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Operation Guide 3173 3246

Mode Reference Guide

Your watch has 10 “modes”. The mode you should select depends on what you want to do.

To do this:

Enter this mode:

 View the current date in the Home City

 Confi gure Home City and daylight saving time (DST) settings

 Confi gure time and date settings

Timekeeping Mode

View the sunrise and sunset times for a specifi c date

Sunrise/Sunset Mode

 Determine your current bearing or the direction from your current location to a 

destination as a direction indicator and angle value

 Determine your current location using the watch and a map

Digital Compass Mode

 View the barometric pressure and temperature at your current location

 View a graph of barometric pressure readings

Barometer/Thermometer
Mode

To do this:

Enter this mode:

 View the altitude at your current location

 Determine the altitude differential between two locations (reference point and 

current location)

 Record an altitude reading with the measurement time and date

Altimeter Mode

Recall records created in the Altimeter Mode

Data Recall Mode

View the current time in one of 48 cities (31 time zones) around the globe

World Time Mode

Use the stopwatch to measure elapsed time

Stopwatch Mode

Use the countdown timer

Countdown Timer Mode

Set an alarm time

Alarm Mode

General Functions (All Modes)

The functions and operations described in this section can be used in all of the modes.

Auto Return Features

 The watch returns to the Timekeeping Mode automatically if you do not perform any button operation 

for two or three minutes in the Sunrise/Sunset, Data Recall, Alarm, or Digital Compass Mode.

 If you leave a screen with fl ashing digits on the display for two or three minutes without performing any 

operation, the watch exits the setting screen automatically.

Initial Screens

When you enter the World Time, Alarm, or Digital Compass Mode, the data you were viewing when you 
last exited the mode appears fi rst.

Scrolling

The

A

 and 

C

 buttons are used on the setting screen to scroll through data on the display. In most 

cases, holding down these buttons during a scroll operation scrolls through the data at high speed.

Timekeeping

Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current time and date.

 Pressing 

E

 while in the Timekeeping Mode will cycle through the Timekeeping Mode display formats 

as shown below.

Year

Barometric 
pressure graph

Day of the Week Screen

Year Screen

Barometric Pressure

Graph Screen

PM
indicator

Day of 
week

Month
Day

Seconds

Hour : Minutes

Confi guring Home City Settings

There are two Home City settings: actually selecting the Home City and selecting either standard time or 
daylight saving time (DST).

To confi gure Home City settings

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down 

E

 until the currently selected 

city code starts to fl ash. This is the city code setting screen.

 Before the city code starts to fl ash, the message 

SET Hold

will appear on the display. Keep 

E

 depressed until 

SET Hold

disappears and the city code starts to fl ash.

 The watch will exit the setting mode automatically if you do not 

perform any operation for about two or three minutes.

 For details about city codes, see the “City Code Table”.

2. Press 

A

 (East) and 

C

 (West) to select the city code you want to use 

as your Home City.

 Keep pressing 

A

 or 

C

 until the city code you want to select as 

your Home City appears on the display.

3. Press 

D

 to display the DST setting screen.

4. Use

A

 to toggle the DST settings between 

OFF

 and 

On

.

 Note that you cannot switch between standard time and daylight 

saving time (DST) while UTC is selected as your Home City.

5. After all the settings are the way you want, press 

E

 twice to return to the Timekeeping Mode.

 The 

DST

 indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

Note

 After you specify a city code, the watch will use UTC* offsets in the World Time Mode to calculate 

the current time for other time zones based on the current time in your Home City.

* Coordinated Universal Time, the world-wide scientifi c standard of timekeeping. 

The reference point for UTC is Greenwich, England.

To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down 

E

 until the currently selected 

city code starts to fl ash. This is the city code setting screen.

 Before the city code starts to fl ash, the message 

SET Hold

will appear on the display. Keep 

E

 depressed until 

SET Hold

disappears and the city code starts to fl ash.

2. Press 

D

 to display the DST setting screen.

3. Use 

A

 to toggle the DST settings between 

OFF

 and 

On

.

4. After all the settings are the way you want, press 

E

 twice to return to 

the Timekeeping Mode.

 The 

DST

 indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is 

turned on.

PM
indicator

City
code

Month
Day

Seconds

Hour : Minutes

DST indicator

PM
indicator

City
code

Month
Day

Seconds

Hour : Minutes

DST indicator

DST indicator

DST indicator

Selecting a Mode

 The illustration below shows which buttons you need to press to navigate between modes.

 For about one second after you enter a mode by pressing 

D

, a pointer will appear on the display 

pointing the applicable mode name on the watch's bezel.

 In any mode, press 

L

 to illuminate the display.

 You can use buttons 

A

,

B

, and 

C

 to enter a sensor mode directly from the Timekeeping Mode or 

from another sensor mode. To enter a sensor mode from the Sunrise/Sunset Mode, Data Recall, World 
Time, Stopwatch, Countdown Timer, or Alarm Mode, fi rst enter the Timekeeping Mode and then press 
the applicable button.

World Time 

Mode

Data Recall 

Mode

Sunrise/Sunset

Mode

Stopwatch Mode

Countdown

Timer Mode

Alarm Mode

Altimeter Mode

Barometer/

Thermometer Mode

Digital Compass Mode

Timekeeping Mode

Sensor Modes

World Time 

Mode

Data Recall 

Mode

Sunrise/Sunset

Mode

Stopwatch Mode

Countdown

Timer Mode

Alarm Mode

Altimeter Mode

Barometer/

Thermometer Mode

Digital Compass Mode

Timekeeping Mode

Sensor Modes

Summary of Contents for 3173

Page 1: ...l l l Illumination beeper and sensor operation disabled 4 C Except for timekeeping and the C charge indicator all functions and display indicators disabled 5 All functions disabled The flashing LOW indicator at Level 3 L tells you that battery power is very low and that exposure to bright light for charging is required as soon as possible At Level 5 all functions are disabled and settings return to...

Page 2: ...he city code starts to flash the message SET Hold will appear on the display Keep E depressed until SET Hold disappears and the city code starts to flash The watch will exit the setting mode automatically if you do not perform any operation for about two or three minutes For details about city codes see the City Code Table 2 Press A East and C West to select the city code you want to use as your Hom...

Page 3: ...enever you feel that the direction readings being produced by the watch are off There are three different calibration methods available magnetic declination correction bidirectional calibration and northerly calibration Magnetic Declination Correction With magnetic declination correction you input a magnetic declination angle difference between magnetic north and true north which allows the watch ...

Page 4: ...ayed direction in Bearing Memory The direction angle value and pointer stored in Bearing Memory will remain on the display for about 20 seconds See Bearing Memory for more information 5 Now you can advance while monitoring the Bearing Memory pointer to ensure that it remains in the 12 o clock position To re display the Bearing Memory direction angle value and Bearing Memory pointer press C Pressin...

Page 5: ...values hPa values Current pressure greater than most recent measured pressure Current pressure less than most recent measured pressure Barometric pressure differential pointer inHg values hPa values Current pressure greater than most recent measured pressure Current pressure less than most recent measured pressure l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ...

Page 6: ...l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Entering the Altimeter Mode starts a new altitude auto measurement session but it does not reset the current ASC ASC 1 and ASC 2 and DSC DSC 1 and DSC 2 values or change them in any way This means that the starting ASC and DSC values for a new Altimeter ...

Page 7: ...e D to exit the Data Recall Mode will be displayed if data has been deleted or if there is no corresponding data due to error etc In such cases total ascent ASC and total descent DSC values will show zero When the total ascent ASC or total descent DSC exceeds 99 995 meters or 327 980 feet the applicable value will restart from zero If the total ascent ASC or total descent DSC value becomes five dig...

Page 8: ...eeping Mode time DST indicator DST indicator Hours 1 100 second Seconds Minutes Current time Hours 1 100 second Seconds Minutes Current time Using the Countdown Timer The countdown timer can be configured to start at a preset time and sound an alarm when the end of the countdown is reached To enter the Countdown Timer Mode Use D to select the Countdown Timer Mode TMR as shown in Selecting a Mode Ab...

Page 9: ...utton operation tone sounds any time you press one of the watch s buttons You can turn the button operation tone on or off as desired Even if you turn off the button operation tone the alarm Hourly Time Signal and Countdown Timer Mode alarm all operate normally To turn the button operation tone on and off 1 In the Timekeeping Mode hold down E until the currently selected city code starts to flash T...

Page 10: ...4 hours 1 hour increments and 1 minute increments Alarms 5 Daily alarms Hourly time signal Illumination EL Backlight electro luminescent panel Selectable illumination duration approximately 1 second or 3 seconds Auto Light Switch Full Auto EL Light operates only in the dark Other Battery power indicator Power Saving Low temperature resistance 10 C 14 F Button operation tone on off Power Supply Sol...

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