Freestyle Nomad User manual

S4 S1
S3 S2
FEATURES:
• 30metersH2O
• Day/date/calendar
• Compasswithdegreesanddirection
• Barometerwithpressuretrend
• Altimeterwithcumulativeascentand
 descent
• 99lapmemorychronograph
• Countdowntimer
•5Alarms
•ELbacklight
CONTROL BUTTONS
S1–Start/splitButton
S2–Stop/resetButton
S3–ModeButton
S4–Light/adjustButton
ENGLISH
NOMAD

DISPLAY MODES
Thewatchhaseightdisplaymodes:TIME,COMPASS
(COMP),ALTIMETER(ALTI),BAROMETER(BARO),CHRO-
NOGRAPH(CHRO),TIMER,ALARMandTEMPERATURE(TE
OPENING SCREEN FOR EACH MODE
Tochangefromonedisplaymodetoanother,pressS3
buttononce.Themodedescriptionwillappearforaround2
secondsbeforetheselectedmodeisactivated.
TO USE THE BACKLIGHT
PressS4buttontoturnonthebacklightfor3-5seconds.
OTHERS
Inanysetting/viewingmode,ifthereisnokeymanipulation
foraround1-2minutes,thewatchwillautomaticallysave
theentereddataandexitthesetting/viewingmode.
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TO SET THE TIME AND CALENDAR

Sea level
pressure trend
Time
Day
Month
Date & Year
1.PressS3buttontoselectTIMEmode.
2.PressS4buttonforaround3seconds.Themessage
 “Set-Time”willbedisplayed.
3.PressS3buttononce,thehourdigitswillblink.
4.PressS1/S2buttontosetthehourdigits.Holdingdown
 thebuttonwillspeeduptheprocess.
5.PressS3buttononce,theminutedigitswillblink.
6.PressS1/S2buttontosettheminutedigits.
7.Followthesamepatterntosetthesecond,year,month,
 dateandhourformat.
8.Tosettheseconddigits,pressS1/S2buttontoresetthe
 seconddigitsto00.
9.Tosetthehourformat,pressS1/S2buttontotoggle
 between12-hourand24-hourformat.TheP.M.
 indicatormaybedisplayedtoindicatethetimeperiod
 12:00A.M.–11:59P.M.in12-hourformat.
10.Afternishmakingallthesettings,pressS4buttonto
 conrm.
TO SET NIGHT, CHIME AND BEEP
1.InTIMEmode,pressS4buttonforaround3seconds.
 Themessage“Set-Time”willbedisplayed.
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2.PressS1/S2buttontoselectoptionmode.Themessage
 “OPTION”willbedisplayed.
3.PressS3buttoncontinuouslytoselectamongNIGHT,
 CHIMEorBEEPmode.
4.PressS1/S2buttontoactivateordeactivateeachmode.
5.Afternishmakingallthesettings,pressS4buttonto
 conrm.
NOTE:WhenNIGHTmodeisactivated,theNIGHTmode
icon willappear.Thebacklightwillturnonfor3-5sec-
ondswhenanybuttonispressed.NIGHTmodewillturnoff
automaticallyafter8hours.
TO SHOW DUALTIME (T1 OR T2)
1.InTIMEmode,pressandholdS2buttontoviewT1orT2
 timezone.
2.PressandholdS2buttonforaround4secondstoswich
 todisplayT1orT2timezone.
3.FollowthesamepatterntotogglebetweendisplayingT1
 andT2timezones.
TO SHOW CALENDAR OR TEMPERATURE
1.InTIMEmode,pressandholdS1buttontoviewcalendar
 ortemperature.
2.PressandholdS1buttonfor4secondstoswitchto
 displaycalendarortemperature.
3.Followthesamepatterntotogglebetweentemperature
 andcalendardisplays.
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TO USE THE COMPASS
ThismovingdotrepresentsthedirectionofNorth(N).

Direction
Degree (0º to 360º)
Time
1.PressS3buttontoselectCOMPASSmode.Thedirection,
 degreeandtimewillbedisplayed.
NOTE:InCOMPASSmode,ifthereisnokeymanipulation
foraround30seconds,thecompasssensorwillbedeacti-
vatedforpowersaving.PressS1/S2/S4buttontore-activate
thecompasssensor.Ifthecompasssensorisdeactivated
foraround10minutes,thewatchwillautomaticallyreturn
toTIMEmode.
NOTE:Ifthecompassdoesnotseemtoworkwell,for
example:whenitdisplaysthewrongcompassdirectionor
itdisplays“DISTORT”onthescreen,thenyouhavetocali-
bratethecompass.Youshouldalsocalibrateitafterreplac-
ingthebattery.Ifyourwatchhasbeenexposedtostrong
electromagneticelds,suchaselectriclines,magnetsor
loudspeakers,thenyouhavetocalibrateitagain.
Calibratethecompassbeforeusingitforthersttimeand
beforealongtrip.
Becauseofthedifferencebetweentruenorthandmagnetic
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north,youhavetocompensateitbyadjustingthecompass
declination.Thedeclinationangleforyourlocalareamay
befoundbelow:
City  Declination
   Angle
  
Anchorage 22E
Atlanta 4W
Bombay 1W
Boston 16W
Calgary 18E
Chicago 3W
Denver 10E
Jerusalem 3E
London 4W
LittleRock 3E
Livingston,MT 14E
Munich 1E
NewYorkCity 14W
Orlando 5W
Oslo 2W
Paris 2W
RioDeJaneiro 21W
SanFrancisco 15E
Seattle 19E
Shanghai 5W
Toronto 11W
Vancouver 20E
WashingtonDC 10W
Waterbury,CT 14W
TO SET THE DECLINATION ANGLE
1.InCOMPASSmode,pressandholdS4buttonforaround
 3seconds.Themessage“CALIB”willbedisplayed.
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2.PressS1/S2buttontoselectdeclinationanglesetting
 mode.Themessage“DECLIN”willbedisplayed.
3.PressS3button,Ewillblink.
4.PressS1/S2buttontotogglebetweenE(East)&W(West).
5.PressS3button.Thedeclinationanglewillblink.
6.PressS1/S2tosetthedegreefrom0˚to90˚.
7.Afternishmakingallthesettings,pressS4buttonto
 returntoCOMPASSmode.
TO CALIBRATE THE COMPASS
1.InCOMPASSmode,pressandholdS4foraround3
 seconds.Themessage“CALIB”willbedisplayed.
2.PressS3buttontostartthecalibration.
3.Whenthemessage“2-TURN”isdisplayed,aseriesof
 movingdotswillbedisplayedattherimofthedisplay
 andincreaseinclockwisedirection.Rotatethewatch
 horizontallyincounter-clockwisedirectioninorderto
 freezethelastmovingblinkingdottostayat12-hour
 position.
4.Whenthewatchisrotatedcompletelyfor360degrees,
 themessage“1-TURN”willbedisplayed.Rotatethe
 watchagainincounter-clockwisedirection.
5.Tointerruptandstopthecalibration, 
 pressS4button.Themessage“DISTORT”willbedis
 playedandthewatchwillreturntoCOMPASS 
 modeafter3seconds.
6.Whenthecalibrationisdone,themessage“DONE”will
 bedisplayedandthewatchwillreturntoCOMPASS
 modeafter2seconds.
TO TAKE A NEW “MARK ANGLE”
InCOMPASSmode,Youmustmoveyourwatchhorizontally
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untilthechosendegreeisdisplayed,thenpressS1button
totakea“markangle”.Anewmarkwillblinktoindicate
themarkeddirectionandanew“markangle”(indegree)
willbedisplayed.
1.PressS1buttontotakeanother“markangle”.
2.PressS2buttontoreturntoCOMPASSmode.
NOTE:Markanglehelpsyoutofollowacertaindirectionor
degree.Themarkanglealwaysremembersthelastdirec-
tionordegreeselected.Thedefaultmarkangleis0°.
TO SHOW THE LAST “MARK ANGLE” OR TIME
1.InCOMPASSmode,pressS2buttontodisplaytodisplay
 thepreviousmarkangle”.Amarkwillblinktoindicate
 thepreviouslymarkeddirectionandtheprevious“mark
 angle”(indegree)willbedisplayed.
2.PressS2buttonagaintoreturntoCOMPASSmode.
TO USE THE ALTIMETER

Altitude (bar chart)
Time
Altitude
(current value
=197Ft)
1.PressS3buttontoselectALTIMETERmode.
2.Thelatestaltitudewillbedisplayedinnumericand
 graphicformats.
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NOTE:Altitudeismeasuredbyusinganairpressure
sensor.Airpressurechangesconstantlyduetovarying
weatherconditions.Therefore,measuredaltitudesinthe
samepositionmayvary.Pressurevariationsduetoweather
conditions,orindoorair-conditioning,mayaffectaltitude
readings.Calibratethealtimeteratregularintervalsto
makesureitremainsaccurate.
NOTE:Thepressuresensorrangeis:(-1600Ft)to(29,500Ft)
or(-500M)to(9,000M).
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USEFULDEFINITIONS:
ASCENT:
ThecumulativeascentsincetheAltitudeDatawascleared.
DESCENT:
ThecumulativedescentsincetheAltitudeDatawascleared.
DIFFER:
Itdisplaysthedifferenceinaltitudesincethelastresetof
thefunction.
RATE:
Itdisplaystheascent/descentrateintheselectedunit,it
willupdatethevalue1timeperminute.
LOGDATE:
ItdisplaysthetimeanddateatlasttimeAltitudeDatawas
cleared.
HIGHEST:
Thehighestaltitude,timeanddatesincetheAltitudeData
wascleared.
LOWEST
Thelowestaltitude,timeanddatesincetheAltitudeData
wascleared.
TO SET UP THE ALTIMETER
1.InALTIMETERmode,pressandholdS4buttonforaround
 1second.Themessage“SET-ALTI”willbedisplayed.
2.PressS1/S2buttontoselectamongaltitudesetting
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 mode(SET-ALTI),sealevelpressuresettingmode(SEA-
 Lv)orunitssettingmode(UNITS).
3.PressS3buttononcetoenterintoeachsettingmode.
 PressS3buttonagaintoreturntothemodeselection
 screen.
4.Inaltitudesettingmode,pressS1/S2buttontosetthe
 altitudedigits.
5.Insealevelpressuresettingmode,pressS1/S2buttonto
 setthesealevelpressuredigits.
6.Inunitssettingmode,pressS1/S2buttontotoggle
 betweenM(meter)andFt(feet).
7.Afternishmakingallthesettings,pressS4buttonto
 returntoALTIMETERmode.
NOTE:SET-ALTImeansthatyousetanaltitudereading
thatisequaltocurrentlocationaltitude.Setthereference
altitudeinaplacewhereyouknowthealtitude,forexample:
withthehelpofatopographicalmap.SEA-Lvmeansthat
youhavetokeyinasealevelpressure.Thesealevelpres-
sureofyourlocationcanbefoundthroughinformationfrom
aweatherstation.Ifyoudon’tknowyourcurrentlocation
altitudeorthecorrectsealevelpressure,youcanjustset
thesealevelpressureto1013mbar/29.913inHg.
Thewatchhasafactorysettingthatcorrespondstothe
standardairpressure(1013mbar/29.913inHg)atsealevel.
NOTE:Onthenextdaywhenyoure-startyouractivity,
pleasecalibratethereferencealtitudeagaininorderforthe
altimetertofunctionproperly.
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TO SHOW THE LOG DATE AND TIME
1.InALTIMETERmode,pressS2buttontodisplaylogdate
 andtime.
2.PressS3buttonorleavethewatchidlefor5secondsto
 returntoALTIMETERmode.
TO CLEAR THE DATA
1.InALTIMETERmode,pressandholdS2buttonforaround
 3secondstoclearallstatisticdataandgraphicdata.
NOTE:Inthebarchart,afterclearingthedata,therstnew
datawillbeupdatedafter2secondsandanotherwillbe
takenin30minutes.
TO VIEW ALTITUDE AND OTHER INFORMATION
1.InALTIMETERmode,pressS1buttontotogglebetween
 theaccumulativeascent(ASCENT),accumulative
 descent(DESCENT),differenceinaltitude(DIFFER),rate
 (RATE)ortime(TIME).
2.Whiletoggling,eachmodeinALTIMETERisdisplayedfor
 around2seconds,followedbyadisplayofthe
 datainabarchart.
NOTE:Toresetthedifferenceinaltitudetozero,pressand
holdS1buttonforaround3secondswhenthedifferencein
altitudedataisdisplayed.
TO VIEW DATA IN DETAIL
1.InALTIMETERmode,pressS4buttononce.Themes
 sage“VIEWDATA”willbedisplayed.
2.After3secondsorbypressingS1/S2button,themes
 sage“Highest”willbedisplayed.
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3.PressS1buttontoselectdisplayingthedataofhighest
 altitude(Highest),lowestaltitude(Lowest),accumulative
 ascent(ASCENT),accumulativedescent(DESCENT),
 differenceinaltitude(DIFFER)ortheindividualstatistic
 andgraphicdatarecorded.PressS2buttontocyclethe
 selectionbackward.
4.Whendisplayinghighestaltitude,lowestaltitudeandthe
 individualstatisticandgraphicdatarecorded,thecor-
 respondinglogtimeanddatewillbeswappinginevery2
 seconds.
5.PressS3/S4buttonorleavethewatchidlefor1minuteto
 returntoALTIMETERmode.
TO USE THE BAROMETER
Sea level
pressure (trend)
Absolute
air pressure
(current value)
Time
NOTE:Usethebarometertomeasuretomeasuresealevel
pressure(shownbytrend)andabsoluteairpressure(shown
bycurrentvalue).Sealevelpressurerepresentstheunit’s
estimateofabsolutepressurecorrectedtosealevel(as
reportedfromaweatherstation,airportorinternetweather
page).Absoluteairpressureistrueatmosphericpressure
atcurrentaltitudeandconditions.
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Sealevelpressure(trend):
Agraphicalpresentationofsealevelpressuredevelopment
duringthelast23hoursin1-hourintervals.Theashing
pointontherightofthedisplayisthepointofthenewest
measurement.Theverticalaxisrepresentssealevelpres-
surevalueandonesteponthehorizontalaxisrepresents
1hour.Bymonitoringthesechangesyoucanpredictthe
weatherwithreasonableaccuracy.
SEA-Lv:
Sea-Lvmeansthatyouhavetokeyinasealevelpressure.
Thesealevelpressureofyourlocationcanbefoundthrough
informationfromweatherstation.
Ifyoudon’tknowthecorrectsealevelpressure,youcan
justsetthesealevelpressure(1013mbar/29.913inHg)at
sealevel.
dP/dt:
Itdisplaystheascent/descentrateofthesealevelair
pressureintheselectedunitorsealevelpressurechange
perhour,itwillupdatethevalue1timeperhour.
LOGDATE:
ItdisplaysthetimeanddateatlasttimeBarometerData
wascleared.
MAX:
Itdisplaysthemaximumabsoluteairpressureduringthe
periodmeasured,timeanddate.
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MIN:
Itdisplaystheminimumabsoluteairpressureduringthe
periodmeasured,timeanddate.
NOTE:Thebarometermeasureschangesinairpressure,
whichyoucanthenapplytoyourownweatherpredictions,it
isnotintendedforuseasaprecisioninstrumentinofcial
weatherpredictionorreportingapplication.Ifyouremain
atthesamealtitude,changesinairpressurehelpyouto
predictchangesinweatherconditions.
Suddentemperaturechangescanaffectbarometersensor
readings.
1.PressS3buttontoselectBAROMETERmode.
2.Thelatestsealevelpressurewillbedisplayedinnumeric
 andgraphicformats.
TO SET UP THE BAROMETER
1.InBAROMETERmode,pressandholdS4button.The
 message“Sea-Lv”willbedisplayed.
2.PressS1/S2buttontoselectamongsealevelpressure
 settingmode(Sea-Lv)orunitssettingmode 
 (UNITS).
3.PressS3buttononcetoenterintoeachsettingmode.
 PressS3buttonagaintoreturntothemode 
 selectionscreen.
4.Insealevelpressuresettingmode,pressS1/S2buttonto
 setthesealevelpressuredigits.
5.Inunitssettingmode,pressS1/S2buttontotoggle
 betweenblinkingmbar(millibar)andinHg(inchof
 Mercury).
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6.Afternishmakingallthesettings,pressS4buttonto
 returntoBAROMETERmode.
TO SHOW THE LOG DATE AND TIME
1.InBAROMETERmode,pressS2buttontodisplaylog
 dateandtime.
2.PressS3buttonorleavethewatchidleforaround5
 secondstoreturntoBAROMETERmode.
NOTE:Thesealevelbarometricpressure(SLP)datacan
begatheredfromrelevantwebsites,weatherstationsor
othersourcesofthistypeofinformation.Forexample,US
residentscangathertheSLPdatafromNationalWeather
Service(http://www.nws.noaa.gov/)oranFAAFlightService
Station.
TO CLEAR THE DATA
1.InBAROMETERmodepressandholdS2buttonfor
 around3secondstoclearallstatisticdataandgraphic
 data.
Beforemeasuringpressureyouhavetokeyinandreset
certaindataintheinitialsettingandcleardataeverytime,
inordertohaveamoreaccuratemeasurement.
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BAROMETERmode
Initialsetting(keyinthe
“SET-Lv”forsettingsea
levelpressure)
Dataclear
Measuringcanstart
NOTE:Inthebarchart,afterclearingthedata,newdata
willbeupdatedafter2secondsandanotherwillbetaken
inanhour.
TO VIEW BAROMETER AND OTHER INFORMATION
1.InBAROMETERmode,pressS1buttontoselect
 displayingthedataofsealevelpressure(SEA-Lv),sea
 levelpressurechangeperhour(dP/dt)ortime(TIME).
2.PressS1buttoncontinuouslytoviewdataofSealevel
 pressure,dP/dt(sealevelpressurechangeperhour)
 andTime.
3.Aftershowingtheindividualdataatthebottomfor
 around2seconds,thedataintrend(graphic)format
 willbedisplayedatthetop.
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TO VIEW DATA IN DETAIL
1.InBAROMETERmode,pressS4buttononce.Themes-
 sage“VIEWDATA”willbedisplayed.
2.Afteraround2secondsorbypressingS1/S2button,the
 message“MAX”willbedisplayed.
3.PressS1buttontoselectdisplayingthedataofmaxi-
 mumabsolutepressure(MAX),minimumabsolute
 pressure(MIN)orthestatisticandgraphicdatare
 corded. 
 PressS2buttontocycletheselectionbackward.
4.Whendisplayingmaximumabsolutepressure,mini
 mumabsolutepressureandtheindividualstatisticand
 graphicdatarecorded,thecorrespondinglogtimeand
 datewillbeswappinginevery2seconds.
5.PressS3/S4buttontoreturntoBAROMETERmode.
NOTE:Becausethebarometerandaltimeterbothuseair
pressure,onlyoneofthesemodesmaybeactivatedata
time.Therefore,youwillhavetoactivatethebarometer
separatelyforuse.
TO USE THE CHRONOGRAPH
CHRO or Lap#
Split time
Lap time
1.PressS3buttontoselectCHRONOGRAPHmode.
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2.Thechronographwillthenbedisplayedinitscurrent
 sate–reset,runningorstopped.
3.Toresumeacounting,pressS1buttontoresumefrom
 whereitleftoff.
4.Tostartanewcounting,resetthechronographtozero
 rst.PressS2buttontostopcounting,thenpressand
 holdS2buttonforaround3secondstoresetthe
 countertozero.
FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ELAPSED TIME
InCHRONOGRAPHmode,
1.PressS1buttontostartcounting.
2.Tostopcounting,pressS2button.PressS1buttonto
 resumefromwhereifleftoff.
3.Toresettozero,pressS2buttontostopcounting,then
 pressandholdS2buttonforaround3secondsto
 resetthecountertozero.
FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF SPLIT TIME AND LAP TIME
InCHRONOGRAPHmode,
1.PressS1buttontostartcounting.
2.Whilethechronographisrunning,pressS1buttononce
 toregisteralap.Boththesplittimeandlaptime
 willbedisplayed.
 After3seconds,thecurrentlyaccumulatedsplittime
 andlaptimewillbedisplayed.
3.Repeatthelaststepuntilallthelapshavebeen
 registered.
4.Tostopcounting,pressS2button.PressS1buttonto
 resumefromwhereifleftoff.
5.Toresettozero,pressS2buttontostopcounting,then
 pressandholdS2buttonforaround3secondsto
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 resetthecountertozero.
NOTE:Thewatchcanrecorduptoamaximumof99laps.
Duringameasurementofsplittimeandlaptime,themes-
sage“FULL”willbedisplayedwhenthememoryisfull.
TO USE THE RECALL FUNCTION
1.Afterthemeasurementofsplittime,pressS4buttonto
 selectRECALLmodewhenthechronographisstopped.
2.After2secondsorbypressingS1/S2button,thesumof
 timeofalllapcounting(TOTAL)willbe 
 displayed.
3.PressS1/S2buttontoselectdisplayingthesumoftime
 ofalllapcounting(TOTAL),bestlap(BEST),averagetime
 (AVERAGE)orindividuallaprecord(LAP-XX).
4.PressS4buttontoreturntoCHRONOGRAPHmodeor
 pressS3buttontoreturntoTIMEmode.
NOTE:Thelaprecord(s)willbeclearedwhenchronograph
isreset.
NOTE:Theaveragetime(AVERAGE)isthetotaltimeofall
lapcountingoverthenumberoflapcount.
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