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Operation Guide 5259

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3. Press 

C

 to change the flashing screen content in the sequence shown below to

select the other settings.

Seconds

12/24-Hour

Format

Hour

Minutes

DST

Month

Year

City

Code

Day

Illumination

Duration

Button

Operation Tone

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

4. When the timekeeping setting you want to change is flashing, use 

D

 or 

B

 to

change it as described below.

Change the city code

Toggle the DST setting between
Daylight Saving Time (

) and

Standard Time (

).

Use

D

 (east) and 

B

(west).
Press

D

.

Screen:

To do this:

Do this:

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Screen:

To do this:

Do this:

Toggle between 12-hour (

) and

24-hour (

) timekeeping

Reset the seconds to 

Change the hour and minutes

Change the year, month, or day

Toggle the button operation tone
between 

 (on) and 

 (off)

Toggle the display illumination
duration between 1.5 seconds ( )
and three seconds (

)

Press

D

.

Press

D

.

Use

D

 (+) and 

B

 (–).

Press

D

.

Press

D

.

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5. Press 

A

 to exit the setting mode.

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.

To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down 

A

 for about two

seconds until “SET” appears on the display.

Note that keeping 

A

 depressed too long (for about

five seconds) will cause a different type of setting
mode to be entered (page E-33).

2. Press 

C

. This will display the DST setting screen.

DST indicator

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3. Use 

D

 to toggle the DST setting on and off.

DST off (        )

DST on (      )

D

The default DST setting is OFF (

).

4. When the setting you want is selected, press 

A

 to exit the setting mode.

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

12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping

With the 12-hour format, the PM indicator (

P

) appears on the lower display for times

in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no indicator appears 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
the PM indicator (

P

).

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

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Stopwatch

You can use the stopwatch to measure elapsed time and
split times.

The digital display range of the stopwatch is 999 hours,
59 minutes, 59.99 seconds. The stopwatch continues to
run until you stop it. If it reaches the above limit, it will
restart the time measurement from zero.

The stopwatch operation continues even if you exit the
Stopwatch Mode.

All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing 

C

 (page

E-7).

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Elapsed Time  Measurement

In the Stopwatch Mode, press 

D

 to start and stop elapsed time measurement.

Pressing

A

 while elapsed time measurement is in progress will display the current

split time.

D

A

A

D

A

Start

(Stopped)

(Stopped)

(Measurement)

Split

Split
cancel

Display
time reset

Stop

(Measured time 
displayed.)

(Split time 
displayed.)

(Measured time 
displayed.)

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Indicator disk

Elapsed time seconds

First 1 minute only

Measurement status

STOP:

Stopped

RUN:

Measuring

Except during display of
a split time.

SPL:

Split time displayed

Measured time or split time

Hours

Alternates with “SPL” during
split time display.

Minutes, seconds,
1/100 seconds

Pressing

D

 without resetting the displayed time will restart elapsed time

measurement from where it was last stopped (cumulative elapsed time
measurement).

An ongoing elapsed time measurement operation continues even if you exit the
Stopwatch Mode. In this case, the indicator disk indicates the current minutes count.

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Countdown Timer

You can set the countdown timer start time within a range
of one minute to 24 hours. 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

 (page E-7).

Start time
(Hours : Minutes)

Seconds

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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 will sound for 10 seconds or
until you stop it by pressing any button.

The countdown time is reset to its starting value automatically 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 timer operation completely, first pause it (by pressing 

D

), and

then press 

A

. This returns the countdown time to its starting value.

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To configure countdown start time settings

1. While the countdown start time is on the display in the

Countdown Timer Mode, hold down 

A

 for about two

seconds until the hour setting of the countdown start
time starts to flash. This is the setting mode.

Holding down 

A

 will initially cause “Hold” to appear

on the screen. Keep 

A

 depressed until “Hold”

disappears.

If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the
procedure under “To use the countdown timer” (page
E-18) to display it.

2. Press 

C

 to move the flashing in the sequence shown

below, and select the setting you want to change.

Start Time 

(Minutes)

Start Time 

(Hours)

C

C

3. Press 

A

 to exit the setting mode.

Start time
(Hours : Minutes)

Summary of Contents for 5259

Page 1: ... Time E 22 To swap your Home City and World Time City E 23 To set an alarm time E 25 E 5 To test the alarm E 26 To turn an alarm on and off E 27 To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off E 28 To illuminate the display manually E 29 To specify the illumination duration E 30 To turn the auto light switch on and off E 32 To adjust home positions E 33 To turn the button operation tone on and off E 36 ...

Page 2: ... from zero The stopwatch operation continues even if you exit the Stopwatch Mode All of the operations in this section are performed in the Stopwatch Mode which you enter by pressing C page E 7 E 15 Elapsed Time Measurement In the Stopwatch Mode press D to start and stop elapsed time measurement Pressing A while elapsed time measurement is in progress will display the current split time D A A D A ...

Page 3: ...ly Time Signal that causes the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour The snooze alarm screen is indicated by while the other alarm screens are numbered through The Hourly Time Signal screen is indicated by All of the operations in this section are performed in the Alarm Mode which you enter by pressing C page E 7 Alarm time Hour Minutes E 25 To set an alarm time 1 In the Alarm Mode use D to s...

Page 4: ... 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 alarms the Hourly Time Signal and other beepers all operate normally Mute indicator E 36 To turn the button operation tone on and off 1 In the Timekeeping Mode hold down A for about two seconds until SET appears on the display Note that keeping A depressed to...

Page 5: ...nation operation 1 5 seconds per day L 1 City Code Table L 2 City Code Table Pago Pago Honolulu Anchorage Vancouver Los Angeles Edmonton Denver Mexico City Chicago New York Santiago Halifax St Johns 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 5 PPG HNL ANC YVR LAX YEA DEN MEX CHI NYC SCL YHZ YYT City UTC Offset GMT Differential City Code City UTC Offset GMT Differential City Code RIO FEN RAI UTC LIS LON MAD PAR ROM BER S...

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