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The trade in program for scuba gear is sell your used gear and use those funds as part of the payment for the new model.
Atomic Cobalt 2
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We'll I used my cobalt 2 on 6 dives this weekend at lake mead and it worked great, however in shallow water or in direct sunlight I cannot see the screen, it's like looking at your I pad outside, a small problem to have but I will have to figure something out, the screen protector seems to make the screen a bit shinier and hard to see but the protector is definitely a must.
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RonR
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That's the downside of all emissive display technologies. They are much clearer and easier to see in normal to dim environments, but can be overwhelmed by very bright sunlight. It's exactly the same reason a bright light bulb, left on in bright sunlight, can be hard to see. It's mostly a surface or very shallow water problem, I've yet to be in a situation where just shading the screen a bit with my hand didn't allow me to read it. But then, I live in the Pacific Northwest, and sun is often a theoretical concept.
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Just got home and got to play around with my new Cobalt 2. So far I'm very impressed with it. I'll be heading to Bonaire next week to get it wet. I do have a question though. In compass mode, once you set a heading how do you get it off of there.
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Ron ... Just upgraded from Cobalt 1 to 2 down here in Sydney. Noticed the pre-dive check display is screwy. The low gas warnings are fine, but then Max Depth:ace: ....? What's this? Also, the profile mode does not work properly... Graph shows descent to ~10m then a flat line until ascent? Data is correct, but profile graph is very wrong. Tried to see if you had an upgrade, but your website has been down! Matter of fact, it seems down more than it is ever up? Maybe it's just trying from Sydney? Anyway... what's the latest SW version?
---------- Post added May 25th, 2014 at 10:22 AM ----------
Ron...! Y'all are amazing. After patiently waiting for the site to come back up (it always does), I followed your download instructions to upgrade to version 2.14. Fixed both the profile problem and predive issues. Good on ya, mate!
---------- Post added May 25th, 2014 at 10:22 AM ----------
Ron...! Y'all are amazing. After patiently waiting for the site to come back up (it always does), I followed your download instructions to upgrade to version 2.14. Fixed both the profile problem and predive issues. Good on ya, mate!
RonR
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Thanks, not sure why the site should be down unless for maintenance. There will be firmware updates posted regularly, the 2.14 takes care of the display issues you saw. Hope you enjoy your Cobalt!
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UKmarcus
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The chip is still causing depth miscalculations for some and as far as I know, Atomic have stopped shipping again. My own Cobalt has been there for several weeks now with no sign of return while they try to fix this problem across the board. Looks like Cobalt 1 all over again. I'm going on a trip in 2 weeks and pretty sure I won't have a working Cobalt by then.
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