle button to open your list of POIs.
Suunto 5 While navigating, press the lower right button to open a list of shortcuts. The shortcuts give you quick access to POI details and actions such as saving your current location or selecting another POI to navigate to, as well as ending navigation. 4.26.2.
Suunto 5 Peak Prints (animal tracks, for hunting) Road Rock Rub (animal marking, for hunting) Scrape (animal marking, for hunting) Shot (for hunting) Sight Small game (animal, for hunting) Stand (for hunting) Trail Trail cam (for hunting) Waterfall 4.26.3. Adding and deleting POIs You can add a POI by saving your current location in the watch. If you are outside with your watch and come across a spot you want to save as a POI, you can add the location directly in your watch.
Suunto 5 2. 3. 4. 5. Go to Navigation and press the middle button. Press the lower button to scroll down to POIs and press the middle button. Scroll to the POI you want to remove from the watch and press the middle button. Scroll to the end of the details and select Delete. When you delete a POI from your watch, the POI is not permanently deleted. To permanently delete a POI, you need to delete the POI in your online account. 4.27.
Suunto 5 2. Press the upper right button to open the launcher. 3. Scroll up to the exercise icon and select with the middle button. 4. Press upper right or lower right button to scroll through the sport modes and press the middle button to select the one you want to use. 5. Above the start indicator, a set of icons appear, depending on what you are using with the sport mode (such as heart rate and connected GPS).
Suunto 5 4.28.1. Using targets when exercising It is possible to set different targets with your Suunto 5 when exercising. If the sport mode you selected has targets as an option, you can adjust them before starting the recording by pressing the lower right button. To exercise with general target: 1. Before you start an exercise recording, press the lower right button to open the sport mode options. 2. Select Targets and press the middle button. 3. Select Duration or Distance. 4. Select your target. 5.
Suunto 5 2. Select a sport mode that uses GPS and press the lower button to open the options. Alternatively, start your recording first, and then keep the middle button pressed to open the sport mode options. 3. Scroll to Navigation and press the middle button. 4. Press the upper and lower buttons to select a navigation option and press the middle button. 5. Select the route or POI you want to navigate and press the middle button. Then press the upper button to start navigating.
Suunto 5 3. Scroll to Routes and press the middle button to open your list of routes. 4. Scroll to the route you want to navigate to and press the middle button. 5. Press the upper right button to start navigating. 6. Press the upper right button again at any time to stop navigating. In the detailed view, zoom in and out by keeping the middle button pressed. Adjust the zoom level with the upper right and lower right buttons.
Suunto 5 4.30.1. Altitude navigation If you are navigating a route that has altitude information, you can also navigate based on ascent and descent using the altitude profile display. While in the main navigation display (where you see your route), press the middle button to switch to the altitude profile display.
Suunto 5 Sleep trends When you wake up, you are greeted with a summary of your sleep. The summary includes, for example, the total duration of your sleep, as well as the estimated time you were awake (moving around) and the time you were in deep sleep (no movement). In addition to the sleep summary, you can follow your overall sleep trend with the sleep insight. From the watch face, press the lower right button until you see the SLEEP display.
Suunto 5 4.32. Sport modes Your watch comes with a wide range of pre-defined sport modes. The modes are designed for specific activities and purposes, from a casual walk outside to cross country skiing. When you record an exercise (see Recording an exercise), you can scroll up and down to see the short list of sport modes. Select the Other icon at the end of the short list to view the complete list of sport modes. Each sport mode has a unique set of displays and views. 4.33.
Suunto 5 The green bars indicate periods where you have been recovering. The percentage value is an estimate of your current resource level. 4.35. Sunrise and sunset alarms The sunrise/sunset alarms in your Suunto 5 are adaptive alarms based on your location. Instead of setting a fixed time, you set the alarm for how much in advance you want to be alerted before the actual sunrise or sunset.
Suunto 5 To use SuuntoPlus™ features: 1. Before you start an exercise recording, press the lower button to open the sport mode options. 2. Scroll to SuuntoPlus™ and press the middle button. 3. Scroll to the feature you want and press the middle button. 4. Scroll up to the start view and start your exercise as normal. 5. Press the middle button until you reach the SuuntoPlus™ feature, which is shown as an own display. 6.
Suunto 5 Once you have paired with Suunto app, your watch gets updated time, date, time zone and daylight-saving time from mobile devices. Under General » Time/date, tap Auto time update to toggle the feature on and off. 4.38.1. Alarm clock Your watch has an alarm clock that can sound once or repeat on specific days. Activate the alarm from the settings under Alarms » Alarm clock. To set an alarm: 1. First select how often you want the alarm to sound.
Suunto 5 Stopwatch Start the stopwatch by pressing the middle button. Stop the stopwatch by pressing the middle button. You can resume by pressing the middle button again. Reset by pressing the lower button. Exit the timer by keeping the middle button pressed. Countdown timer In the timer display, press the lower button to open the shortcuts menu. From there you can select a pre-defined countdown time or create custom countdown time. Stop and reset as needed with the middle and lower right buttons.
Suunto 5 Press the middle button twice to see a graph with all your activities for the last 3 weeks and the average duration. Press the upper left button to toggle between the different activities you have done for the last 3 weeks. From the totals view you can press the upper left button to toggle between your top three sports. Press the lower right button to see the summary for the current week. The summary includes total time, distance and calories for the sport chosen in the totals view.
Suunto 5 5. Care and support 5.1. Handling guidelines Handle the unit with care – do not knock or drop it. Under normal circumstances, the watch does not require servicing. On a regular basis, rinse it with fresh water, mild soap, and carefully clean the housing with a moist, soft cloth or chamois. Use only original Suunto accessories - damage caused by non-original accessories is not covered by warranty. 5.2.
Suunto 5 6. Reference 6.1.
Suunto 5 6.2.1. CE Hereby, Suunto Oy, declares that the radio equipment type OW186 is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU. The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: www.suunto.com/EUconformity. 6.3. Trademark Suunto 5, its logos, and other Suunto brand trademarks and made names are registered or unregistered trademarks of Suunto Oy. All rights are reserved. 6.4.
Suunto 5 Exclusions and Limitations This International Limited Warranty does not cover: 1. a. normal wear and tear such as scratches, abrasions, or alteration of the color and/or material of non-metallic straps, b) defects caused by rough handling, or c) defects or damage resulting from use contrary to intended or recommended use, improper care, negligence, and accidents such as dropping or crushing; 2. printed materials and packaging; 3.
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