USER’S GUIDE G’MIX 5A
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If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes while a setting screen (with
flashing digits) is on the display, the watch automatically exits the setting screen.
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If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes in any mode besides Stop-
watch Mode, the watch automatically reverts to the normal timekeeping screen.
Alarm Mode
Stopwatch Mode
Memo Mode
General Guide
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Press
C
to change from mode to mode.
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Pressing
E
in any mode besides the Alarm Mode illuminates the display for about
three seconds. The backlight is disabled while a setting screen is on the display.
Timekeeping Mode
Day Counter Mode
Press
C
.
Timekeeping Mode
Press
D
to toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour time-
keeping.
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With 12-hour timekeeping, times between midnight and
noon are indicated by
A
(am), while times between noon
and midnight are indicated by
P
(pm).
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The
A
and
P
indicators do not appear for 24-hour time-
keeping.
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Pressing
B
plays a randomly selected melody. To stop
a playing melody, press any button besides
E
.
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Pressing
E
while a melody is playing toggles the dis-
play between an animated character and the name of
the melody.
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Press
E
to illuminate the display for about three sec-
onds. When 12-hour timekeeping is being used, press-
ing
E
also displays an animated character.
Month
Day of week
Day
PM indicator
Hour
Minutes
Seconds
DST
indicator 2
Timekeeping Mode Settings
In addition to settings for the current time and date, the Timekeeping Mode setting
screen also lets you turn button tones and melody play on and off, adjust tones and
melody volume, and adjust display contrast.
To make Timekeeping Mode settings
1. While in the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
A
until the second’s digits flash on the
display, indicating the setting screen.
2. Press
C
to move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press
E
to move
the flashing in the opposite direction.
Seconds
DST
Hour
Minutes
Year
Contrast
(
CNT
)
Volume
(
VOL
)
Sound
(
SOUND
)
Month
Day
Press . Press .
3. While the second’s setting is selected (flashing), press
D
or
B
to reset it to 00.
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If you press
D
or
B
while the second’s setting is in the
range of 30 to 59, the seconds are reset to 00 and 1 is
added to the minutes. If the second’s setting is in the
range of 00 to 29, the minute’s count is unchanged.
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While the
DST
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(Daylight Saving Time) setting is se-
lected, press
D
or
B
to toggle it on and off.
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DST
indicator 1 is displayed in the Timekeeping Mode
setting screen only when the
DST
setting is selected. It
shows
ON
when the
DST
setting is on, and
OFF
when
the
DST
setting is off.
•
DST
indicator 2 is displayed in the Timekeeping Mode,
Day Counter Mode and Alarm Mode when the
DST
set-
ting is turned on.
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Daylight Saving Time (
DST
), which is also sometimes
called “summer time” advances the time for one hour, as
is the custom in some areas during the summer. Re-
member that not all countries or even local areas use
Daylight Saving Time.
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While the
SOUND
(button tones) setting is selected, press
D
or
B
to turn the
beep and musical tone on and off, as shown below.
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Changing the
SOUND
also changes the Hourly Time Signal tones.
Beep
Musical tone
Off
Press . Press .
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While the
VOL
setting is selected, press
D
or
B
to toggle it between loud and soft.
Loud
Soft
Press
or .
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With some models, changing the volume setting affects volume very little.
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While the
CNT
setting is selected, press
D
to make the display darker, or
B
to
make it lighter.
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While any other setting is selected (flashing), press
D
to increase it or
B
to de-
crease it. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
4. After you make the settings you want, press
A
to exit the setting screen.
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The day of the week is automatically set in accordance with the date.
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The date can be set within the range of January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2039.
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The watch's built-in full automatic calendar automatically makes allowances for dif-
ferent month lengths and leap years.
Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change it except after the
replacement of the watch's battery.
DST
indicator 2
DST
indicator 1
About the Backlight
Pressing
E
in any mode besides the Alarm Mode illuminates the display for about
three seconds. The backlight is disabled while a setting screen is on the display.
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The backlight of this watch employs an electro-luminescent (EL) light, which loses
its illumination power after very long term use.
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Frequent use of the backlight shortens battery life.
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The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed under
direct sunlight.
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The backlight automatically turns off an alarm sounds.
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The watch emits an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This does
not indicate malfunction.
Day Counter Mode
Mode indicator
Day counter
record number
Text
Number of days
DAYS
indicator
Year
Month
Day
Target Date
The Day Counter Mode lets you count the number of days from the Timekeeping
Mode’s current date to a specific target date.
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There are five Day Counter records, each of which can be assigned up to 12 char-
acters of text and a target date.
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When a target date is reached, the
DAYS
indicator flashes on the display in the
Timekeeping Mode. The
DAYS
indicator also flashes in the Day Counter Mode
when the screen for the target date is on the display.
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The
DAYS
indicator flashes on the target date each year, regardless of the year
setting of the target date.
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The initial default date for a Day Counter record is 2001/1/1, and the text area
contains All spaces. (All spaces for the text display a series of hyphens “ – – – – – ”.)
Recalling Day Counter Data
In the Day Counter Mode, press
D
to scroll through the Day Counter record screens.
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The day count is a negative value whenever the target date comes before the cur-
rent date.
To set the target date
1. In the Day Counter Mode, press
D
to display a record number you want to set.
2. Hold down
A
until the first (leftmost) text character starts to flash on the display.
This indicates the input screen.
3. Press
C
to move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press
E
to move
the flashing in the opposite direction.
Press . Press .
Character 1
Day
Character 12
Year
Month
4. While the flashing is located within the text area, use
D
or
B
to scroll through
characters at the current location of the flashing. Holding down either button scrolls
through characters at high speed.
Press . Press .
Space
A to Z
Punctuation
Japanese
characters
Hyphen
Symbols
Numbers
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See the “CHARACTER LIST” for details.
5. While any other setting is selected, press
D
to increase it or
B
to decrease it.
Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
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Pressing
D
and
B
at the same time while the flashing is located within the text
area clears any input text and resets the date setting to the current date. At this
time the message “
CLEAR
” appears on the display.
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Pressing
D
and
B
at the same time while the flashing is located within the date
area resets the date setting to the current date without affecting the text.
6. After you make the settings you want, press
A
to exit the input screen.
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The date can be set within the range of January 1, 1940 to December 31, 2039.