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December—January 2 I 0 I 0 I 8 English v ersion No. 33 FUTURE

Exciting News TABLE OF CONTENTS DEMA recap — new products With every new year, EXCITING NEWS 1 comes a new DEMA Show. However this years DEMA TRIVIA CHALLENGE 1 Show seemed to come with a different expectation. Much PRODUCT 2 to everyone's delight, not a HIGHLIGHT bad DEMA after all. With to- day’s economic f luctuations DIVE SITES 3 and added Las Vegas ex- penses, you might have ex- DID YOU KNOW? 3 pected an unusually small depth and data are turnout. Not the case at all. comfortably displayed on the TESTIMONIAL 4 Left to right, up down, the right and left sides of the Nep- crowds were still vibrant and tune Space visor. These two abundant. displays are accompanied by UPCOMING EVENTS 4 At OCEANREEF we make it visor lights installed in the top a priority to continually pro- of the visor. vide our customers with new Another example of our TRIVIA CHALLENGE and exciting products at the new products introduced at DEMA Show, this years DEMA is Alpha Pro X-Divers. Q: What are the three “product reveal” was no ex- The X-Divers is a hardwired, functions of the new ception. Our Italian engineers full-duplex underwater com- CUBE3? have given us 5 new innova- munication system for conver- tions. The SDVL, the GSM sations between the surface CUBE3, the Alpha Pro X- and one or two divers. The The fir st five people to e-mail Divers, the GC 2008, and the system has full volume control the correct answ er to adver - Gamma Alpha. for the surface unit, as well as [email protected] The most notable of the individual volume controls for will receive a $5 gift certifi- new products is the SDVL, cate toStar bucks! Please each diver. The surface unit include your address. Shield Display Visor Light. The can be switched for communi- SDVL provides divers with a cation between surface and “heads up” display giving divers 1, surface and diver 2, Planning a trip? depth and air pressure con- or surface and diver 1 & 2. A stantly. When checking impor- very versatile unit. Consider diving tant data while diving (depth NEMO 33 To learn more about these and air pressure), a diver usu- and all our other products, … page 3 ally has to look at their wrist visit the website. We’ ll see or console display instruments you at next years DEMA Show to do so. With the SDVL the 2009 Orlando.

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New Product New Product The GSM CUBE3 GC2008

At OCEANREEF, innovation Ocean communication comes first. The GSM CUBE³ is units are designed to be user an underwater communication friendly. One of our main unit capable of operating commitments is to respond to wireless / hardwired or inter- the variety of diver use appli- faced with a VHF radio!! cations, including profession- Three units in one!! If the unit als. This is now possib le This allows to oper- is connected to theALPHA thanks to the GC 2008 adapter ate via cable by switching PROX-Divers surface unit via which interconnect existing from the GSM G-Power SL cable, then communication is com parts, thus creating the (installed in the H08 Helmet) on fullduplex with the sur- possibility for new com sys- wireless unit to the hardwired face unit (no need to press tems. For examp le by using full dup lex and headset sys- the transceiver button to the GC 2008 it is now possible tem. communicate). At the same to interconnect the surface Another option is to connect time the unit is capab le of unit of the ALPHA PRO X Di- the MHA-2 to the surface unit communicating with other vers (hardwired system) to the of the Alpha UWCP wireless underwater units microphone headset assem- (underwater cellular phone) such as the OCEAN REEF GSM, bled (MHA-2) supplied with by using the GC 2008. The GC GSM DC, GSM G Power and the GSM G-Power, or sepa- 2 2008 can be installed under- GSM G Power SL, M105 and rately. water. M100. By pressing the button of New Product the PTT the unit is transmit- Gamma Alpha ting on channel 1 of ultrasonic frequency. The GSM CUBE³ The GAMMA-ALPHA is an hard- video to external monitors / can be connected to a VHF wired audio and video com- recorders. There are 3 differ- radio through the waterproof munication system. The sur- ent possibilities of video re- carrying bag and other rele- face unit may be connected cording: diver 1 through video vant connectors and inter- by audio and video to 2 di- out plug #1, diver 2 through faces. The GSM CUBE³ is vers. The GAMMA-ALPHA al- video out plug #2, mixed equipped with a special plug lows conversations between through the video out plug for the six pin connector the surface and one or two under the switch. With this which can be used when you divers, powered volume for third option, one can record don’t need to connect the both diver and surface, ad- the same images you see in cable. You can justable volume (from surface the 7 inch monitor also connect unit) for both diver and sur- and disconnect face. the unit With regard to the video, to/from the the installed 7” LCD color cable while monitor displays the video underwater. feed coming from the UW camera of diver 1 or diver 2. It is possible to patch the CREATING THE FUTURE No. 33

DID YOU KNOW? It's an ordinary dive, your out in open water … and sud- denly f eel like you've been electrocuted. Scientists be- lieve this may be another side effect to global warm- ing, marine invertebrates out to get you. Bathers in Europe are reeling from an onslaught of jellyfish. It has been reported that Dive Sites in one week, 62 bathers were NEMO 33– worlds deepest pool stung by jellyfish at Spain's Costa Blanca beach alone. Ever feel like the shallow 8 There are numerous under- The most troub lesome spe- foot pool gets a little boring? water windows that allow out- cies is the Mauve stinger, What if it was 33 meters? side visitors to look into the which is reported in vast Would that be better? pools at various depths. From numbers off the Balearics If your ever in Belgium, here one could watch fellow and in the Mediterranean. make sure you check out divers go through their dive Ironically, this slimy jelly- Nemo 33. Nemo 33 is a rec- from the safety of a full producing sea creature is reational diving center that is bar/restaurant. The complex conquering the world's 3 home to the world's deepest was designed by Belgian diving oceans without the use of . The pool itself expert John Beernaerts as a brain function, instead the consists of a submerged struc- multi-purpose diving instruc- jelly is equipped with a nerv- ture with flat p latforms at tion, recreational, and film ous system and rhopalia various depth levels. The pool production facility, and (sensory structures) to per- has two large flat - bottomed opened in 2004. ceive stimuli. areas at depth levels of 16ft You can take only a few The over population is (5m) and 32 ft(10m), and a items of your own dive kit credited to warming oceans large circular pit descending (computer, mask, pool fins) and over-fishing, which re- to a depth of 108 ft (33m). It but no BCD, fins that require moves predators and com- is filled with 660,430 gallons booties, regulators (unless petitors. The worst example of non-chlorinated, highly fil- they have an integrated air is the Black Sea--90 per cent tered spring water maintained linked to your computer - but of the biomass there is jelly- at 86°F (30°C) and contains no DIN fittings at all), lights, fish, according to one sam- several simulated underwater etc. If your planning a trip, ple. Remember, if you are caves at the 33ft (10m) depth don't forget to make reserva- stung, hot water is the best level. Within these caves, one tions in advance, space is lim- way to treat a sting. can remove their mask and ited. Also, make sure you breath in the ventilated air bring your own buddy. Renting cavity for a light break before a Nemo buddy isn’t cheap. continuing their dive. The Although you wont find any space is usually reserved for wildlife or cool coral here, training. you will find a really deep pool. CREATING THE FUTURE December—January 2 I 0 I 0 I 8

Bonus Feature SDVL LED details

As mentioned on page one, the new SDVL pro- vides divers a “heads-up” display giving depth and air pressure constantly. Here are a few images that describe the LED bars and their corre- sponding meaning

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