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Operation Guide 3278/3279

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General Guide

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Press

to change from mode to mode.

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In any mode (except when a setting screen is on the display), press

to illuminate

the display.

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When you return to the Timekeeping Mode, the day of the week will be displayed
after the name of the site you selected. See “Tide Site Name List” (page L-2) for
more information about the site.

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Tide/Moon Data Mode

Timekeeping Mode

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Countdown Timer Mode

Stopwatch Mode

Alarm Mode

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World Time Mode

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Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping

This watch receives a time calibration signal and updates its time setting accordingly.

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This watch is designed to pick up the time calibration signals transmitted in Germany
(Mainflingen), England (Anthorn), the United States (Fort Collins), China (Shangqiu),
and Japan (Fukushima, Fukuoka/Saga).

Current Time Setting

This watch adjusts its time setting automatically in accordance with a time calibration
signal. You also can perform a manual procedure to set the time and date, when
necessary.

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The first thing you should do after purchasing this watch is to specify your
Home City (the city where you normally will use the watch). For more
information, see “To specify your Home City” (page E-13).

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When using the watch outside the areas covered by the time signal transmitters, you
will have to adjust the current time setting manually as required. See “Timekeeping”
(page E-67) for more information about manual time settings.

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The U.S. time calibration signal can be picked up by the watch while in North
America. The term “North America” in this manual refers to the area that consists of
Canada, the continental United States, and Mexico.

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As of December 2010, China does not use Daylight Saving Time (DST). If China
does go to the Daylight Saving Time system in the future, some functions of this
watch may no longer operate correctly.

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Using this watch in a country covered by a time calibration that is different from the
countries it supports may result in incorrect time indication due to local application of
summer time, etc.

To specify your Home City

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down

until the city

code starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press

(east) and

(west) to select the city code

you want to use as your Home City.

LIS

LON

: Lisbon, London

MAD

PAR

ROM

BER

STO

: Madrid, Paris,

Rome, Berlin, Stockholm

ATH

: Athens

MOW

: Moscow

HKG

BJS

TPE

: Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei

SEL

TYO

: Seoul, Tokyo

HNL

: Honolulu

ANC

: Anchorage

City code

Seconds

PM indicator

Hour : Minutes

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YVR

LAX

: Vancouver, Los Angeles

YEA

DEN

: Edmonton, Denver

MEX

CHI

: Mexico City, Chicago

NYC

: New York

YHZ

: Halifax

YYT

: St.Johns

3. Press

twice to exit the setting screen.

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Normally, your watch should show the correct time as soon as you select your Home
City code. If it does not, it should adjust automatically after the next auto receive
operation (in the middle of the night). You also can perform manual receive (page
E-27) or you can set the time manually (page E-68).

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The watch will receive the time calibration signal automatically from the applicable
transmitter (in the middle of the night) and update its settings accordingly. For
information about the relationship between city codes and transmitters, see page
E-18 and “Transmitters” (page E-88).

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See the maps under “Approximate Reception Ranges” (page E-19) for information
about the reception ranges of the watch.

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You can disable time signal reception, if you want. See “To turn auto receive on and
off” on page E-29 for more information.

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Under factory default settings, auto receive is turned off for all of the following city
codes:

MOW

(Moscow),

HNL

(Honolulu), and

ANC

(Anchorage). For details about

turning on auto receive for these city codes, see “To turn auto receive on and off” on
page E-29.

Time Calibration Signal Reception

There are two different methods you can use to receive the time calibration signal:
auto receive and manual receive.

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Auto Receive

With auto receive, the watch receives the time calibration signal automatically up to
6 times a day (5 times a day for the Chinese calibration signal). When any auto
receive is successful, the remaining auto receive operations are not performed. For
more information, see “About Auto Receive” (page E-22).

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Manual Receive

Manual receive lets you start a time calibration receive operation with the press of a
button. For more information, see “To perform manual receive” (page E-27).

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Important!

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When getting ready to receive the time calibration signal, position the watch as
shown in the nearby illustration, with its 12 o’clock side pointing towards a window.
This watch is designed to receive a time calibration signal late at night. Because of
this, you should place the watch near a window as shown in the illustration when you
take it off at night. Make sure there are no metal objects nearby.

12 o’clock

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Make sure the watch is facing the right way.

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Proper signal reception can be difficult or even impossible under the conditions listed
below.

Inside or
among
buildings

Inside a
vehicle

Near a
construction
site, airport,
or other
sources of
electrical
noise

Near high-
tension power
lines

Near
household
appliances,
office
equipment,
or a mobile
phone

Among or
behind
mountains

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Signal reception normally is better at night than during the day.

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Time calibration signal reception takes from two to seven minutes, but in some
cases it can take as long as 14 minutes. Take care that you do not perform any
button operations or move the watch during this time.

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The time calibration signal the watch will attempt to pick up depends on its current
Home City code setting as shown below.

Home City Code

LIS, LON, MAD, PAR, ROM,

BER, STO, ATH, MOW*

HKG, BJS

TPE, SEL, TYO

HNL*, ANC*, YVR, LAX, YEA,

DEN, MEX, CHI, NYC, YHZ, YYT

Frequency

60.0 kHz
77.5 kHz
68.5 kHz
40.0 kHz
60.0 kHz