To quickly start a run with navigation, select the default sport mode   Run a Route   or   Run a POI . This takes you immediately to a list of the routes/POIs in your watch which you can choose from for your run.

Using heart rate belt

A heart rate belt can be used during exercise. When you use a heart rate belt,   Suunto Ambit2 R   gives you more information about your activities.

Using a heart rate belt enables the following additional information during exercise:

• heart rate in real time
• average heart rate in real time
• heart rate in graph form
• calories burned during exercise
• guidance to exercise within defined heart rate limits
• Peak Training Effect

Using a heart rate belt enables the following additional information after exercise:

• calories burned during exercise
• average heart rate
• peak heart rate
• recovery time

Troubleshooting: No heart rate signal

If you lose the heart rate signal, try the following:

• Check that you are wearing the heart rate belt correctly (see   Putting on heart rate belt ).
• Check that the electrode areas of the heart rate belt are moist.
• Replace the battery of the heart rate belt, if problems persist.
• Re-pair your heart rate belt with the watch (see   Pairing POD/heart rate belt ).
• Machine-wash the textile strap of the heart rate belt regularly.

Putting on heart rate belt

Adjust the strap length so that the heart rate belt is tight but still comfortable. Moisten the contact areas with water or gel and put on the heart rate belt. Ensure the heart rate belt is centered on your chest and the red arrow is pointing up.

Suunto Ambit2 R   supports ANT+ TM   compatible heart rate belts and certain PODs. Visit   www.thisisant.com/directory   for a list of compatible ANT+ products.

Starting exercise

To start exercising:

1. Moisten the contact areas and put on the heart rate belt (optional).
2. Press   Start Stop   to enter the start menu.
3. Press   Next   to enter   Exercise .
4. Scroll the sport mode options with   Start Stop   or   Light Lock   and select a suitable mode with   Next
5. The watch automatically starts searching for a heart rate belt signal, if the selected sport mode uses a heart rate belt. Wait for the watch to notify that the heart rate and/or GPS signal have been found, or press   Start Stop   to select   Later . The watch continues to search the heart rate/GPS signal.
   Once the heart rate/GPS signal has been found, the watch starts showing and recording heart rate/GPS data.
6. Press   Start Stop   to start recording your exercise. To access the options menu, keep   Next   pressed (see   Additional options in sport modes ).

During exercise

Suunto Ambit2 R   gives you additional information during your exercise. The additional information varies depending on the sport mode you have selected, see   Sport modes . You will also get more information, if you use a heart rate belt and GPS during exercise.

Suunto Ambit2 R   allows you to define what information you want to see on the display. For information on customizing the displays, see   Custom sport modes .

Here are some ideas on how to use the watch during exercise:

• Press   Next   to see additional displays.
• Press   View   to see additional views.
• To avoid accidentally stopping your log recording or making unwanted laps, lock the buttons by keeping   Light Lock   pressed.
• Press   Start Stop   to pause recording. The pause will be shown in your log as a lap mark. To resume recording, press   Start Stop   again.

Recording tracks

Depending on the sport mode you have selected, your   Suunto Ambit2 R   allows you to record various information during exercise.

If you are using GPS while recording a log,   Suunto Ambit2 R   will also record your track and you can view it in Suunto app. When you are recording your track, the recording icon and the GPS icon are shown on the upper part of the display.

Making laps

During your exercise, you can make laps either manually or automatically by setting the autolap interval in Movescount. When you are making laps automatically,   Suunto Ambit2 R   records the laps based on the distance you have specified in Movescount.

To make laps manually, press   Back Lap   during the exercise.

Suunto Ambit2 R   shows you the following information:

• top row: split time (duration from the start of the log)
• middle row: lap number
• bottom row: lap time

Recording altitude

Your   Suunto Ambit2 R   stores all your movements in altitude between the start and stop time of the log. If you are engaged in an activity in which your altitude changes, you can record the altitude changes and view the stored information later.

To record altitude:

1. Press   Start Stop   to enter the start menu.
2. Press   Next   to select   Exercise .
3. Scroll the sport modes with   Start Stop   or   Light Lock   and select a suitable mode with   Next .
4. Wait for the watch to notify that the heart rate and/or GPS signal have been found, or press   Start Stop   to select   Later . The watch continues to search the heart rate/GPS signal. Press   Start Stop   to start recording the log.

Using compass during exercise

You can activate the compass and add it to a custom sport mode during your exercise.

To use the compass during exercise:

1. While you are in a sport mode, keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Scroll to   Activate   with   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
3. Scroll to   Compass   with   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
4. The compass is shown as the last display on the custom sport mode.

To deactivate the compass, go back to   Activate   in the options menu and select   End compass .

Using interval timer

You can add an interval timer to each custom sport mode in Movescount. To add the interval timer to a sport mode, select the sport mode and go to   Advanced settings . The next time you connect your   Suunto Ambit2 R   to your Movescount account, the interval timer will be synchronized to the watch.

You can specify the following information in the interval timer:

• interval types ( high   and   low   interval)
• the duration or distance for both interval types
• the number of times the intervals are repeated

To activate/deactivate the interval timer:

1. While you are in a sport mode, keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Scroll to   activate   with   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
3. Scroll to   Interval   with   Start Stop   and select with   Next .
4. Press   Start Stop   or   Light Lock   to set the interval timer   On/Off   and accept with   Next . When the interval timer is active, the interval icon is shown on the top of the display.

Navigating during exercise

If you want to run a route or to a point of interest (POI), you can select the respective default sport mode (Run a Route, Run a POI) from the   Exercise   menu to begin navigating immediately.

You can also navigate a route or to a POI during your exercise in other sport modes that have GPS activated.

To navigate during exercise:

1. While you are in a sport mode with GPS activated, keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Press   Next   to select   navigation .
3. Scroll to   POIs (Points of interest)   or   Routes   with   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
   The navigation guidance is shown as the last display on the selected sport mode.

To deactivate navigation, go back to   Navigation   in the options menu and select   End navigation .

Finding back during exercise

Suunto Ambit2 R   automatically saves the starting point of your exercise, if you are using GPS. During exercise,   Suunto Ambit2 R   guides you back to the starting point (or to the location where the GPS fix was established) with the   Find back   functionality.

To find back to the starting point during exercise:

1. While you are in a sport mode, keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Press   Next   to select   navigation .
3. Scroll to   Find back   with   Start Stop   and select with   Next . The navigation guidance is shown as the last display on the selected sport mode.

Using Track back

With   Track back , you can retrace your route at any point during an exercise.   Suunto Ambit2 R   creates temporary waypoints to guide you back to your starting point.

To track back during exercise:

1. While you are in a sport mode, keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Press   Next   to select   Navigation .
3. Scroll to   Track back   with   Start Stop   and select with   Next .

You can now start navigating your way back the same way as during route navigation. For more information about route navigation, see   During navigation   .

Track back   can also be used from the logbook with exercises that include GPS data. Follow the same procedure as in   Navigating a route . Scroll to   Logbook   instead of   Routes , and select a log to start navigating.

Autopause

Autopause pauses the recording of your exercise when your speed is less than 2 km/h. When your speed increases to more than 3 km/h, the recording continues automatically.

You can set autopause to on/off for each sport mode in Movescount. Alternatively, you can activate autopause during exercise.

To set autopause on/off during exercise:

1. While you are in a sport mode, keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Scroll to   Activate   with   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
3. Scroll to   Autopause   with   Start Stop   and select with   Next .
4. Press   Start Stop   or   Light Lock   to set autopause   On/Off   and accept with   Next .

Viewing logbook after exercise

You can view the summary of your exercise after you have stopped recording.

To stop recording and view the summary information:

1. Keep   Start Stop   pressed to stop and save the exercise. Alternatively, you can press   Start Stop   to pause the recording. After pausing the log, confirm stopping by pressing   Back Lap , or continue recording by pressing   Light Lock . After stopping the exercise, save the log by pressing   Start Stop . If you do not want to save the log, press   Light Lock .
2. Press   Next   to view the exercise summary.

You can also view the summaries of all your saved exercises in the logbook. In the logbook the exercises are listed according to time and the latest exercise is shown first. The logbook can store approximately 15 hours of exercises with the best GPS accuracy and 1 second recording interval.

To view the summary of your exercise in the logbook:

1. Press   Start Stop   to enter the start menu.
2. Scroll to   Logbook   with   Light Lock   and enter with   Next . Your current recovery time is shown.
3. Scroll the exercise logs with   Start Stop   or   Light Lock   and select a log with   Next .
4. Browse the summary views of the log with   Next .

Memory left indicator

If more than 50 % of the watch memory has not been synchronized,   Suunto Ambit2 R   displays a reminder when you enter the logbook.

The reminder is not displayed once the unsynced memory is full and   Suunto Ambit2 R   begins overwriting old logs.

Dynamic exercise summary

The dynamic exercise summary shows the active fields from your exercise as a summary. You can browse the summary views with   Next .

The information shown on the summary depends on the sport mode you used, and whether you used a heart rate belt or GPS.

By default, all the sport modes include the following information:

• sport mode name
• time
• date
• duration
• laps

Recovery time

Suunto Ambit2 R   always shows your current cumulative recovery time from all your saved exercises. The recovery time indicates how long it takes for you to fully recover and be ready to exercise with full intensity. As your recovery time decreases or increases, the watch updates it in real time.

To view your current recovery time:

1. Press   Start Stop   to enter the start menu.
2. Scroll to   Logbook   with   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
3. The recovery time is shown on the display.

To get the most accurate readings with FusedSpeed TM , only glance shortly at the watch when needed. Holding the watch in front of you without moving it reduces the accuracy.

To minimize GPS initiation time, hold the watch steady with GPS facing up and make sure you are in an open area so that the watch has a clear view of the sky.

You can also check your location while you are recording an exercise by keeping   Next   pressed to access the options menu.

POI navigation

Adding your location as a point of interest (POI)

Suunto Ambit2 R   allows you to save your current location or define a location as a POI. You can navigate to a saved POI anytime, for example, during your exercise.

You can store up to 100 POIs in the watch. Note that also routes take up this quota. For example, if you have a route with 60 waypoints, you can additionally store 40 POIs in the watch.

You can select a POI type (icon) and POI name from a pre-defined list, or freely name the POIs in Movescount. The pre-defined icons are listed in   Icons .

To save a location as a POI:

1. Enter a sport mode that has GPS activated and keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Scroll to   Navigation   using   Start Stop   and enter with   Next .
3. Press   Next   to select   Location .
4. Select   Current   or   Define   to manually change longitude and latitude values.
5. Press   Start Stop   to save the location.
6. Select a suitable POI type for the location. Scroll through the POI types with   Start Stop   or   Light Lock . Select a POI type with   Next .
7. Select a suitable name for the location. Scroll through the name options with   Start Stop   or   Light Lock . Select a name with   Next .
8. Press   Start Stop   to save the POI.

Navigating to a point of interest (POI)

Suunto Ambit2 R   includes GPS navigation which allows you to navigate to a pre-defined destination stored as a POI.

To navigate to a POI:

1. Enter a sport mode that has GPS activated and keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Scroll to   Navigation   using   Start Stop   and enter with   Next .
3. Scroll to   POIs (Points of interest)   using   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
   The watch displays the number of saved POIs and free space available for new POIs.
4. Scroll to the POI you wish to navigate to with   Start Stop   or   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
5. Press   Next   to select   Navigate . If you are using the compass for the first time, you need to calibrate it. For more information, see   Calibrating compass . After activating the compass, the watch starts searching for a GPS signal and displays   GPS found   after acquiring the signal.
6. Start navigating to the POI. The watch displays the following information:
7. indicator showing the direction to your target (see further explanation below)
8. your distance from the target
9. The watch informs you that you have arrived at your target.

When stationary or moving slowly (<4 km/h), the watch shows you the direction to the POI (or waypoint if navigating a route) based on the compass bearing.

While moving (>4 km/h), the watch shows you the direction to the POI (or waypoint if navigating a route) based on GPS.

The direction to your target, or bearing, is shown with the empty triangle. Your direction of travel, or heading, is indicated by the solid lines at the top of the display. Aligning these two ensures you are moving in the correct direction.

Deleting a point of interest (POI)

To delete a POI:

1. Enter a sport mode that has GPS activated and keep   Next   pressed to access the options menu.
2. Scroll to   navigation   using   Start Stop   and enter with   Next .
3. Scroll to   POIs (Points of interest)   using   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
   The watch displays the number of saved POIs and free space available for new POIs.
4. Scroll to the POI you wish to delete with   Start Stop   or   Light Lock   and select with   Next .
5. Scroll to   Delete   with   Start Stop . Select with   Next .
6. Press   Start Stop   to confirm.

You can also enter the compass settings by keeping   View   pressed in   Compass   mode.

Setting bearing lock

You can mark the direction to your target in relation to North with the bearing lock feature.

To lock a bearing:

1. With the compass active, hold the watch in front of you and turn yourself towards your target.
2. Press   Back Lap   to lock the current degree displayed on the watch as your bearing.
3. An empty triangle indicates the locked bearing in relation to the North indicator (solid triangle).
4. Press   Back Lap   to clear the bearing lock.

Go to Movescount to change the GPS fix interval of your sport modes to save battery life. For more information, see   GPS accuracy and power saving .

Replacing HR belt battery

Replace the battery as illustrated here: