Casio GA100-1A1 Operation Manual Download Page 4

Operation Guide 5081

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Hand Home Position Correction

The speed hand and hour and minute hands of the watch can be thrown off by
exposure to strong magnetism or impact. The watch is designed to correct speed,
hour and minute hand manually.

To adjust home positions

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down 

D

 for about three

seconds until 

H-SET

 (

) appears in the lower right

display and 

Sub

 (

Sub

) appears in the lower left display.

This is the home position adjustment mode.

2. Check the position of the speed hand.

The speed hand is in the correct home position if it is
pointed at 50 (12 o’clock). If it isn’t, use 

D

 to move

the hand clockwise until it is.

After confirming that the speed hand is in its correct
home position, press 

C

.

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l

lll

ll

ll

l l

Speed hand

Correct speed hand

position

3. Check the positions of the hour and minute hands.

The hands are in the correct home positions if they
are pointed at 12 o’clock. If they aren’t, use 

D

(clockwise) and 

B

 (counterclockwise) to adjust their

positions.

4. When everything is the way you want, press 

A

 to

return to regular timekeeping.

This will cause the hour and minute hands to move to
the current Timekeeping Mode time and the speed hand
to move to the 0 position.

Pressing 

C

 here will return to the setting at the

beginning of step 2.

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l

lll

ll

ll

l l

Correct hour and

minute hand positions

Hour and minute hands

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.

Auto Return Features

If you leave the watch with a flashing setting on the display for two or three minutes
without performing any operation, the watch will exit the setting mode automatically.

The watch will return to the Timekeeping Mode automatically if you do not perform
any operation for two or three minutes in the Alarm Mode.

High-Speed Movement

The 

D

 and 

B

 buttons are used to change setting in various setting modes. In most

cases, holding down these buttons will start high-speed movement.

Initial Screens

When you enter the Stopwatch Mode, World Time Mode or Alarm Mode, the data you
were viewing when you last exited the mode will appear first.

Timekeeping

Resetting the seconds to 

00

 while the current count is in the range of 30 to 59

causes the minutes to be increased by 1. In the range of 00 to 29, the seconds are
reset to 

00

 without changing the minutes.

The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2099.

The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar makes allowances for different month
lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change
it except when battery has replaced.

The current time for all city codes in the Timekeeping Mode and World Time Mode is
calculated in accordance with the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for each city,
based on your Home City time setting.

Illumination Precautions

Illumination may be difficult to see when viewed under direct sunlight.

Illumination turns off automatically whenever an alarm sounds.

Illumination turns off automatically depends on the current illumination duration
setting.

Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.

Auto light switch precautions

Avoid wearing the watch on the inside of your wrist. Doing so causes the auto light
switch to operate when it is not needed, which shortens battery life. If you want to
wear the watch on the inside of your wrist, turn off the auto light switch feature.

Illumination may not turn on if the face of the watch is
more than 15 degrees above or below parallel. Make
sure that the back of your hand is parallel to the ground.

Illumination turns off in about 1.5 seconds or 3 seconds,
even if you keep the watch pointed towards your face.

More than 15 degrees
too high

Static electricity or magnetic force can interfere with proper operation of the auto
light switch. If illumination does not turn on, try moving the watch back to the starting
position (parallel with the ground) and then tilt it back toward you again. If this does
not work, drop your arm all the way down so it hangs at your side, and then bring it
back up again.

Under certain conditions, illumination may not turn on until about one second after
you turn the face of the watch towards you. This does not necessarily indicate
malfunction of the auto light switch.

You may notice a very faint clicking sound coming from the watch when it is shaken
back and forth. This sound is caused by mechanical operation of the auto light
switch, and does not indicate a problem with the watch.

Specifications

Accuracy at normal temperature:

 

±

 15 seconds a month

Digital Timekeeping: 

Hour, minutes, seconds, p.m. (P), month, day, day of the week

Time format: 12-hour and 24-hour
Calendar system: Full Auto-calendar pre-programmed from the year 2000 to 2099
Other: Home City code (can be assigned one of 48 city codes); Standard Time /

Daylight Saving Time (summer time)

Analog Timekeeping:

 Hour, minutes (hand moves every 20 seconds)

Stopwatch:

Measuring unit: 1/1000 second
Measuring capacity: 99:59'59.999"
Measuring modes: Elapsed time, Lap time, Split time
Other: Speed

Countdown Timer:

Measuring unit: 1 second
Input range: 1 minute to 24 hours (1-minute increments)
Other: Auto-repeat timing

World Time:

 48 cities (29 time zones)

Other: Daylight Saving Time/Standard Time, Home City/World Time City Swapping

Alarms:

 Four daily alarms, one snooze alarm, Hourly Time Signal

Illumination:

 LED (light-emitting diode), Auto Light Switch; Selectable illumination

duration

Battery :

 One lithium battery (Type: CR1220)

Approximate Battery Life: 2 years on type CR1220
(ten seconds of alarm operation per day, one illumination operation (1.5 seconds)
per day)

Pago Pago

Honolulu

Anchorage

Vancouver

Los Angeles

Edmonton

Denver

Mexico City

Chicago

Miami

Toronto

New York

Santiago

Halifax

St. Johns

Rio De Janeiro

Praia

Lisbon

London

Madrid

Paris

Rome
Berlin

Stockholm

PPG
HNL
ANC
YVR

LAX

YEA
DEN

MEX

CHI
MIA

YTO
NYC
SCL
YHZ
YYT

RIO

RAI

UTC

LIS

LON

MAD

PAR

ROM

BER
STO

City

City

UTC Offset/

Code

GMT Differential

City Code Table

–11
–10

–9

–8

–7

–6

–5

–4

–3.5
–3
–1

0

+1

City

City

UTC Offset/

Code

GMT Differential

Athens

Cairo

Jerusalem

Moscow

Jeddah

Tehran

Dubai
Kabul

Karachi

Delhi

Dhaka

Yangon

Bangkok

Singapore

Hong Kong

Beijing

Taipei
Seoul
Tokyo

Adelaide

Guam

Sydney

Noumea

Wellington

+2

+3

+3.5
+4
+4.5
+5
+5.5
+6
+6.5
+7

+8

+9

+9.5

+10

+11
+12

ATH

CAI

JRS

MOW

JED

THR
DXB

KBL

KHI

DEL
DAC

RGN

BKK

SIN

HKG

BJS

TPE
SEL
TYO
ADL

GUM

SYD

NOU
WLG

Based on data as of June 2009.

The rules governing global times (UTC offset and GMT differential) and summer
time are determined by each individual country.

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