ICON HD 4.0 BLACK EDITION
Colour shining through like never before
■ New display layout for maximum readability
■ New functions: UW menu, customizations, runaway deco warning
■ New tissue saturation graph
Firmware 4.0 brings new life to Icon HD Net Ready.The display lay-out has been redesigned for maximumreadability: we’ve maximized font size and optimized font type. Contrast is significantly increased,especially in the profile views. The night mode optionfeatures white numbers on a black background, andthe new tissue saturation graph tells you exactlyhow your dive profile is affecting nitrogen load,release, and its effect on your decompression. Theunderwater menu is a completely new feature whichallows you to switch maps, edit the new max depthor dive time alarm, change the brightness of thedisplay, or edit your tank parameters, all during thedive when you may need to make those changes! Thenew and exclusive runaway deco warning alerts youin advance of potentially fast growing decompressionobligations. Add a decompression dive planner withsurface interval setting and a beautiful logbook withgreater detail, and you’ll fall in love.
EAN (NITROX) from 21% to 99%
code: 414130
COMPUTER-FEATURES/ LCD COLOR DISPLAY:State-of-the-art smartphone technology applied to dive computers. The only one in the world. (320 x 240 pixels / 262.144 colors)
/ FULL DOT MATRIX:The next generation of dive computer displays: exceptional resolution allowing for total flexibility. The best user interface, the best dive display, no compromises.
/ AIR INTEGRATED:Provides all relevant gas related information such as tank pressure, time to reserve, and gas consumption resulting in a significant increase in safety.
/ GAS SWITCHING:Setting the computer to include one or more oxygen enriched - gases (up to 99%) in addition to your main gas; allow you to benefit from shorter decompression times by switching gases during the dive.
/ SOFTWARE UPGRADEABILITY:Keep the computer up to date with the latest Mares developments.
/ USB RECHARGER:Recharges integrated batteries via a wall adapter or a USB port.
/ MINERAL GLASS DISPLAY:(Tempered) Superior scratch resistance and improved readability in all diving conditions and viewing angles.
MARES ICON HD 4.0:
THE SECURE CORE OF A DIVE COMPUTER
The Icon HD Net Ready; the king of dive wrist computers has a new firmware 4.0 update. Mares latest 4.0 FW release increases the performance of the smartest diving computer on the market.
The display on the Icon recreates the three-line layout already proven on the Matrix, Nemo Wide, and Puck Pro, for perfect legibility that's clear and intuitive to understand: a powerful example of Mares' keen focus on safety. For example, the rate of ascent is displayed in a much larger font than the previous version.
The screen display contrast has been increased, taking full advantage of a color screen with TFT technology: for example, the dive profile display updates every 20 seconds and lets you follow the course of the dive live. This optional display now really jumps off the screen.
In both the numerical and profile views, the FW 4.0 adds a field allowing users to customize information to their personal preference. This field is on the lower right adjacent to the dive time, and by pressing the + button, it calls up in sequence the temperature, stopwatch, oxygen percentage set and maximum operating depth, CNS, oxygen partial pressure, time of day, Icon battery status, transmitter battery status, average depth, and air consumption in liters per minute.
In addition, for decompression dives it can also display the ASC+X function, which provides a projection of the total ascent time in the event the diver needs to stay at the current depth for another X minutes, allowing the diver to set X from 3 to 10 min. In combination with this function there is also an exclusive new EXPONENTIAL DECO alarm that advises the diver when the difference between the current ascent rate and the rate in X minutes exceeds a given level, which the user can set.
New features also include the dive menu, which allow users to change certain settings during the dive itself: for example, the diver can change the map shown by pressing the right button, the brightness of the display, or switching to night mode.
Night mode is one of the big innovations in the 4.0 release. In night mode, numbers are displayed in white on a black background (for deco situations the center line will display orange and white numbers to stress the fact that there are obligatory stops), making it more pleasant to read when there is little ambient light.
Another significant innovation is the tissue saturation graph, which shows exactly how the dive profile affects nitrogen absorption and release in the mathematical model that forms the basis of the decompression algorithm. The graph is presented in a very detailed yet readable format, using bright colors, making the information quick and easy to understand. The graph is continuously updated, so the divers can see what effect a change in depth has on the progress of their decompression status.
The logbook offers three pages of information for each dive, including the depth profile, temperature, and tank pressure. Finally, the post-dive screen summarizes the main parameters for the dive that just concluded, in addition to showing residual desaturation time, no-fly time, the current CNS level, the surface interval, and oversaturation of each tissue.
Mares offers the firmware upgrade to 4.0 free of charge from the website for anyone who already owns an Icon HD Net Ready. New Icon HD’s are available in a “Black Edition”. This new edition boasts a 33% increase in battery life over the previous model.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Maximum displayed depth / 150 m (492 ft)Rechargeable battery / Yes
User-replaceable batteries / No
Clear residual nitrogen / Yes
Exclude audible alarms option / Yes
Ascent rate indicator / Yes
Memory capacity / > 100 hr
Profile sampling rate / 5 s