Oceanic Veo 2.0 Dive Computer

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Oceanic Veo 2.0

The Brand New Oceanic Dual Algortihm Dive Computer range - Technology has never been easier. The Oceanic Veo 1.0 is brimming with all the tech and performance features serious divers seek and Oceanic's trademark ease-of-use, the Oceanic Veo 2.0 could not only be your first dive computer, but maybe the last you'll ever need.

The Oceanic Veo 2.0 is a relatively basic computer, but comes with features including a a full menu of audible and visual alarms for everything from nitrox settings to depth, time and deco status. You also get a backlight function (you set the duration) and the option of downloading your profiles to a PC.

The Veo 2.0 features large, easy-to-read digits and well-designed bar graphs to make monitoring your ascent rate and nitrogen loading easy.

Price: £191.48 (Including VAT at 20%)

RRP:~~£250~~

FEATURES & FUNCTIONS	VEO 2.0
Modes of Operation	Norm (Air / Nitrox) Gauge, and Free Dive
Push Buttons	2
User Interface	Click forward, Fast Scroll
Mounting Options	"Hockey Puck" Module, Wrist, 2 and 3 Gauge Consoles
Activation	Water or Push Button
Algorithm Basis	Dual Algorithm™ Your choice between Pelagic DSAT (Spencer/Powell data basis) or Pelagic Z+ (Buhlmann ZHL-16C data basis)
Personal Conservative Factor Adjustment	Each Level provides No Decompression Limits for the next dive +3000 ft altitude
Altitude Algorithm Basis	NOAA
O2 Limit Basis	NOAA
Tissue Compartments	12 (5 to 480 minutes)
Automatic Altitude Adjustment	2,000 - 14,000 ft
Decompression Capability	10 - 60 ft (3-18 m)
Deep Stop	OPTIONAL - :02 COUNTDOWN TIMER AT 1/2 MAX DEPTH FOR DIVES DEEPER THAN 80 ft/25m
Automatic Safety Stop Prompt	YES - ADJUSTABLE DEPTH AND TIME
Audible Alarm	YES - MAY BE DEACTIVATED AND/OR CUSTOMEZED BY USER
Alarm Acknowledgment (U/W Deactivation)	YES - PUSH BUTTON DEACTIVATES CURRENT ALARM
Ascent Rate Range	11-30 fpm / 21-60 fpm
Ascent Rate Maximum	30 fpm (<60 ft) 60 fpm (>60 ft)
SmartGlo Backlight	YES - ADJUSTABLE DURATION
Diver Replaceable Batteries	YES
Battery Type	CR2450
Battery Life*	300 DIVE HOURS
Data Retention (retains calculations indefinately during battery change)	YES
Low Battery Indicator (Graphic)	YES
Calendar / Clock	DATE & TIME
Operating Depth (NORM/FREE)	330 ft / 100 m
Operating Depth (GAUGE)	399 ft / 120 m
24 Hour Time to Fly Countdown	YES
Gauge Mode Run Timer	YES
Calculated Desaturation Fly Countdown	YES
Dive Mode Displays	MAIN, UP TO 2 ALTERNATES AND 1 SECONDARY
High O2 Alarm / Warning	300 SOTU / DOTU
High PO2 Alarm / Warning	1.6 DEFAULT OR USER SETTING
On-Unit Log Capacity	24 DIVES
PC Data Download	OPTIONAL
PC Settings Upload	OPTIONAL
Firmware Update	OPTIONAL
OceanLog Download Memory Capacity	512K**

Pre-Dive Planning Sequence	PUSH BUTTON 30-190 ft
Temperature Display	YES
Nitrogen Tissue Loading Bar Graph	YES
Oxygen Loading	NUMERIC %
Variable Ascent Rate Bar Graph	YES
No Decompression Time Remaining Display	YES
O2 Time Remaining Display	YES
Set Mode with Rapid Advance	YES
Set FO2 Value (%) Gas 1	AIR, 21-50%
Set Audible Alarm On/Off	YES
Set Max Depth Alarm	YES
Set Elapsed Dive Time Alarm	YES
Set Maximum Nitrogen Tissue Loading Bar Graph Alarm	YES
Set Personal Conservative Factor	YES
Set Dive Time Remaining Alarm	YES
Set Units Of Measurement	YES
Set Hour Format (12/24 Hour)	YES
Set Time of Day	YES
Set Date	YES
Set Maximum PO2 Alarm	YES
Set FO2 50% Default	YES
Set Backlight Duration	YES
Set Safety Stop Time and Depth	YES
Set Sampling Rate (OceanLog Download)	1 (Free Dive Mode Only)/ 2/15/30/60 SECONDS
Set Digital Gauge Mode On/Off	YES
Set Water Activation On/Off	YES
Set Free Dive Elapsed Dive Time Alarm	YES
Set Free Dive Countdown Timer	YES
Set Free Dive Max Depth #1	YES
Set Free Dive Max Depth #2	YES
Set Free Dive Max Depth #3	YES

Warranty	2 YEAR
30-Day Satisfaction Guarantee	YES

*Battery Life: Battery life estimates are based on full-capacity batteries, and continuous usage as described.

- 7 days per week

- 2 dives per day

- 1 hour dive time

- 2 hour surface interval

- 18 hour interval from last dive to the first of the next day

** Oceanic Personal Dive Computers have user selectable Sampling Rates that determine when data is sampled and stored for subsequent download to associated PC interface programs. More frequent sampling provides more data per dive yet results in storage of fewer dives for download. Use with Air or Nitrox, with or without air integration, dive profiles, Free Diving activities, and other variables may also affect the number of dives that can be stored.

Sampling Rate	512K Estimated Capacity
60 Seconds	100-110 Hours
30 Seconds	50-55 Hours
15 Seconds	25-30 Hours
2 Seconds	4-5 Hours
1 Seconds (Free Dive)	1.5-2 Hours

Choose the one dive computer that’s liberal, conservative or middle-of-the-road.

Oceanic’s new Veo offers Dual Algorithm™ technology, letting you choose the decompression algorithm that best suits your diving needs without compromising safety.

Choose Pelagic DSAT for:
Liberal Recreational Diving
The Pelagic DSAT Algorithm safely maximizes dive time for repetitive, multi-level recreational diving. This algorithm relies on the human Doppler studies used to develop PADI’s Recreational Dive Planner (RDP), and has been the basis of Oceanic's and other manufacturer's computer algorithms for many years.

To add additional conservatism, you can also adjust the:

Tissue-Loading Bar Graph Alarm
Conservative Factor Setting
Choose Pelagic Z+ for:
Conservative Recreational Diving
When applied to standard recreational diving, the Pelagic Z+ Algorithm basis increases the conservative factor of the Veo by 15-20%.

Liberal Repetitive Deep and Decompression Diving
The Pelagic Z+ uses the Buhlmann ZHL-16C database, which was conducted to meet the more rigorous demands of repetitive, cold-water decompression diving at altitude. The Pelagic Z+ mode maximizes dive times at depth without penalties.

Dive in sync with any buddy, anywhere
Because the Veo allows you to adjust the algorithm basis and its conservatism, you can adjust to closely match just about any other dive computer on the market, allowing you and any buddy to always dive in sync. Diving the same profile increases safety for both divers, and eliminates the need for one person to conduct a much longer or deeper stop when buddying with someone wearing a more liberal dive computer. On repetitive dives, there is no more waiting for the more conservative dive computer to clear. Both buddies will be ready to enter the water at the same time and can continue to dive the same profiles. You can’t control which dive computer your buddy wears, but you can control your ability to dive the same profile.

A note about deep stops:
Both algorithms allow (user ON/OFF option) credit for deep stops for No-Decompression dives in keeping with the data of Morroni et al (2004) and Bennett et al (2007). No penalty is given if the diver skips the deep stop, but it is strongly recommended that a shallow safety stop be made with or without the deep stop in keeping with the experiments of Pilmanis (1975).

It is important to note that neither algorithm provides deep stops for decompression dives since there is ample experimental data [Blatteau et al (2005), Gerth et al (2007), and Gutvik et al (2007)] that indicate that this practice often produces an increase in the risk of DCS.

For more infomation and detailed "Liberal vs Conservative" algorithm comparison charts - see Scuba Diving Magazine's ScubaLab "Digging Deep on 2009's New Dive Computers".