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T
roubleshooting
The watch cannot receive the time calibration signal.
•
Is the signal being transmitted?
Though the Japanese calibration signal (Call Sign: JJY) is
continually transmitted by the National Institute of Information and
Communications T
e
chnology (NICT) in theory
, it may sometimes
be interrupted for periodic maintenance work, or because of
lightning or other problems.
•
Are you within the reception range of a transmitter?
See
“Reception Range
” for information about areas where the
watch can receive the signal.
•
Is there something in the immediate area that may be interfering
with reception?
Even if you are within the reception range of a transmitter
, objects
between you and the transmitter or electrical noise can interfere
with reception.
A
v
oid such areas during signal reception. See
“Location
” for more information.
•
Do you have the correct Home City code selected?
Remember that auto receive is not performed unless
TYO
(T
okyo),
SEL
(Seoul)
NYC
(New
Y
o
rk),
CHI
(Chicago),
DEN
(Denver), or
LAX
(Los
Angeles) is selected as the Home City
.
Select the correct Home City code using the procedure under
“Configuring Home
T
ime Settings
”.
•
Is auto receive turned of
f (OFF)?
Use the procedure under
“Configuring Auto
Receive
Settings
” to
turn on auto receive.
•
Is the watch in any mode other than the
T
imekeeping Mode or
World
T
ime Mode during the auto receive times (midnight, 1:00
a.m., 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m., and 5:00 a.m.)?
Auto receive is performed only when the watch is in the
T
imekeeping Mode or W
o
rld
T
ime Mode. It is not performed if the
watch is in any other mode.
T
ime calibration signal reception is successful, but the hourly
time signal and current time are slightly off.
•
After the watch receives the time calibration signal, it performs an
internal decoding process before updating its time setting.
Because of this, the time setting may be slightly of
f (within one
second).
T
ime calibration signal reception is successful, but the current
time is one hour fast.
•
Do you have summer time (DST) turned on (ON)? Use the
procedure under
“Configuring Home
T
ime Settings
” to turn of
f
summer time.
T
ime calibration signal reception is successful, but the current
time setting is wrong.
•
Is the correct city code selected for your Home City?
If you are in Japan, you should have
TYO
selected for your Home
City
. For other areas, select the correct Home City code using the
procedure under
“Configuring Home
T
ime Settings
”.
W
orld time lets you display the current time in any one of 30 cities
(29 time zones) around the world.
•
When you enter the W
o
rld T
ime Mode, the screen for the city that
was displayed when you last exited the mode appears first.
•
The seconds count in the W
o
rld
T
ime Mode is linked with the
T
imekeeping Mode seconds count.
•
The same 12-hour/24-hour format you select for the
T
imekeeping
Mode time is also applied in the W
o
rld
T
ime Mode.
Important!
•
If the W
o
rld
T
ime Mode time is incorrect, check the current time
settings in the
T
imekeeping Mode and the W
o
rld
T
ime city
settings.
•
For more information, see
“Configuring Home
T
ime Settings
”.
Using Summer T
ime (DST)
Summer time, or Daylight Saving
T
ime (DST) as it is known in
some countries, calls for setting clocks ahead one hour during the
summer season. Note that the use of summer time depends on
the country and even the local area.
■
T
o
turn summer time on or off
1.
In the W
orld T
ime Mode,
use the
DDDDD
and
BBBBB
buttons
to display the screen for
the city code whose
summer time setting you
want to change.
2.
Hold down the
AAAAA
button
for about two seconds.
•
This toggles summer time on and of
f.
•
The
“DST
” indicator appears on the display and timekeeping
is advanced by one hour when summer time is turned on.
•
Y
ou can turn summer time on or of
f independently for each
W
o
rld
T
ime Mode city
. Note, however
, that you cannot turn on
summer time for the
“GMT
” city code.
•
T
u
rning on summer time for your home time city causes the
time shown in the
T
imekeeping Mode to be advanced by one
hour
.
W
orld T
ime City Code List
City
Code
City Name
–
–
–
HNL
ANC
L AX
DEN
CHI
NYC
CCS
RIO
–
–
–
–
–
–
GMT
LON
PA
R
BER
AT
H
CAI
Honolulu
Anchorage
Los Angeles
Denver
Chicago
New Y
ork
Caracas
Rio de Janeiro
Greenwich Mean
Time
London
Paris
Berlin
Athens
Cairo
–
11
–
10
–
9
–
8
–
7
–
6
–
5
–
4
–
3
–
2
–
1
+0
+0
+1
+1
+2
+2
GMT
Differential
City
Code
City Name
GMT
Differential
JRS
JED
THR
DXB
KBL
KHI
DEL
DAC
RGN
BKK
HKG
SEL
TYO
ADL
SYD
NOU
WLG
Jerusalem
Jeddah
T
eheran
Dubai
Kabul
Karachi
Delhi
Dakar
Y
angon
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Seoul
T
okyo
Adelaide
Sydney
Noumea
W
ellington
+2
+3
+3.5
+4
+4.5
+5
+5.5
+6
+6.5
+7
+8
+9
+9
+9.5
+10
+1
1
+12
•
The contents of the above table are current as of June 2004.
•
T
ime dif
ferentials in the above table are in accordance with
Universal T
ime Coordinated (UTC).
DST
Indicator
World Time Mode
The auto receive ON/OFF settings don’t appear when
configuring auto receive settings.
•
Auto receive ON/OFF settings do not appear on the display
unless
TYO
(T
okyo),
SEL
(Seoul),
NYC
(New
Y
o
rk),
CHI
(Chicago),
DEN
(Denver), or
LAX
(Los
Angeles) is selected as the
Home City
. Use the procedure under
“Configuring Home
T
ime
Settings
” to select your correct Home City
.
The auto receive
AUT
O
,
J40, and J60 settings do not appear
when configuring auto receive settings.
•
The
A
T
, J40, and J60 transmitter selection mode options are
available only when
TYO
(T
okyo) is selected as the Home City
code. Use the procedure under
“Configuring Home
T
ime Settings
”
to select your correct Home City
.
What time is auto receive performed?
•
Auto receive is performed in the middle of the night, when
reception conditions are best. Before going to bed at night, place
the watch near a window
, with its 12 o
’clock position facing in the
general direction of the transmitter
.
How can I perform manual receive?
•
Hold down the lower right
D
button for about two seconds.
The
watch will beep to indicate that manual receive has started. Place
it near a window
, with its 12 o
’clock position facing in the general
direction of the transmitter
.
How can I view the last reception date and time?
•
In the
T
imekeeping Mode, press the lower right
D
button.
This
will display the date and time that the time calibration signal was
last received successfully
.
T
o
return to the T
imekeeping Mode,
press the
D
button again. See
“T
o
view the last reception date
and time
” for more information.
•
Check the auto signal reception setting whenever you have
problems with signal reception or when the time setting produced
by signal reception is incorrect.
•
The initial factory default configuration of the reception settings
are shown below
.
Y
o
u do not need to change these settings if you
use the watch in Japan.
Auto Receive
Home City
Summer T
ime
T
okyo
Auto Japan transmitter select
(40kHz/ 60kHz)
Auto switching in accordance
with signal data
■
T
o
search for a city code
In the W
orld T
ime Mode, press the
DDDDD
(westward) or
BBBBB
(eastward) button.
•
This scrolls the available city codes.
•
Holding down the
B
and
D
buttons scrolls at high speed.
(Eastward)
(W
estward)
City Code
Current T
ime
in
Selected City