User's Guide

3.25. Position formats
The position format is the way your GPS position is displayed on the watch. All the formats
relate to the same location, they only express it in a dierent way.
You can change the position format in the watch settings under Navigation » Position format.
Latitude/longitude is the most commonly used grid and has three dierent formats:
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WGS84 Hd.d°
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WGS84 Hd°m.m'
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WGS84 Hd°m's.s
Other common position formats available include:
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UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) gives a two-dimensional horizontal position
presentation.
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MGRS (Military Grid Reference System) is an extension of UTM and consists of a grid zone
designator, 100,000-meter square
identifier and a numerical location.
Suunto 5 also supports the following local position formats:
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BNG (British)
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ETRS-TM35FIN (Finnish)
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KKJ (Finnish)
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IG (Irish)
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RT90 (Swedish)
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SWEREF 99 TM (Swedish)
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CH1903 (Swiss)
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UTM NAD27 (Alaska)
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UTM NAD27 Conus
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UTM NAD83
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NZTM2000 (New Zealand)
NOTE: Some position formats cannot be used in the areas north of 84° and south of 80°,
or outside the countries that they are intended for. If you are outside the allowed area, your
location coordinates cannot be displayed on the watch.
3.26. Recording an exercise
In addition to 24/7 activity monitoring, you can use your watch to record your training
sessions or other activities to get detailed feedback and follow your progress.
To record an exercise:
1. Put on a heart rate sensor (optional).
2. Press the upper right button to open the launcher.
3. Scroll up to the exercise icon and select with the middle button.
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