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Operation Guide 3278/3279

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5. Press 

A

 twice to exit the setting screen.

For details about the Button Operation Tone, see “To turn the button operation tone
on and off” (page E-84). For details about the Illumination duration, see “To specify
the illumination duration” (page E-56). For details about the Power Saving setting,
see “To turn Power Saving on and off” (page E-86).

Screen:

To do this:

Do this:

Change the year, month, or day

Toggle the button operation tone between

 (on) and 

 (off)

Toggle the illumination duration between

(approximately 1.5 seconds) and
 (approximately 3 seconds).

Toggle between Power Saving on (

) and

off (

)

Press

D

 (+) and 

B

 (–).

Press

D

.

Press

D

.

Press

D

.

/

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Auto DST (

) can be selected only while 

LIS

,

LON

,

MAD

,

PAR

,

ROM

,

BER

,

STO

,

ATH

,

 MOW

,

 TPE

,

 SEL

,

 TYO

,

 HNL

,

 ANC

,

 YVR

,

 LAX

,

 YEA

,

 DEN

,

 MEX

,

 CHI

,

NYC

,

 YHZ

, or 

YYT

 is selected as the Home City code. For more information, see

“Daylight Saving Time (DST)” (page E-72).

The day of the week is displayed automatically in accordance with the date (year,
month, and day) settings.

12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping

With the 12-hour format, the 

P

 (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.

With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
any indicator.

The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
applied in all other modes.

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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.
The time calibration signals transmitted from Mainflingen (Germany), Anthorn
(England), or Fort Collins (the United States) include both Standard Time and DST
data. When the Auto DST setting is turned on, the watch switches between Standard
Time and DST (summer time) automatically in accordance with the signals.

Though the time calibration signals transmitted by the Fukushima and Fukuoka/
Saga, Japan transmitters include summer time data, summer time currently is not
implemented in Japan (as of 2010).

The default DST setting is Auto DST (

) whenever you select 

LIS

,

 LON

,

 MAD

,

PAR

,

 ROM

,

 BER

,

 STO

,

 ATH

,

 MOW

,

 TYO

,

 ANC

,

 YVR

,

 LAX

,

 YEA

,

 DEN

,

 MEX

,

 CHI

,

NYC

,

 YHZ

, or 

YYT

 as your Home City code.

If you experience problems receiving the time calibration signal in your area, it
probably is best to switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time
(summer time) manually.

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To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down 

A

 until the city

code starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press 

C

 and the DST setting screen appears.

3. Press 

D

 to cycle through the DST settings in the

sequence shown below.

Auto DST (

    

)

DST off (

    

)

DST on (

  

)

If you change your Home City to one that is within the same transmitter area, the
current DST setting will be retained. If you change to a city that is outside your
current transmitter area, DST will be turned off automatically.

DST indicator

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4. When the setting you want is selected, press 

A

 twice to exit the setting screen.

 The 

DST

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

Transmitter

Japan
China
U.S.
Europe (U.K., Germany)
None

Covered City Codes
TPE

,

SEL

,

TYO

HKG

,

BJS

HNL

,

ANC

,

YVR

,

LAX

,

YEA

,

DEN

,

MEX

,

CHI

,

NYC

,

YHZ

,

YYT

LIS

,

LON

,

MAD

,

PAR

,

ROM

,

BER

,

STO

,

ATH

,

MOW

All other city codes

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Tide Site Name

Selecting a Tide Site Name

The tide site names you can select depend on your current Home City setting.

Select the tide site name in the Timekeeping Mode.

After configuring the settings for your Home City, press 

A

 once to display the tide

site name selection screen.

Note that the tide sites you can select are those located in the same time zone as
your Home City. They are not necessarily located near your Home City.

To configure tide site settings

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down 

A

 for about two

seconds until the city code starts to flash. This is the
setting screen.

The watch will exit the setting screen automatically if
you do not perform any operation for about two or
three minutes.

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2. Press

A

 once to display the tide site name selection screen.

The current tide site name will be on the display and

SET

 will flash.

3. Press 

D

 (forward) and 

B

 (back) to scroll through the

tide site names until the one you want is displayed.

If the tide site name is longer than four characters, the
name will scroll from right to left on the display.

A tide site that does not have any data assigned to it
displays the name “USER”.

4. When all of the settings are the way you want, press 

A

to exit the setting screen.

The tide graph in the Timekeeping Mode shows
information for the site you select here.

The tide site candidates are those with the same UTC
differential as the current Home City. If you cannot find
the site you want, you can select “USER”.

Only “USER” sites may be available for some city codes.

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Setting an accurate high tide time will allow the watch to produce accurate tide
readings. Especially when “USER” is selected as the site, make sure that you input
an accurate high tide time (page E-38).

Only a “USER” site can be selected while UTC is selected as the Home City.

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Reference

This section contains more detailed and technical information about watch operation.
It also contains important precautions and notes about the various features and
functions of this watch.

Moon Phase Indicator

The Moon phase indicator of this watch indicates the
current phase of the Moon as shown below. It is based on
the view of the left side of the moon at meridian transit
from the northern hemisphere of the Earth. If the
appearance of the Moon phase indicator is reversed from
the actual Moon as viewed from your location, you can
use the procedure under “To reverse the displayed Moon
phase” (page E-40) to change the indicator.

Module 3278

Module 3279

Moon Phase indicator

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Moon phase (part you can see)

Moon
Phase
Indicator

Moon Age

Moon Phase

New
Moon

First
Quarter
(Waxing)

28.7-29.8

1.0-2.7 2.8-4.6 4.7-6.4 6.5-8.3 8.4-10.1 10.2-12.0 12.1-13.8

0.0-0.9

Module

3278

Module

3279

(part you cannot see)

Summary of Contents for 3278

Page 1: ...mal watch operation be sure to keep it exposed to light as much as possible E 4 The actual level at which some functions are disabled depends on the watch model Be sure to read Power Supply page E 59 for important information you need to know when exposing the watch to bright light If the display of the watch is blank If the display of the watch is blank it means that the watch s Power Saving func...

Page 2: ...y For information about the relationship between city codes and transmitters see page E 18 and Transmitters page E 88 See the maps under Approximate Reception Ranges page E 19 for information about the reception ranges of the watch E 15 You can disable time signal reception if you want See To turn auto receive on and off on page E 29 for more information Under factory default settings auto receive...

Page 3: ...s before or after the calibration times Doing so can interfere with correct calibration Remember that reception of the calibration signal depends on the current time in the Timekeeping Mode The receive operation will be performed whenever the display shows any one of the calibration times regardless of whether or not the displayed time actually is the correct time E 25 About the Signal Strength In...

Page 4: ...check your Timekeeping Mode settings and correct them if necessary See To configure tide site settings page E 75 for more information If you feel that the information shown by the Tide Graph is different from actual tide conditions you need to adjust the high tide time See Adjusting the High Tide Time page E 37 for more information Moon Data The moon phase and moon age information that appears fir...

Page 5: ...u enter by pressing C page E 11 Alarm number Alarm time Hour Minutes E 45 To set an alarm time 1 In the Alarm Mode press D to scroll through the alarm screens until the one whose time you want to set is displayed D D D D D D To set an alarm time display the applicable alarm screen AL1through AL4 or SNZ The snooze alarm operation repeats every five minutes 2 After you select an alarm hold down A un...

Page 6: ... you angle the watch towards your face The auto light switch must be turned on indicated by the auto light switch on indicator for it to operate See Illumination Precautions page E 91 for other important information about using illumination To illuminate the display manually In any mode except when a setting screen is on the display press L to turn on illumination The above operation turns on illu...

Page 7: ...leaving the watch in the areas described below whenever charging its rechargeable battery Also note that allowing the watch to become very hot can cause its liquid crystal display to black out The appearance of the LCD should become normal again when the watch returns to a lower temperature Warning Leaving the watch in bright light to charge its rechargeable battery can cause it to become quite ho...

Page 8: ...your current transmitter area DST will be turned off automatically DST indicator E 74 4 When the setting you want is selected press A twice to exit the setting screen The DST indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on Transmitter Japan China U S Europe U K Germany None Covered City Codes TPE SEL TYO HKG BJS HNL ANC YVR LAX YEA DEN MEX CHI NYC YHZ YYT LIS LON MAD PAR ROM B...

Page 9: ...ve the watch to a well lit area Press any button Angle the watch towards your face for reading page E 57 To turn Power Saving on and off 1 In the Timekeeping Mode hold down A until the city code starts to flash which indicates the setting screen 2 Press C 11 times until the Power Saving on off screen appears 3 Press D to toggle Power Saving on and off 4 Press A twice to exit the setting screen The...

Page 10: ...y 77 5 kHz Anthorn England Call Sign MSF Frequency 60 0 kHz Fort Collins Colorado the United States Call Sign WWVB Frequency 60 0 kHz Fukushima Japan Call Sign JJY Frequency 40 0 kHz Fukuoka Saga Japan Call Sign JJY Frequency 60 0 kHz Shangqiu City Henan Province China Call Sign BPC Frequency 68 5 kHz E 94 Tide Moon Data Moon phase indicator for specific date Tide level for specific date and time ...

Page 11: ...STRALIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA GUAM NEW CALEDONIA FIJI ISLANDS NEW ZEALAND AMERICAN SAMOA U S A U S A U S A U S A L 6 Tide Site City Code Tide Site City Code ANC YVR LAX YEA DEN MEX CHI NYC NAWILIWILI KAUAI PAPEETE TAHITI USER USER SAN FRANCISCO MONTEREY PORT SAN LUIS SANTA BARBARA PORT HUENEME SANTA MONICA L A HARBOR NEWPORT BAY LA JOLLA ENSENADA MEX USER USER USER MANZ...

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