SCUBAPRO Aladin Sport (Matrix) setup guide
Also covers: Aladin Sport Matrix, Aladin Sport (Matrix)
Two-button wrist (or console) dive computer with a matrix display, compass and Bluetooth. Scuba (up to 3 gases, 21–100%), Gauge and Apnea modes, MB levels L0–L5 for conservatism, automatic altitude, user-replaceable CR2450 battery. Covers the Matrix version only.
Buttons
| Button | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left button | left of the two push buttons (facing the display) | Press: scroll / decrease value. Hold 1 s: backlight; go back one level. In a dive: press for bookmark / safety stop timer (Gauge: restart stopwatch). |
| Right button | right of the two push buttons (facing the display) | Press: scroll / increase value; in a dive, alternate displays. Hold 1 s: enter a menu or confirm (like ENTER). |
Turn on / wake
A new unit comes in deep sleep: press and hold the left or right button to activate it before the first dive, or it may not start dive mode (p. 2).
Press and hold the left button for 1 second. All display segments light for 5 seconds (display test), then the time of day appears.
HoldLeft button
Manual p. 9Check that every display segment lit up. Do not dive with it if any are missing.
Manual p. 15It also switches on by itself when it gets wet (water contacts) or senses an altitude change.
Manual p. 9From the time of day display, press the left or right button to scroll through the menus (Bluetooth, Altitude, Compass, Planner, Logbook, Dive, Watch).
PressLeft buttonPressRight button
Manual p. 7Hold the left button to go back one level. Hold both buttons to return to the time of day display.
HoldLeft buttonHold togetherLeft buttonHold togetherRight button
Manual p. 8From the time of day display, hold both buttons to switch it off. It also switches off after 3 minutes without use.
Hold togetherLeft buttonHold togetherRight button
Manual p. 12
Date and time
The date order follows the time format: day/month/year with 24h, month/day/year with AM/PM (p. 52).
From the time of day display, press the left or right button until WATCH appears, then hold the right button.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 51Press to scroll to the time setting, then hold the right button. Set the hours with left/right and hold right to confirm; repeat for minutes.
PressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 52Scroll to the 24h / AM/PM setting and hold right. Choose On (AM/PM) or Off (24h) and hold right to confirm.
PressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 52Scroll to the date and hold right. Set day, month and year one by one, confirming each with a hold of the right button.
PressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 52Hold both buttons to go back to the time of day display.
Hold togetherLeft buttonHold togetherRight button
Manual p. 8
Units (m/ft, °C/°F)
From the time of day display, press the left or right button until the dive display (time, temperature, O2 %) appears.
PressLeft buttonPressRight button
Manual p. 45Hold the right button to enter the dive menu. Press the right button 3 times to USER, then hold the right button.
HoldRight buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 12At UNITS, hold the right button. °C or °F flashes: choose with left/right and hold right to confirm.
HoldRight buttonPressLeft buttonPressRight button
Manual p. 49Meters or feet flash next: choose with left/right and hold right to confirm. Temperature and depth units are set separately.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 49
Water type (salt/fresh)
Enter the dive menu (hold right on the dive display), press right once to SCUBA, then hold right.
HoldRight buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 45Press the left or right button to scroll to the salt/fresh water setting, then hold the right button.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 49Choose On (salt water) or Off (fresh water) with left/right, then hold right to confirm. Salt water is the default.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 49Water type changes the depth shown: about 10 m / 33 ft per bar in salt water and 10.3 m / 34 ft in fresh water.
Manual p. 49
Dive mode (Air / Nitrox / Gauge)
On the dive display, hold the right button (GAS appears), then press the right button 4 times to ALGORITHM.
HoldRight buttonPressRight button
Manual p. 25Hold the right button. Scuba, Gauge or Apnea flashes.
HoldRight button
Manual p. 25Choose the mode with the left or right button, then hold the right button to confirm. Without confirming, nothing changes after 3 minutes.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 25If OFF is shown, the mode cannot be changed: this happens while there is remaining desaturation or within 48 hours of a gauge dive.
Manual p. 25Gauge mode: no no-stop time or deco, and ALL alarms and attention messages are off. After a gauge dive it cannot be used as a dive computer for 48 hours.
Manual p. 24After a gauge or apnea dive the no-fly time is 48 hours.
Manual p. 25If a deco stop is ignored for more than 3 minutes, it goes into SOS mode for 24 hours: no scuba diving, only gauge mode works.
Manual p. 13
Nitrox O₂% and ppO₂ limit
By default the O2 % does NOT go back to 21% by itself (default 'no reset'). Check the O2 % matches the tank before every dive and after a tank change (p. 16).
On the dive display (time, temperature, O2 %), hold the right button to get to GAS, then hold the right button again for GAS 1.
HoldRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 16Hold the right button to confirm you want to change the O2 %.
HoldRight button
Manual p. 16Press left or right to change the O2 % in 1% steps. The screen shows the ppO2 max and the MOD.
PressLeft buttonPressRight button
Manual p. 16Hold the right button to confirm the O2 %.
HoldRight button
Manual p. 16Change the ppO2 max (1.0–1.6 bar, default 1.4) with the buttons, then hold the right button to confirm.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 16Optional reset to air: in the GAS menu, the nitrox reset time can be set to 1–48 hours. The default is no reset.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 47Gas d and gas 2 are for 2- or 3-gas dives only. For a normal single-tank dive, set only GAS 1.
Manual p. 46
Conservatism / personal setting
Enter the dive menu (hold right on the dive display), press right once to SCUBA, then hold right.
HoldRight buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 45Press the left or right button to scroll to the MB level setting, then hold the right button. L0..L5 flashes.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 48Choose the level with left/right and hold the right button to confirm. L0 is the default.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 48Higher levels (up to L5) are more conservative: shorter no-stop times and extra level stops to reduce microbubbles.
Manual p. 27If you skip a required level stop, it steps down to a lower MB level by itself.
Manual p. 27
Altitude
Not available on this computer
Altitude is detected automatically: it checks air pressure every 60 seconds and shows the altitude class (mountain icon). Classes 3 and 4 are prohibited; maximum allowed altitude 2650 m / 8694 ft. The ALTITUDE screen only sets the altimeter reading and does not change calculations (p. 23–24, 44).
Audible alarms (depth / time)
Leave sound On (default). With 'Alr' only alarms sound; with 'Att' alarms and attention tones sound (p. 53).
Enter the dive menu (hold right on the dive display), press right once to SCUBA, then hold right to reach DEPTH ALARM.
HoldRight buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 45Hold right; On/Off flashes. Choose On with left/right and hold right. Then press right to change the depth (1 m / 5 ft steps) and hold right to confirm.
HoldRight buttonPressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 48Depth alarm range is 5–100 m / 20–330 ft; default 40 m / 130 ft, off.
Manual p. 45Scroll to the dive time alarm and do the same: turn On, then press right to set the time in 5-minute steps (5–195 min; default 60 min, off).
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 48Sound: WATCH menu, press right 5 times to the sound screen. 'On' keeps all tones. 'Off' needs code 313 and removes all audible warnings.
HoldRight buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 53In Gauge mode all alarms are off.
Manual p. 24
Reading the log after a dive
A scuba dive is logged only if it lasts more than 2 minutes (p. 42).
From the time of day display, press the left or right button until the logbook menu appears, then hold the right button.
PressLeft buttonPressRight buttonHoldRight button
Manual p. 42Press left or right to scroll through dives. Dive 1 is the most recent.
PressLeft buttonPressRight button
Manual p. 42Page 1 shows max depth, dive time and date. Hold right for page 2, then press right for page 3.
HoldRight buttonPressRight button
Manual p. 42Pages 2 and 3 show items like MB level, minimum temperature, start time, CNS after the dive and surface interval.
Manual p. 43HISTORY (between the last and first dive) shows deepest dive, longest dive and number of dives.
Manual p. 44Hold the left button to leave the logbook.
HoldLeft button
Manual p. 44
Battery
From the time of day display, scroll to WATCH, hold the right button, then press the right button 6 times to the battery status screen.
HoldRight buttonPressRight button
Manual p. 10Six zeros means a fresh battery. Fewer zeros means less energy left.
Manual p. 10A steady battery symbol (3 zeros) means the battery is weak: replace it before the next dive. The backlight no longer works.
Manual p. 11A blinking battery symbol (2 zeros or fewer): do not dive. Alarms and backlight are off, and with 1 zero diving mode is blocked.
Manual p. 11It uses a CR2450 battery, expected to last about 2 years or 300 dives. Heavy backlight use shortens this a lot.
Manual p. 58
What the main screen shows
Top line: current depth and dive time.
Manual p. 13NO STOP with the minutes you can stay without a deco stop (with L1–L5 this is the MB no-stop time).
Manual p. 29Lower line: max depth (when deeper than now) or temperature, and O2 % (or CNS O2 % once above 50%).
Manual p. 17In deco: DECO, the deepest stop depth and its minutes, plus total ascent time.
Manual p. 14Press the right button for alternate displays: max depth, temperature, compass, time.
PressRight button
Manual p. 16Press the left button for a bookmark; shallower than 5 m / 15 ft it also starts the safety stop timer.
PressLeft button
Manual p. 22Hold the left button for the backlight (10 seconds by default).
HoldLeft button
Manual p. 12
Pre-dive check
Tick each item before you get in the water.