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Alarms
Your watch has a total of five alarms, each of which you
can configure as a daily alarm or one-time alarm.
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Daily Alarm: Sounds at the preset time each day.
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One-time Alarm: Sounds once at the preset time and
then is disabled automatically.
You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes
the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
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All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing
C
(page
E-5).
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Alarms operate in coordination with the current Home
City Time.
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
Alarm number
Alarm on indicator
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To change your Home Time city to the current World Time city
1. In the World Time Mode, use
D
to display the city you want to make your new
Home Time city.
2. Press
A
and
B
at the same time.
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This makes the World Time city you selected in step 1 your new Home Time city.
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To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time
1. In the World Time Mode, use
D
(east) to display the
city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight
Saving Time setting you want to change.
2. Hold down
A
for about one second to toggle Daylight
Saving Time (
DST
displayed) and Standard Time (
DST
not displayed).
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The
DST
indicator is on the display whenever you
display a city code for which Daylight Saving Time is
turned on.
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Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the
currently displayed city code. Other city codes are not
affected.
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Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time
and Daylight Saving Time while UTC is selected as the
city code.
DST indicator
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World Time
World Time shows the current time in 48 cities (31 time
zones) around the world.
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All of the operations in this section are performed in the
World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing
C
(page E-4).
To view the time for another city code
In the World Time Mode, press
D
to scroll eastwardly
through city codes.
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For full information about city codes, see the “City Code
Table” at the back of this manual.
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If the current time for a city is wrong, check your
Timekeeping Mode time and time zone settings and
make the necessary changes.
Current time and date in
the zone of the selected
city code
City code
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To turn on illumination
In any mode (except when a setting screen is on the display), press
B
to turn on
illumination.
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You can use the procedure above to select either 1.5 seconds or 3 seconds as the
illumination duration. When you press
B
, the illumination will remain on for about
1.5 seconds or 3 seconds, depending on the current illumination duration setting.
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Changing Your Home City Time
Use the following procedure to change your current Home City Time to any one of the
three Local Times.
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, press
D
to display the Local Time which you want to
make your Home City Time.
2. Press
A
and
B
at the same time.
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This makes the Local Time you selected in step 1 your new Home City Time.
Illumination
An LED (light-emitting diode) illuminate the display for easy reading in the dark.
Illumination Precautions
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The illumination provided by the light may be hard to see when viewed under direct
sunlight.
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Illumination automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.
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Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.
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12/24-Hour Format
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With the 12-hour format, the
PM
indicator appears to the left of the hour digits for
times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no indicator appears to the left of the
hour digits for times in the range of midnight to 11:59 a.m.
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With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
any indicator.
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The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
applied in all other modes.
Changing the City Setting of a Local Time
You can select any one of the city codes in the table at the back of this manual as a
Local Time city.
1. Display the Local Time whose city setting you want to change, and then hold down
A
for about two seconds until the current city code starts to flash.
2. Use
D
(east) and
B
(west) to select the city code you want.
3. Press
C
to display the DST setting screen.
4. Press
D
to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (
displayed) and Standard
Time (
displayed).
5. After the settings are the way you want, press
A
.
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To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time
1. Use
D
to display the current Home City Time (T-1)
screen.
2. Hold down
A
until the seconds start to flash, which
indicates the setting screen.
3. Press
C
to display the DST setting screen.
4. Press
D
to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
(
displayed) and Standard Time (
displayed).
5. Press
A
to exit the setting screen.
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The
DST
indicator appears on the Timekeeping screen
to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
DST indicator
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5. Press
A
to exit the setting screen.
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The day of the week is displayed automatically in accordance with the date (year,
month, and day) settings.
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Daylight Saving Time (summer time) advances the time setting by one hour from Standard
Time. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight Saving Time.
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Screen
To do this:
Reset the seconds to
.
Toggle between Daylight Saving
Time (
) and Standard Time (
).
Change the city code.
Change the hour or minutes.
Toggle between 12-hour (
) and
24-hour (
) timekeeping.
Change the year.
Change the month or day.
Toggle the setting between
1.5 seconds ( ) and 3 seconds ( ).
Do this:
Press
D
.
Press
D
.
Use
D
(east) and
B
(west).
Use
D
(+) and
B
(–).
Press
D
.
Use
D
(+) and
B
(–).
Use
D
(+) and
B
(–).
Press
D
.
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See “Daylight Saving Time (DST)” on page E-11 for details about DST setting.