DESCENT S1 Owner’s Manual

Dive Product and Feature Compatibility

You can pair multiple Descent devices to form a dive network for you and your fellow divers. Not all features are available for older devices. See your Descent device owner's manual for more information.

NOTICE

You should update your devices to the latest software versions to access all features and improvements. If the software versions are incompatible, the following alert appears on the dive computer: Transmitter %1 failed to connect.. "%1" is replaced with the transceiver name.

Descent T1

Descent T2

Descent Mk2i

  • View tank pressure
  • View diver depth
  • View diver distance

  • Receive messages
  • View tank pressure
  • View diver depth
  • View diver distance
  • View public tank name

Descent Mk3i
Descent X50i

  • View tank pressure
  • View diver depth
  • View diver distance

  • Send messages
  • Receive messages
  • View tank pressure
  • View diver depth
  • View diver distance
  • View public tank name

Descent S1

Not compatible

Using a paired dive computer during a dive:

  • Navigate back to buoy
  • Send messages to the surface
  • Receive messages from the surface

Using the Garmin Dive app from the surface:

  • Send messages
  • Receive messages
  • View tank pressure
  • View diver depth
  • View diver distance
  • View diver direction
  • View public tank name

: View tank pressure for yourself and connected divers.

: View diver depth for connected divers.

: View diver distance for connected divers.

: View the direction to connected divers

: View the public transceiver names for yourself and connected divers.

: Send pre-defined messages to divers with a Descent T2 transceiver or to the surface with a Descent S1 buoy.

: Receive in-dive messages from divers with a paired Descent T2 transceiver or from the surface with a Descent S1 buoy.

: View distance and direction information to navigate back to the Descent S1 buoy.