Operation Guide 3063
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Problem
Cannot perform
manual receive.
Time setting is
incorrect
following signal
reception.
Probable Cause
•
The watch is not in the Timekeeping Mode.
•
Your current Home City is not one of the
following:
LIS, LON, MAD, PAR, ROM, BER, STO,
ATH, MOW, HKG, BJS, TPE, SEL, TYO,
HNL, ANC, YVR, LAX, YEA, DEN, MEX,
YWG, CHI, MIA, YTO, NYC, YHZ,
or
YYT
•
If the time is one hour off, the DST
setting may be incorrect.
•
The Home City code setting is not
correct for the area where you are using
the watch.
What you should do
•
Enter the Timekeeping Mode
and try again.
•
Select one of the city codes
shown to the left as your
Home City.
•
Change the DST setting to
Auto DST.
•
Select the correct Home City
code.
Signal Reception Troubleshooting
Check the following points whenever you experience problems with signal reception.
•
For further information, see “Important!” under “Time Calibration Signal Reception”
and “Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping Precautions”.
World Time
The World Time Mode shows you the current time in 48
cities (29 time zones) around the world.
•
If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your
Home City time settings and make the necessary
changes.
•
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing
C
.
To view the time in another city
While in the World Time Mode, press
D
to scroll
eastward through the city codes (time zones).
•
For full information on city codes, see the “City Code
Table”.
City code
Current time in
selected city
To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time
1. In the World Time Mode, press
D
(eastward) to scroll
through city codes until the one that you want to switch
is displayed.
2. Hold down
A
to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
(
DST
indicator displayed) and Standard Time (
DST
indicator not displayed).
•
The
DST
indicator will appear whenever you display a
city code for which Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
•
Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the
currently displayed city code. Other city codes are not
affected.
DST indicator
Stopwatch
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times,
and two finishes. It also includes Auto-Start.
•
The display range of the stopwatch is 999 hours,
59 minutes, 59.99 seconds.
•
The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero
after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.
•
The stopwatch measurement operation continues even
if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.
•
Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen
on the display clears the split time and returns to
elapsed time measurement.
•
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing
C
.
Minutes
1/100 second
Seconds
Hours
D
Start
Stop
Elapsed Time
➤
D
Re-start
Clear
➤
Stop
D
➤
D
➤
A
Split Time
D
Start
Split
(
SPL
displayed)
➤
Split release
Clear
A
➤
Stop
A
➤
D
➤
A
Two Finishes
D
Start
Split
First runner finishes.
Display time of first
runner.
➤
Stop
Second runner
finishes.
Clear
A
➤
Split release
Display time of
second runner.
D
➤
A
➤
A
To measure times with the stopwatch
About Auto-Start
With Auto-Start, the watch performs a 5-second countdown, and stopwatch operation
starts automatically when the countdown reaches zero.
During the final three seconds of the countdown, a beeper sounds with each second.
To use Auto-Start
1. While the stopwatch screen is showing all zeros in the
Stopwatch Mode, press
A
.
•
This displays a 5-second countdown screen.
•
To return to the all zeros screen, press
A
again.
2. Press
D
to start the countdown.
•
When the countdown reaches zero, a tone sounds and a
stopwatch timing operation starts automatically.
•
Pressing
D
while the Auto-Start countdown is in
progress starts the stopwatch immediately.
Countdown Timer
You can set the countdown timer within a range of one to
60 minutes. An alarm sounds when the countdown
reaches zero.
•
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing
C
.
To set the countdown start time
1. While the countdown start time is on the display in the
Countdown Timer Mode, hold down
A
until the current
countdown start time starts to flash, which indicates the
setting screen.
•
If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the procedure under “To use the
countdown timer” to display it.
2. While a setting is flashing, use
D
(+) and
B
(–) to change it.
3. Press
A
to exit the setting screen.
Minutes
1/10 second
Seconds
Timekeeping Mode time
To use the countdown timer
Press
D
while in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the countdown timer.
•
When the end of the countdown is reached, the alarm sounds for 10 seconds or until
you stop it by pressing any button. The countdown time is reset automatically to its
starting value after the alarm stops.
•
Press
D
while a countdown operation is in progress to pause it. Press
D
again to
resume the countdown.
•
To stop a countdown operation completely, first pause it (by pressing
D
), and then
press
A
. This returns the countdown time to its starting value.
Alarms
You can set five independent Daily Alarms. When an
alarm is turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm
time is reached. One of the alarms can be configured as a
snooze alarm or a one-time alarm, while the other four are
one-time alarms.
You also can turn on an hourly time signal that causes the
watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
•
There are five alarm screens numbered
1
through
5
.
The hourly time signal screen is indicated by :
00
•
When you enter the Alarm Mode, the screen you were
viewing when you last exited the mode appears first.
•
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing
C
.
Timekeeping
Mode time
Alarm number
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
To set an alarm time
1. In the Alarm Mode, use
D
to scroll through the alarm
screens until the one whose time you want to set is
displayed.
x3
x4
x1
x2
:00
x5
•
You can configure Alarm
1
as a snooze alarm or a one-time alarm. Alarms
2
through
5
can be used as one-time alarms only.
•
The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.
2. After you select an alarm, hold down
A
until the hour setting of the alarm time
starts to flash. This indicates the setting screen.
3. Press
C
to move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.
4. While a setting is flashing, use
D
(+) and
B
(–) to change it.
•
When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
correctly as a.m. (no indicator) or p.m. (
P
indicator).
5. Press
A
to exit the setting screen.
Alarm Operation
The alarm sounds at the preset time for about 10 seconds. In the case of the snooze
alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total of seven times, every five minutes, or
until you turn the alarm off or change it to a one-time alarm.
Note
•
Pressing any button stops the alarm tone operation.
•
Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen
Displaying the Alarm
1
setting screen
To test the alarm
In the Alarm Mode, hold down
D
to sound the alarm.
To turn Alarms
2
2
2
2
2
through
5
5
5
5
5
on and off
1. In the Alarm Mode, use
D
to select a one-time alarm
(alarm number
2
through
5
).
2. Press
A
to toggle the displayed alarm on and off.
•
Turning on a one-time alarm (
2
through
5
) displays the
one-time alarm on indicator on its screen.
•
The one-time alarm on indicator is displayed in all
modes.
•
If any alarm is on, the one-time alarm on indicator is
shown on the display in all modes.
One-time alarm on
indicator
To select the operation of Alarm
1
1
1
1
1
1. In the Alarm Mode, use
D
to select Alarm
1
.
2. Press
A
to cycle through the available settings in the sequence shown below.
Snooze alarm on indicator and one-time alarm on indicator
One-time alarm on
Snooze alarm on
Alarm off
•
The applicable indicator is displayed in all modes when an alarm is turned on.
•
The snooze alarm on indicator flashes during the 5-minute intervals between
alarms.
•
Displaying the Alarm
1
setting screen while the snooze alarm is turned on turns off
the snooze alarm automatically (making Alarm
1
a one-time alarm).