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Is there any way of turning the light on in Suunto 9 without changing the screen (because of a button press)? I can’t find any.
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@djibarian This has been discussed a lot in the past.
The way triggering backlight was originally designed for Spartan series is to tap the watchface:
But since Suunto 9 the touch is disabled by default in activity mode, so there is no easy way to trigger backlight unless you enable the touch in a custom battery mode. You can try middle-long press on the middle button - long enough to not switch the screen but not long enough to enter menu. Personally I find that difficult to use, especially when running.
I find it quite ridiculous that there is no easy way to trigger backlight. The screen contrast is on low side so I often struggle to read it without backlight when running in dim light conditions, such as a deep forest, or when running in sunglasses. Sometimes I end up turning on permanent backlight through the activity context menu. That stays on until the end of activity or until turned off through the menu. But that requires quite a few button presses.
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@djibarian hold middle button (during activity) for some seconds to get into settings, then turn on backlight.
You can also turn it on before activity in battery settings. -
Turning the light on all the time is not a great solution. The best way I found of doing it is pressing middle button twice while not in activity so the watch goes watchface > time/battery screen > watchface; and while in activity pressing twice top button to pause/resume quickly.
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@djibarian Why would you press it twice in time mode… One is enough
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@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos It depends. If watch is “awake” (the seconds are animating) you have to press twice. If watch is “slept” (seconds aren’t) then once is enough.
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@djibarian ah yup you are right
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@silentvoyager I’ve read again your post and checked your solution about pressing the middle button enough to not change the screen but before entering the menu and I think that’s not bad. You have to get used to press about 1 second and you have to press about 4 seconds to enter the menu, so you have a 3 second range, which is not bad at all.
For me now all the mentioned solutions are good enough, depending on the situation.
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